South Coast College

South Coast College is a private, for-profit technical college in Orange, California. It offers certificates for career preparation in court reporting and medical assistant careers, and a paralegal Associate of Arts degree. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges[1] and approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the state of California, for court reporting, paralegal, and medical assistant programs.[2]

South Coast College
TypePrivate, for-profit technical college
Established1961
DeanJean Gonzalez, BA, MA
Location
Orange, California
,
California
,
United States

33°47′18″N 117°52′26″W
CampusUrban
Websitewww.southcoastcollege.edu

History

H. S. Whitley founded the Stenotype School of Long Beach in 1961 as its director-owner.[3] A private college, it relocated to Westminster, and it was renamed Whitley College of Court Reporting.[4][5] Whitley College merged again, in 1980, with Orange County College of Court Reporting and was re-named South Coast College. The college relocated to Anaheim in 1993, and in 2001, to its facility in the city of Orange.[4]

Curriculum

Citing new software that allowed for rapid data entry, the Los Angeles Times reported in 1998 that South Coast College had "created programs that connect students with actual work situations, enabling them to use their developing skills and earn money at the same time".[6]

In 1995 Lisa Richardson of the Los Angeles Times wrote about one student in the court reporting program who described the curriculum as "the toughest job of her life. The school expects students to master taking dictation at 240 words per minute and keep to a rigorous schedule".[7]

South Coast College offers certificates in court reporting[8] and medical assisting,[9] as well as a paralegal Associate of Arts degree.[10] The court reporting program is approved by the National Court Reporters Association.[11]

References
  1. "Directory | Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges". www.accsc.org. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  2. "South Coast College - 2017 Annual Report Summary". Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. 2017. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  3. "Future for Court Reporters Bright, School Head Predicts". Independent Press-Telegram. 1968-05-05. p. 75. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  4. "History of South Coast College, Orange County CA". South Coast College. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  5. Occupational Outlook Quarterly. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1976.
  6. "New software creates careers in 'rapid data entry'". The Los Angeles Times. 1998-09-06. p. 97. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  7. Richardson, Lisa (1995-11-16). "Woman's Rise Out of Poverty". The Los Angeles Times. p. 106. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  8. "Fact Sheet Court Reporting - Certificate" (PDF). South Coast College. 2018.
  9. "Fact Sheet Medical Assistant - Certificate" (PDF). South Coast College. 2018.
  10. "Fact sheet Paralegal - AA degree" (PDF). South Coast College. 2018.
  11. "NCRA-Approved Court Reporting Programs". 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
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