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working adults to aid their careers. These programs were offered in non-traditional settings. For example, in 1953, the university began offering evening-only programs based on a schedule of six two-month academic terms, especially for service members taking advantage of the GI bill. The success of this approach led the university to expand and diversify its programs to include offerings in the areas of business and management, computer science, industrial technology, and pre-health science. Associate degrees in
Science and master's degree programs, were introduced in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1981, the university reorganized into three distinct colleges: the College of Business and Management, the College of Engineering, and the College of Letters and Sciences. The university was led by the late Dr. Victor Elconin, whose direction was instrumental in developing its solid reputation in the business and academic community.
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of programs to those that were highest in demand and would be most beneficial to working adults. Therefore, educating health care professionals became the university's singular focus in 2004. Just four years later, West Coast
University became the first privately held proprietary university in California approved to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. In 2009, the university achieved additional programmatic accreditation for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at their California campuses from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). That same year, WCU was awarded initial accreditation by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) to offer a Bachelor of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene in Orange County. WCU's Dental Hygiene program is one of only 4 CODA-accredited bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene programs offered in California. West Coast University chose
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school. Over the next 50 years, its program offerings varied from aeronautical engineering applied sciences and mathematics to locomotive diesel engine repairs. As it developed, West Coast
University became one of the forerunners in offering bachelor's degree programs designed to meet the needs of
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that mimic human responses and current health care technology in realistic patient care settings. A year later, Simulation
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