The State Department of Employment, which is located in Torrance, has established a program designed to aid students in finding employment. The city has churches, hospitals, a YMCA building and library. Carson is surrounded by freeways, which makes the larger nearby cities easy to reach. Trains, buses and airlines serve the area. This is a metropolitan area in Los Angeles County with a Mediterranean climate. 200 computers available on campus for general student use.
Cain Educational Resource Center with 440,181 books, 687,888 microform titles, an OPAC, and a Web page. Campus security: student patrols, late night transport-escort service. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Social organizations: national fraternities, national sororities. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Room charges vary according to housing facility. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Mandatory fees: $2478 full-time, $216 per term part-time. Nonresident tuition: $8460 full-time, $282 per unit part-time. Options: electronic application, early admission. Off campus study at other institutions of the California State University System, National Student Exchange. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing liberal arts/general studies health professions and related sciences. Retention: 62% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Students come from 29 states and territories, 42 other countries, 2% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 36% Hispanic, 27% black, 9% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 56% 25 or older, 15% transferred in. Setting: 350-acre urban campus with easy access to Los Angeles. Part of California State University System.
Jones' master plan for CSU Dominguez Hills shaped the campus to be a unified and lovely whole, showcasing the best in Modern design.CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS Z-3 The courtyard clusters are linked together with walkways, some of which are elevated to compensate for changes in elevation. The buildings are arranged in courtyard-like configurations for a feeling of low density and easy access to the landscape outside, and range from one to three stories in height. If you look at the underside of any of the wide roof overhangs, you will understand how the waffle slab got its name. Ranging in style from New Formalist to Brutalist, their most distinctive feature is their exposed concrete construction system, the concrete waffle slab method, which serves as both structure and ornamentation. All of the buildings are similar in style, construction method, and materials, typified by details like flat roofs with large continuous overhangs, extensive use of glass, and vertical window fins for light regulation.
The campus buildings are integrated into broad landscapes of green lawns and concrete walkways punctuated by abundant trees (eucalyptus and coral are the most common, with eucalyptus in particular serving as a unifying element). CSU Dominguez Hills was ranked 32nd on the magazines list of Top Public Schools among Western Regional Universities. Jones was well known for his skill at integrating structures and landscapes, and his plan for CSU Dominguez Hills reflected this by making the rolling topography and mild outdoor climate part of the campus. Quincy Jones created the master plan, drawing on his experience planning other campuses and building complexes the first buildings were not completed until 1968, and the development of the campus under Jones' plan continued until his death in 1979. The nascent school began instruction in 1965 before any of its buildings were constructed on a new campus in the Dominguez Hills area of Carson, but its master plan was in place by 1964.Īrchitect A. California State University, Dominguez Hills was founded as South Bay State College in 1960, and soon after changed to its present name.
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