Redlands Community College

Redlands Community College
Established	1938
Type	Public
President	Jack Bryant
Location	El Reno, Oklahoma, USA
Mascot	Cougars
Website	Redlands CC

Redlands Community College (RCC) is a community college located in El Reno, Oklahoma. Student enrollment is approximately 2,200 per semester.^[1]

History

In 1938, El Reno Junior College, was established by an act of the El Reno Board of Education fostered by a petition signed by El Reno High School graduates' parents. In 1938 the State Junior College Committee, University of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State University accredited the college for one year of higher education and in 1939 it received accreditation as a two-year institution. Fifty-four students enrolled in the college's first year, and in 1940, the first graduating class consisted of eight students.^[2] In 1974, the college became a full member of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. On September 1, 1991, the name was officially changed to Redlands Community College.

From 1938 to 1966, classes were held in the basement of El Reno High School. In 1966 the college was located in an old post office^[3] at Rogers and Bickford streets. In 1971, construction began on its current location at 1300 South Country Club Road. The campus has grown to encompass seven major building complexes situated on thirty-seven acres.

In 1938, El Reno Junior College was the only Oklahoma municipal junior college to publish a year book entitled The Collegian. From 1940 to 1941, it provided civilian pilot training with the U.S. Army Air Corps. Aircraft and engine mechanics was taught from 1946 and 1947 at El Reno's Mustang Field in a subsidiary school known as the Midwest School of Aeronautics.

Associate degree programs

Applied Science degrees are offered in the following fields: Applied Technology, Business Administration Technology, Child Development, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Center Management, Equine Science, Nursing (RN), and Sustainable Agriculture.^[4]

Students can obtain Associates of Science in Agriculture, Athletic/Personal Training, and Pre-Professional Sciences.

Associate of Arts degrees can be obtained in the following majors: Business Administration, Pre-Criminal Justice, Pre-Education Elementary, Pre-Education Secondary, English, Family Studies and Child Development, General Studies, Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Psychology, Social Studies, and Speech

Career Certificates of Mastery

RCC offers Certificates of Mastery in Child Development and Enology.

References

External links

Redlands Community College

Institutions of higher education in Oklahoma

Public institutions	Cameron University University of Central Oklahoma East Central University Langston University Northeastern State University Northwestern Oklahoma State University Oklahoma Panhandle State University Oklahoma State University–Stillwater Rogers State University Southeastern Oklahoma State University Southwestern Oklahoma State University University of Oklahoma University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Private institutions	Bacone College Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College Mid-America Christian University Oklahoma Baptist University Oklahoma Christian University Oklahoma City University Oklahoma Wesleyan University Oral Roberts University Phillips Theological Seminary St. Gregory's University Southern Nazarene University Southwestern Christian University Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology University of Tulsa

Community colleges	Carl Albert State College Connors State College Eastern Oklahoma State College Murray State College Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Northern Oklahoma College Oklahoma City Community College Redlands Community College Rose State College Seminole State College Tulsa Community College Western Oklahoma State College

Coordinates: 35°31′09″N 97°58′28″W / 35.51917°N 97.97444°W / 35.51917; -97.97444