2001-2002 - Cochise College

GENERAL INFORMATIONPHILO S O P H YCochise College provides post-secondaryeducation and educational support services tostudents Interested In and capable of benefitingfrom programs of higher education.The College prepares stUOents lor a successfulble beyond college by prOmoting the pnnclples01 general education as set forth In theCoRage's General EducatIOn MissIOn Statement.Students should leave Cochise College WIth var­Ied learning expenences and an understandingof the diverSity of lifeThe College maKes students aware of theirethical responSibilities to the community. theenvironment and thelf fellow human beingSThe College provides educational opportunilleS,resources and programs tailored to chang­Ing SOCial. economIC and technological needsGUtD ELlN E SIn follO'Wlng ItS philosophy. the College must:have a qualified faculty and staH With theability and skills to develop and Implementeducational programs which meet theneeds of the communityprovide the faculty and stafl WIth the meansfor development and growth.proVIde opportunities for all students to IfTlprovethelf skills In written and oral communicatiOn,cntlcel thinking, and readinginformation proceSSing.prOVide curriculum for transfer degree programs,career preparetlOl1, Job training. andhte-Iong learnu1gencourage student success In an envlronmentthat promotes Intellectual growth Incollege and beyondcaoperateWlth buSiness, government. othereducabOnaJ institutions and partiCipate In thoeconomic life of the community.work with students and other members ofthe community In a candid Impartial andethical mannerstrive to provide current end accurate Inlormatlonand resources to students and thecommunity.prOVIde equal access to instn ..lCllon and studentsupport servICesmaintain a program of developmental educationas necessaryGENERAL EDUCATIONMISSION STATEMENTGeneral Education at Cochise College pr0­vides students With the knO\"lledge, Info rmationand technical skills essential for a succe sstullife.To help students acqUire these, Cochise Collegestresses the ImportanCe 01 self-esteem, self-conhdence,independent learning and the ability 10adapt to a changing environment. tn Its deSire'Of" excellence, the College emphaSIzes the importanceof students establishing realistic goals.General Education provides students Withthe kllO\Nledge of how to wnte clearly, how to readand think cntlcally and how to make sound ethIcaldecisions. It proVIdes students With knowledgeot mathematiCs, the p hysical and Irlasciences and the varieties of human societiesand cultures. It prOVldes students WIth an understandingot human history and the globalcommunity It prOVIdeS students With the abilityto understand and app-eclate the arts,Inherent In the Idea of General Educal10n ISthe love of learning and the Idea of CIVIlit y, 'u'Jhic hthe Collage defines here as respect for all persons.ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATIONCochise College Is accredited by the ArizonaState Board of Directors for CommunityColleges and the North Central Association 01Colleges and Schools. The College also hotdsmemberships In the ArIZona Community COtlegeAssociation, the Council 01 North CentralJunior Colleges. the North Central AssocIation01 Colleges and Schools. the American Associationof Communtty Junior Colleges and theAmerican ASSOCiation of Community College.• 12