Pacific Oaks College
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| Motto | Justice, Respect, Diversity |
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| Type | Private, Non-profit |
| Established | 1958 |
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Parent institution
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TCS Education System |
| President | Pat Breen, Ph.D. |
| Students | 1000 undergraduate and graduate students |
| Location |
Pasadena, California (Distance Learning), California, United States |
| Campus | Suburban, 4-acre (1.6 ha) campus in Pasadena |
| Colors | Green and Orange |
| Mascot | N/A |
| Website | www.pacificoaks.edu |
Pacific Oaks College is private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, college with its main campus located in Pasadena, California, United States. As a higher education institution, Pacific Oaks College offers full and part-time undergraduate and graduate courses throughout Pacific Oaks' California campuses as well as online. Pacific Oaks' anti-bias curriculum has created strong efforts to challenge social injustice and point out issues related to social changes, human development, and child development. Pacific Oaks also operates a children's school that has been in operation since 1945.
As World War II dragged on members of the Orange Grove Monthly Meeting actively participated in assisting refugees as staff of the Pasadena Friends Center. The woman's group originally came together for mutual support following their husbands sequester to mandatory work camps for being conscientious objectors. Six of these member families created a joint fund to launch a progressive education institute aimed at creating a utopian society of peace. The institute would focus on human development starting from early childhood and continuing to adulthood. On October 1, 1945 the Pacific Oaks Friends School opens with 10 teachers and 65 children ages two to four. The school was founded on the Quaker values of inclusion, social justice and valuing every human being.
Pacific Oaks College was founded in 1958 following five years of offering upper division courses through the UCLA Extension. The college is divided into three different schools (School of Human Development, School of Education and School of Cultural and Family Psychology).
School of Human Development
Bachelor of Arts in Human Development
Master of Arts in Human Development
Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership and Change
School of Education
The School of Education has played a significant role in early childhood education since its founding in 1945. The program emphasizes ground breaking curriculum such as learning-through-play and other innovative tools used in teacher training programs.
Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education
Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education with Dual Credentialing (CA)
Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education with Preliminary Multiple Subject Credentialing (CA)
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