Sierra College

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Sierra College, a community college has its main campus located in Rocklin, California. Rocklin is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, one half-hour from the State Capitol and 100 miles east of San Francisco. In addition to the 300 acre Rocklin campus, the District has a 115 acre campus in Grass Valley which is in neighboring Nevada County, a campus center in Truckee, and a campus center in Roseville. The Sierra Community College District, a district that covers over 3,200 square miles serves Placer, Nevada and parts of El Dorado and Sacramento counties.

1 Origins
2 Classes Offered
3 Health Center
4 Recognition
5 Other Information
6 External link

[edit] Origins

The origin of Sierra College is somewhat uncertain. Some have said that the College may have begun with the establishment of Sierra Normal College and Business Institute in 1882. It was a small, private college at the location of today’s Placer High School in Auburn, California. The College was officially founded in 1936 and is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. It is governed by a Board of seven trustees who are elected District wide and a student trustee. The constituent groups within the District – Trustees, Faculty, Students, Management and Classified Staff – are committed to the principle of shared governance for assuring broad and deep participation in all decisions critical to the College and District. Only four individuals have held the post of President in the last 50 years.

[edit] Classes Offered

Approximately 125 degree and certificate programs are offered in a wide variety of configurations taught by 950 full and part-time faculty members. Faculty typically has the minimum of a Master’s degree in their fields and enhance their teaching with research, authorship and industry expertise.

[edit] Health Center

Sierra College has the only nationally accredited community college student health center.

[edit] Recognition

Sierra College is in the top 1% of United States community colleges in awarding Associate Degrees, and 1st in California, and is first in Northern California in transfers to the University of California and California State University systems.