Santa Monica College

Santa Monica College strives to create a learning environment that both challenges students and supports them in achieving their educational goals. Students learn to contribute to the global community as they develop an understanding of their personal relationship to the world’s social- cultural- political- economic- technological- and natural environments. To fulfill this mission- Santa Monica College provides open and affordable access to high quality associate degree and certificate of achievement programs. These programs prepare students for successful careers- develop college-level skills- enable transfer to universities- and foster a personal commitment to lifelong learning. Santa Monica College serves the world’s diverse communities by offering educational opportunities which embrace the exchange of ideas in an open- caring community of learners and which recognize the critical importance of each individual’s contribution to the achievement of the college’s vision.