College Of The Sequoias

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

College of the Sequoias, also known as COS, is a public, two-year, community college located in Visalia in Tulare County, California, United States. It was originally established in 1926 as Visalia Junior College as a department in the city high school. The college enrolls more than 12,000 students and offers a wide variety of transfer, vocational, and community-based classes. COS was named after the Giant Sequoia trees, which are native to the nearby Sierra Nevada mountain range.

COS offers classes on several campuses located in Exeter, Corcoran, Dinuba, Farmersville, Hanford, Ivanhoe, Lemoore, Lindsay, Orosi, Porterville, Strathmore, Three Rivers, Tulare, and Woodlake. Some notable alumni of COS are Steve Perry, American singer and songwriter; and DeeAndre Hulett, American basketball player.

Their official mascot is the Giants. COS’s athletic teams participate in various sports including football, soccer, volleyball, softball, and baseball.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine, security and law enforcement, music, family and social work, and law.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 13,449 in 2009-2010 (8,077 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 63% of the student body. About 11% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment/Machine Technology
• Agricultural Production Operations
• Agriculture
• Crop Production
• Dairy Husbandry and Production

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (6 awarded)

• Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production
• Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (4 awarded)

• Architectural Technology/Technician

ART STUDIES (4 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BEAUTY AND COSMETOLOGY (2 awarded)

• Cosmetology/Cosmetologist

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (45 awarded)

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Technology
• System Administration/Administrator

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (6 awarded)

• Apparel and Textile Marketing Management
• Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector
• Construction Trades
• Plumbing Technology/Plumber

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (4 awarded)

• Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager

DESIGN (3 awarded)

• Fashion/Apparel Design
• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (5 awarded)

• Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
• Health Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (3 awarded)

• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
• Heating/AC/Refrigeration Technology/Technician
• Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician
• Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Mgmt & Recycling Tech

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (99 awarded)

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Foodservice Systems Administration/Management
• Human Services

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (6 awarded)

• Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations
• Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management
• Landscaping and Groundskeeping
• Plant Nursery Operations and Management

LAW (45 awarded)

• Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary
• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (353 awarded)

• American Sign Language (ASL)
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Language Interpretation and Translation
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (6 awarded)

• Mathematics

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (4 awarded)

• Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
• Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair

MEDIA (0 awarded)

• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Recording Arts Technology/Technician

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (1 awarded)

• Pharmacy Technician/Assistant
• Phlebotomy/Phlebotomist
• Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician/Veterinary Assistant

MUSIC (6 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (305 awarded)

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (3 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (3 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (0 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art

PRODUCTION TRADES (3 awarded)

• Welding Technology/Welder

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Real Estate

SCIENCE (16 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physical Sciences
• Physics

SCIENCE AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

• Chemical Technology/Technician

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (100 awarded)

• Corrections
• Criminal Justice/Police Science
• Fire Science/Fire-fighting