Los Angeles Harbor College

Profile

Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC) is one of the 109 outstanding public two-year California community colleges and is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. L.A. Harbor College is distinctive because of its relatively small size (8500 students, 120 international students), its friendliness, its world-class architectural technology, music, and nursing (R.N.) programs, and its accessibility to all of the attractions Southern California offers. The College's 80-acre campus, situated in the Wilmington section of the City of Los Angeles, is only ten minutes from the ocean and is bordered by park land, a golf driving range, a public golf course and the Harbor Freeway, making the college one of the safest and certainly one of the more commuter-friendly colleges (by car or public transportation) in Los Angeles County.

Programs

Los Angeles Harbor College offers a wide range of Associate degree subject-area concentrations for transfer to prestigious University of California and California State University campuses with majors in liberal arts, business, social and behavioral sciences, engineering, physical science, and biological science, as well as for transfer to such highly-regarded private institutions of higher learning as USC and Loyola Marymount University.

The College also offers twenty-two 60-unit Associate of Science degrees in such majors as accounting, administration of justice, architectural technology (68 units), business, child development, computer applications and office technology (COAT), computer information systems, and drafting, among others, and offers 24- and 30-unit (two-semester) career certificates. The Associate of Science majors and the Career Certificates provide students with a direct pathway into the world of work.

Support Services and Activities

Services offered to students include orientation, placement testing, academic advisement, individual counseling, housing referral (for international students), career counseling, honors program, tutoring, student government, student activities and clubs. The International Student Office assists students in locating housing. Extracurricular programs include a jazz band, choral groups, theater productions, t.v. broadcast productions, intercollegiate sports in soccer, basketball, baseball, and softball, and special-interest clubs.

Campus Facilities

Campus facilities include a Campus Student Center, a Bookstore, a Career Guidance Center, a Child Care Center, a Learning Resources Center, a Library, a Health Center, newly renovated Theater and Fine Arts buildings, new football and soccer fields, and a new track for running. Three new buildings will be added in the next several years including a new Student Classroom Building, an Administration & Student Services Building, and a new Technology Building.

Admissions

Requirements: Completed application materials, evidence of proficiency in English (official TOEFL score report of 450 on the PBT, 133 on the CBT, 45 on the iBT, or IELTS score report of Band 5.5 or above on the IELTS), evidence of high school completion or equivalent, evidence of financial ability, and application fee. 
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