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Welcome to California Coast University!

California Coast University was founded to meet the needs of qualified, highly motivated, persons whose geographic, professional, or personal time constraints keep them from completing their education in traditional, on-campus programs.

California Coast University offers quality off-campus, non-residential, undergraduate and graduate degree programs to a special population of self-directed, mid-career adults, utilizing a combination of distance learning and correspondence methodologies.

California Coast University is committed to offering a curriculum which challenges students to integrate their professional and life experience with mastery of the academic content required by their discipline. All programs can be completed through independent, self-paced instruction under faculty supervision, which does not require attendance at any specific location, on or off campus.

The University is committed to operate ethically and professionally, with academic integrity and respect for the individual; to cultivate in our students and graduates the same intellectual, analytical and critical abilities encouraged by other institutions of higher learning; and to build students competencies in areas critical to their success in today's ever changing environment.

Goals and Objectives

The goals of all degree programs offered by California Coast University are:

To enable students to acquire a body of knowledge in a specific discipline.
To learn to think critically.
To improve student ability to make significant contributions to the missions of their employers.
For students to use their knowledge to improve the functioning of the communities in which they live and work.
To enhance student personal satisfaction, to improve their level of confidence and self-esteem through the accomplishments of long term academic goals.
To provide a pathway for students to continue the pursuit of additional life-long learning experiences.

All programs offered at California Coast University share the following common objectives. These objectives have evolved over time and are continually shaped by students, faculty, staff, employers, other constituencies, and the ever-changing socio-economic climate.

To allow students to complete degree requirements at their own pace.
To enable students to successfully meet course work requirements without classroom attendance.
To develop an individualized program of study for each student.
To provide students with the most comprehensive and current information available in their field of study.
To utilize evaluation materials which require the students to demonstrate the effective integration of concepts and skills.
To make available to students all materials necessary to successfully complete their degree requirements, and to give students access to faculty members who can provide assistance and guidance when necessary.
To develop the students understanding of the language and information specific to their discipline.
To enable students to effectively integrate concepts and skills across functional areas.
To instill in students the value of life-long learning.
To encourage students to take advantage of life-long learning opportunities.

Programs:

School of Administration and Management
Degree	Major
A.S. - Associate of Science	Business Administration
B.S. - Bachelor of Science	Business Administration
B.S. - Bachelor of Science	Health Care Administration
B.S. - Bachelor of Science	Management
M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration	Business Administration
M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration	Human Resources Management

School of Behavioral Science
Degree	Major
A.S. - Associate of Science	Psychology
B.S. - Bachelor of Science	Psychology
M.S. - Master of Science	Psychology

School of Education
Degree	Major
M.Ed. - Master of Education	Curriculum and Instruction
M.Ed. - Master of Education	Administration

Accreditation

California Coast University holds national accreditation through the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The DETC is an educational association located in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1926, it is the standard setting agency for distance education institutions.

The Accrediting Commission of the DETC is listed by the United States Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency. The Secretary of Education is required by law to publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies that the Secretary determines to be reliable authorities as to the quality of education provided by the institutions of higher education.

An agency seeking recognition by the Secretary must meet the Secretary's procedures and criteria for the recognition of accrediting agencies. First recognized by the Department of Education in 1959, the DETC was most recently reviewed in 2001 as part of the normal evaluation process.

The Accrediting Commission of the DETC is a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). CHEA is a private nonprofit national organization that coordinates accreditation activity in the United States. It carries forward a long tradition that recognition of accrediting organizations should be a key strategy to ensure quality, accountability, and improvement in higher education. Recognition by CHEA affirms that standards and processes of accrediting organizations are consistent with quality, improvement, and accountability expectations that CHEA has established.