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'''College of the Canyons''' is a public two-year ] that operates within the ] Community College District. The college is located on 153 ] (619,000 m²) of rolling, tree-dotted hills in the incorporated city of ] in northern ], ]. The college’s address is: 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. Its superintendent-president is Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook, who has served in this capacity since 1988.


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College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. Its fall 2005 enrollment of 17,089 students is projected to grow to an estimated 21,000 by 2015. With 171 full-time and 423 part-time faculty members (as of fall 2005), the college offers AA and AS degrees in 58 academic programs, as well as credentials in 39 certificate programs. Programs include Audio/Radio Production, Biotechnology, Child Development, Dance, Film/Video Production, Fire Control Technology, Industrial Manufacturing, Music, Nursing, Paralegal Studies, Television Production, Theatre Arts and Video Game Animation.
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'''College of the Canyons''' ('''COC''') is a ] ] in ]. It comprises the Santa Clarita Community College District. The college is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and has campus locations in ] and ].
Local voters approved the formation of the college in 1967. It officially opened in 1969, operating in temporary quarters on the campus of Wm. S. Hart High School in Newhall. In 1970, the college purchased a permanent campus site along the east side of Interstate 5, south of Valencia Boulevard and north of McBean Parkway. The college relocated to a collection of modular buildings on the site in 1970 as permanent facilities were being built. Over the years, educational facilities have been built to ensure that they "blend with the natural attributes of the location, creating a relaxed and comfortable physical environment."


== History ==
Recent additions to the campus include a 926-seat performing arts center, built in partnership with the city of Santa Clarita, that offers academic, community and professional productions. The facility, which also holds a smaller experimental theater, opened in late 2004. A new Music/Dance Building opened adjacent to the performing arts center in 2005. As of early 2006, construction was under way on a new High-Tech Classroom Building (34,000 square feet) and a major expansion of the Laboratory Building. Also under way was site preparation for the Canyon Country Educational Center, a full-service educational facility that the college plans to open in the eastern Santa Clarita Valley in the 2006-07 academic year.
Local voters approved the formation of the college in 1967. It officially opened in 1969, operating in temporary quarters on the campus of ] in Newhall. In 1970, the college purchased a permanent campus site along the east side of ], south of Valencia Boulevard and north of McBean Parkway. The college relocated to a collection of modular buildings on the site in 1970 as permanent facilities were being built.


== Campus ==
The college also is a participant in several innovative partnerships that have redefined the traditional role of community colleges. Academy of the Canyons, a middle-school operated by the William S. Hart Union High School District, opened on the College of the Canyons campus in 2002. The concept allows promising high school students to attend high school and college concurrrently. The college also oversees the University Center, a collection of public and private universities that offer advanced degree programs on the college’s campus, eliminating the need for residents to commute long distances to earn their degrees. Also operating at the college are the Center for Applied Competitive Technology and the Employee Training Institute, both of which have helped local businesses become more efficient and train employees in the latest emerging fields.
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The college is located on {{convert|153.4|acre|ha}} of rolling, tree-dotted hills in the neighborhood of ] in the city of ] in northern ], ].


In 2007, the college opened its Canyon Country campus on a {{convert|70|acre|ha|adj=on}} site located at 17200 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, CA 91351. The campus had an enrollment of 3,845 in the fall of 2009. Its first permanent building, the Applied Technology Education Center, was scheduled to open in 2011 to provide education and training in a variety of high-demand "green" technology fields. The campus is composed primarily of modular buildings that are situated to accommodate planned permanent buildings as they are built. The campus has an outdoor venue, the Carl A. Rasmussen Amphitheater.


In 2021, the college opened a 55,000 square foot science and laboratory facility at the Canyon Country campus. The facility is called the Don Takeda Science Center after a retired biology professor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martinez |first1=Victor |title=COC Opens New Don Takeda Science Center |url=https://signalscv.com/2021/12/coc-opens-new-don-takeda-science-center/ |website=The Signal |date=2 December 2021 |access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>


==External link== == Academics ==
With 319 full-time faculty members (as of fall 2022), the college offers ] and ] degrees in 103 academic programs, as well as credentials in 199 certificate programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Information Office |url=https://www.canyons.edu/administration/pio/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=www.canyons.edu}}</ref> Academy of the Canyons, a ] operated by the ], opened on the College of the Canyons campus in 2002 allowing promising high school students to attend high school and college concurrently. The college also oversees the University Center, a collection of public and private universities that offer advanced degree programs on the college's campus, eliminating the need for residents to commute long distances to earn their degrees.
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Also operating at the college are the Center for Applied Competitive Technologies, the Employee Training Institute, the Small Business Development Center and the i3 Advanced Technology Center.
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Since 1994, the COC Speech Team has been recognized nationally at six consecutive ] National Tournaments for all three major areas of speech competition. Most recently, the team left the 2013 Phi Rho Pi National Tournament with five medals including, one gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

=== Athletics ===
The college athletics teams are nicknamed the Cougars and competes as a member of the ] (CCCAA) in the ] (WSC) for all sports except football, which competes in ] (SCFA).<ref>{{cite web |title=2019-20 CCCAA Directory |url=https://cccaa.prestosports.com/about/directory/2019-20/Directory040620.pdf |publisher=California Community College Athletic Association |access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref> The college currently fields eight men's and nine women's varsity teams; including ], men's and women's ], men's and women's ], ], men's and women's ], men's and women's ], ], men's and women's ], women's ], men's and women's ], and women's ].

The men's golf team has won nine state championships 1991 and 8 since 2000 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015,2017 and 2019) women's golf won the state championship in fall of 2001,2007 and back to back championships in 2018 and 2019. This is the third time that the women's and men's team have won back to back state championships in the same academic year (Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2007, Spring 2008 and in Fall 2018 and Spring 2019) The men's football team won the national championship in 2004. The men's ice hockey club won the ] National Title in 2011. The men's baseball team has also won three state championships 1981, 1983 and 1986.

As of 2017, COC has won 179 conference titles, 31 state titles, and 1 national title. Of the conference titles, baseball holds 23, men's basketball holds 8, women's basketball holds 15, men's cross country holds 4, football holds 11, men's golf holds 23, women's golf holds 8, women's soccer holds 10, softball holds 14, men's swim holds 8 individual titles, women's swim holds 1 individual title, women's dive holds 2, men's track and field holds 2 team titles and 27 individual titles, women's track and field holds 1 team title and 17 individual titles, and women's volleyball holds 5.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://canyons.prestosports.com/history/ConferenceTitles|title=College of the Canyons Conference Championships - College of the Canyons|website=canyons.prestosports.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-26}}</ref> The 31 state titles are held by 7 teams: baseball (3), men's track and field (7), women's track and field (2), men's golf (10), woman's golf (4), football (1), and men's cross country (4).<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://canyons.prestosports.com/history/StateChampionships|title=College of the Canyons State Championships - College of the Canyons|website=canyons.prestosports.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-26}}</ref> The one national championship was won by COC football in 2004.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://canyons.prestosports.com/sports/fball/archive|title=College of the Canyons|website=canyons.prestosports.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-26}}</ref>

==Filming location==
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2013}}
* '']'' – location used for the Culver Institute Laboratory<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076190/locations/?ref_=tt_dt_loc | title="The Incredible Hulk" the Incredible Hulk (TV Episode 1977) - Filming & production - IMDb | website=] }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=IMDB is user generated. Not a reliable source|date=November 2023}}
* '']'' (aired February 23, 2014 on ]) – the football field was used for the opening segment where the ] "]" marching band performed the show's theme song<ref>Rebecca Kendall, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228112224/http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-bruin-marching-band-sounds-250130.aspx |date=2014-02-28 }}, ''UCLA Today'', February 18, 2014</ref><ref>, CBS, February 2014</ref>
* '']'' (1986) - used as Busterburger University<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091165/locations|title=Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)|work=IMDb}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=IMDB is user generated. Not a reliable source|date=November 2023}}
* '']'' (2004) – used as the site of the main characters' high school<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265208/locations|title=The Girl Next Door (2004)|work=IMDb}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=IMDB is user generated. Not a reliable source|date=November 2023}}
* '']'' (2006) – used as the site of the college campus where many scenes take place<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421045/locations|title=Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006)|work=IMDb}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=IMDB is user generated. Not a reliable source|date=November 2023}}
* '']'' – as "Waverly University"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmlocations.awardspace.com/ncis.html|title=NCIS Filming Location Information|work=awardspace.com|access-date=2011-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302205339/http://filmlocations.awardspace.com/ncis.html|archive-date=2012-03-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Source is self published|date=November 2023}}
* '']'' – used as the site of Will's speech on America's recent decline<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPzClXk7GWw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/bPzClXk7GWw| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=The Newsroom - Jeff Daniels Answers "Why Is America The Greatest Country?"|date=6 November 2014|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* '']'' – used as the site of Doug's office, Shane's school, and the local community college<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filming.90210locations.info/tv-locations/weeds/|title=Weeds|work=filming.90210locations.info}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=This is a blog, so self published. Not a reliable source|date=November 2023}}
* '']'' ] - Used for setting of a high school baseball game.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://officeladies.com/episodes/2022/03/08/episode-131-the-chump|title=Office Ladies Podcast Episode 131: The Chump}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
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* ], American football player, ]
* ], model, actor and dancer
* ], ] 5th Big Placer, model and actor
* ], basketball player
* ], internet personality (], ])
* ], Former California State Assembly member (38th district) 2020-2022
* ], (Artie Adams from '']''), Actor, singer, dancer, voice actor
* ], former American football player, ]
* ], American football player, ], ], ]
* ], former American football player, ] and ]
* ], American football player, ]
* ], former California State Assembly member (])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://proclaimerscv.com/2018/11/14/christy-smith-elected-as-38th-districts-next-assemblywoman/|title=Christy Smith elected as 38th District's next Assemblywoman|date=November 16, 2018|work=The Santa Clarita Valley Proclaimer}}</ref>
* ], former American football player, ] (2004–2012)
* ], ] who has played on the ] and ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/025919/brian-vranesh/|title=Brian Vranesh|publisher=PGATour|access-date=December 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026014212/http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/025919/brian-vranesh/|archive-date=2012-10-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==
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==References==
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Community college in Santa Clarita, California
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College of the Canyons and Santa Clarita Community College District
MottoStart here. Go anywhere.
TypePublic community college
Established1969
Parent institutionSanta Clarita Community College District
ChancellorDavid C. Andrus (acting)
PresidentDavid C. Andrus (acting)
Academic staff358 (as of 2016)
Students37,182 (as of 2023)
Address26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California, 91355, United States
34°24′16″N 118°34′05″W / 34.40444°N 118.56806°W / 34.40444; -118.56806
CampusSuburban, 153.4 acres (62.1 ha)
ColorsBlue and Gold   
NicknameCougars
Sporting affiliationsCCCAAWSC,
SCFA (football)
Websitewww.canyons.edu
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College of the Canyons (COC) is a public community college in Santa Clarita, California. It comprises the Santa Clarita Community College District. The college is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and has campus locations in Valencia and Canyon Country.

History

Local voters approved the formation of the college in 1967. It officially opened in 1969, operating in temporary quarters on the campus of William S. Hart High School in Newhall. In 1970, the college purchased a permanent campus site along the east side of Interstate 5, south of Valencia Boulevard and north of McBean Parkway. The college relocated to a collection of modular buildings on the site in 1970 as permanent facilities were being built.

Campus

Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, College of the Canyons

The college is located on 153.4 acres (62.1 ha) of rolling, tree-dotted hills in the neighborhood of Valencia in the city of Santa Clarita in northern Los Angeles County, California.

In 2007, the college opened its Canyon Country campus on a 70-acre (28 ha) site located at 17200 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, CA 91351. The campus had an enrollment of 3,845 in the fall of 2009. Its first permanent building, the Applied Technology Education Center, was scheduled to open in 2011 to provide education and training in a variety of high-demand "green" technology fields. The campus is composed primarily of modular buildings that are situated to accommodate planned permanent buildings as they are built. The campus has an outdoor venue, the Carl A. Rasmussen Amphitheater.

In 2021, the college opened a 55,000 square foot science and laboratory facility at the Canyon Country campus. The facility is called the Don Takeda Science Center after a retired biology professor.

Academics

With 319 full-time faculty members (as of fall 2022), the college offers Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees in 103 academic programs, as well as credentials in 199 certificate programs. Academy of the Canyons, a middle college high school operated by the William S. Hart Union High School District, opened on the College of the Canyons campus in 2002 allowing promising high school students to attend high school and college concurrently. The college also oversees the University Center, a collection of public and private universities that offer advanced degree programs on the college's campus, eliminating the need for residents to commute long distances to earn their degrees.

Also operating at the college are the Center for Applied Competitive Technologies, the Employee Training Institute, the Small Business Development Center and the i3 Advanced Technology Center.

Student life

Demographics of student body
Ethnic Breakdown 2023
Latinx/Hispanic 48.2%
African American 5.7%
Asian 6.2%
Filipinx/Pacific Islander 3.6%
White Non-Hispanic 27.9%
Multiethnic 2.9%
Unknown 5.1%
Female 39%
Male 60.3%

Since 1994, the COC Speech Team has been recognized nationally at six consecutive Phi Rho Pi National Tournaments for all three major areas of speech competition. Most recently, the team left the 2013 Phi Rho Pi National Tournament with five medals including, one gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

Athletics

The college athletics teams are nicknamed the Cougars and competes as a member of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) in the Western State Conference (WSC) for all sports except football, which competes in Southern California Football Association (SCFA). The college currently fields eight men's and nine women's varsity teams; including baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, and women's volleyball.

The men's golf team has won nine state championships 1991 and 8 since 2000 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015,2017 and 2019) women's golf won the state championship in fall of 2001,2007 and back to back championships in 2018 and 2019. This is the third time that the women's and men's team have won back to back state championships in the same academic year (Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2007, Spring 2008 and in Fall 2018 and Spring 2019) The men's football team won the national championship in 2004. The men's ice hockey club won the ACHA Division III National Title in 2011. The men's baseball team has also won three state championships 1981, 1983 and 1986.

As of 2017, COC has won 179 conference titles, 31 state titles, and 1 national title. Of the conference titles, baseball holds 23, men's basketball holds 8, women's basketball holds 15, men's cross country holds 4, football holds 11, men's golf holds 23, women's golf holds 8, women's soccer holds 10, softball holds 14, men's swim holds 8 individual titles, women's swim holds 1 individual title, women's dive holds 2, men's track and field holds 2 team titles and 27 individual titles, women's track and field holds 1 team title and 17 individual titles, and women's volleyball holds 5. The 31 state titles are held by 7 teams: baseball (3), men's track and field (7), women's track and field (2), men's golf (10), woman's golf (4), football (1), and men's cross country (4). The one national championship was won by COC football in 2004.

Filming location

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Notable alumni

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See also

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