Cossatot Community College
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Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas (CCCUA) is a public community college serving southwest Arkansas. Its main campus is located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains in De Queen, Arkansas.
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[edit] History
CCCUA was established in 1975 as a division of the University of Arkansas. Its original purpose was to serve as a location for basic vocational education in southwest Arkansas. It has since been expanded to offer technical certificates in three areas, certificates of proficiency in sixteen areas, and full associates degrees in ten areas.
[edit] Governance
CCCUA is governed by a nine-member Board of Visitors.
[edit] Campus Locations
CCCUA currently maintains three campuses, the main campus in De Queen and two extension campuses in nearby Nashville and Ashdown.
[edit] De Queen (Main) Campus
The De Queen campus serves as CCCUA's main campus and is divided into eleven separate buildings and areas. These buildings contain approximately 60,000 square feet, and are completely air-conditioned, with the exception of the Trade and Industry shops and the warehouse. Modern equipment, as well as the latest in teaching and audiovisual technology, are available to students. The De Queen campus serves as an associate training center for the Arkansas Fire Academy.
[edit] Nashville Extension Site
An extension center in Nashville provides office and classroom space for a variety of credit and non-credit classes and special projects. This building has two fully-equipped computer labs.
[edit] Ashdown Extension Site
The Ashdown Extension is CCCUA's newest facility. This 53,640 sq. ft. facility houses numerous programs for CCCUA and the Ashdown community. It has four large lecture classrooms, a computer lab, a Computer Repair/CISCO lab, an Interactive video classroom, an Electrical Apprenticeship classroom, and a Hydraulics/Pneumatics classroom.
[edit] Educational Offerings
CCCUA offers both the Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees, which can be credited toward the first two years of a four-year degree program. The degrees consists of certain required courses and certain electives (which must be college transfer classes) in a specific focus area which will constitute the major.
The Associate of Science degree is offered for mathematics, science, computer science, or agriculture, of which 8-9 hours must be in a specific field.
CCCUA also offers the Associate of Arts Teaching degree in the Middle School area (language arts and math/science), an Associate of General Studies degree (for students needing a two-year degree but not a four-year degree) the Associate of Applied Science degree in 11 disciplines (a 12th discipline is pending approval), technical certificates in seven disciplines, and Certificates of Proficiency in 16 disciplines.
CCCUA students may take all courses required for the Associate of Arts and Associate of General Studies degrees, in their entirety, via the Internet.
CCCUA also offers adult education courses in five areas including the ability for students to work towards and obtain a General Equivalency Diploma (GED), and continuing education courses for the surrounding communities for both personal and work-related development.
CCCUA offers some courses through various forms of distance education; the Associate of Applied Science in Registered Nursing courses in nursing theory are done completely by interactive video as part of the Arkansas Rural Nursing Education Consortium, of which CCCUA's program is a member.
The CCCUA Fire Science program is offered in conjunction with the Arkansas Fire Academy.
CCCUA has partnered with other community colleges, as well as with public and private universitites in Arkansas, to offer bachelor's and master's degrees whereby students can complete most or all of their courses on the CCCUA campus facilities.
[edit] Accreditation
CCCUA is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and its programs have been approved by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. Several of its individual programs have been approved by national accrediting organizations as well.
