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GENERAL INFORMATION
MISSION STATEMENT
Glendale Community College is a public community college
granting certificates and associate degrees. The college serves
people from a variety of geographical areas but primarily
serves a diverse population of the Greater Los Angeles
region that is capable of benefiting from instruction in credit,
noncredit, and community education programs.
Glendale Community College exists to ensure students
identify their educational goals and needs and successfully
accomplish student learning in the following broad
educational areas:
• Basic skills education to achieve basic foundation skills in
reading, writing, mathematics, English as a Second Lan-
guage, and learning and study skills which are necessary
for students to succeed in college-level work.
• Lowerdivisionpost-secondaryeducationtoachievetransfer
to and success in obtaining a degree at a college or university. the objectives and functions stated above.
• Career and technical education to achieve employment or
enhanced career skills for job advancement.
• Generaleducationtoachieveknowledge,skillsandattitudes
or postsecondary education success, personal enrichment,
self-development, and a purposeful and meaningful life as
a member of a global community.
VISION STATEMENT
Glendale Community College is the Greater Los Angeles
Region’s premier learning community where all students
achieve their informed educational goals through outstand-
ing instructional and student services, a comprehensive
community college curriculum, and educational oppor-
tunities found in few community colleges.
INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES
Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) are commonly
defined as the knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes
that students are expected to develop as a result of their
overall experiences with any aspect of the college, includ-
ing courses, programs, and student services.
Upon successful completion at Glendale Community College,
the student will be able to:
1. Communication
communicate clearly, demonstrate critical thinking, and
apply knowledge utilizing writing, speaking, presenting
and other modes of communication;
2. Mathematical Competency/Quantitative Reasoning
apply, interpret, and understand mathematical and quan-
titative concepts;
3. Information Competency
recognize an information need, or define a research topic
using library and other resources to locate, evaluate, and use
information or data in an ethical and legal manner;
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4. Critical Thinking
analyze problems and apply knowledge; collect, synthesize,
and evaluate ideas, information and data to develop argu-
ments and derive conclusions;
5. Global Awareness and Appreciation
recognize and analyze the interconnectedness of global,
national, and local concerns, analyzing cultural, political,
social and environmental issues from multiple perspec-
tives, and to appreciate similarities and differences among
cultures;
6. Personal Responsibility
demonstrate and apply decision making skills and develop
the capacity for self understanding and recognize lifestyles
that promote physical and mental well-being.
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
A variety of programs and services implements and supports
a. Counseling: Counseling services are available to help
students have a successful college experience. Counselors
are available to assist students with academic planning,
career decision-making, life planning and personal and
intra-personal concerns. Counselors provide a climate in
which students make thoughtful, independent, decisions
for educational and vocational goals. Working through
individual interviews with students, small and large groups,
and college orientation classes, they help students to become
aware of their capabilities and to plan appropriately. A
number of specialized counseling service centers are avail-
able on campus. These centers include Academic Counseling
(Equity Programs, Black Scholars, LA Comunidad, Guardian
Scholars), EOPS, DSPS, Career, Transfer (Scholars), Adult
Re-Entry, International Student Office, and Admissions &
Records (Veterans, Dismissals).
b. Health Services: The Health Center provides first aid, pri-
mary health care, crisis counseling, health counseling, and
health information and referral services.
c. Basiceducation:Studentswithspecificlearningproblemsor
with grade or subject deficiencies in their high school record
may make up such deficiencies and enter into a program
leading to an Associate degree and, if desired, to upper
division standing at a four-year institution.
d. Refresher education: Members of the community have the
opportunity to refresh, as well as to update their knowledge
in classes offered at GCC.
e. Evening education: Persons wishing late afternoon or eve-
ning classes may enroll in the Evening College program.
Evening College courses parallel and expand the daytime
offerings. The college also offers classes on Saturdays.
f. General education for all members of the community:
The college offers wide and varied curriculum designed to
promote the following objectives: