Welcome to California College San Diego
California College San Diego (CCSD), which is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), has trained generations of graduates for new careers since 1978. Our degree programs, designed to help graduates compete in the ever-evolving employment market, include Medical Specialties, Respiratory Therapy, Healthcare Administration, Business Management and Accounting, Computer Technology and Networking, Computer Programming, Computer Science and Business Administration.* National City is a satellite of the California College San Diego main campus. Online programs are offered by our affiliated college, Stevens-Henager College, Salt Lake City/Murray.
CCSD’s FastFlex program offers students the flexibility to complete their degree in less-than-traditional time: as few as 20 months for the associate's or associate’s (occupational) degree, 36 months for a bachelor's degree, or 15 months for a master’s degree,** giving students the opportunity to get their degree and start their career sooner than they may have imagined.
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** Completion time as compared to traditional colleges and universities. Non-FastFlex program completion time frame is longer.
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration program is designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to become an effective manager in a variety of organizational settings. It is a comprehensive program designed to provide graduates with the background to advance in their career rather than training to target a particular job within an organization. The broad goal of the program is to provide students with the foundations in content and competencies that will support their development as effective managers in a variety of organizational settings.
Master of Science in Healthcare Administration
The Master of Healthcare Administration program is designed to provide education and research activities that will teach the student to develop or recognize opportunities to make health service delivery more effective or efficient. Students enrolled in the program will receive instruction on processes for evaluating and improving health policy.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
A Business Administration degree prepares graduates for a variety of responsible managerial positions in both domestic and international firms. The objectives of the program are to provide a solid foundation in Accounting, Sales and Marketing, Operations Management, Human Resource Management, and Banking and Finance. The program provides the graduate with an integrated understanding of business and economic concepts and how they relate to the domestic and global economy.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Property Management Emphasis
The Business Administration program prepares graduates for a variety of responsible managerial positions in both domestic and international firms. Property Managers are an integral component to organizational stability. Because of efficient asset management understanding, property managers can lead to considerable cost savings by monitoring property life cycle; acquisition, utilization and disposition. Because of liability associated with operations and asset finance reporting, the legislative law (Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002) requires companies to implement controls to protect investors from corporate fraud schemes. This degree has been created for that specific reason; to educate property managers on not only sound accounting practices, but to ensure that ethical controls are understood and implemented.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Technology Emphasis
The Bachelor`s degree in Business Administration with Technology emphasis is designed to prepare the graduate to apply technology skills to achieve business goals. The emphasis is placed on preparing graduates to become certified in computer applications, networking, maintenance, and security. The emphasis prepares the graduate for entry into positions that include computer service technician, application specialist, and administrative and technical support representative.
Bachelor of Science in Accounting
The Bachelor's degree in Accounting is designed to prepare the graduate for entry into positions with public accounting firms and similarly challenging positions with private, government, and nonprofit organizations. The objectives of the major are to provide the graduate with an understanding of business and financial concepts and how they relate to professional accounting — including the principles of federal taxation, auditing, and accounting for small businesses and corporations.
Bachelor of Science in Accounting with Forensic Accounting Emphasis
The Bachelor`s degree in Accounting with Forensic Accounting emphasis is designed to prepare the graduate for entry into positions with public accounting firms and similarly challenging positions with private, government, and nonprofit organizations, including work with legal counsel and private investigators. The emphasis area allows forensic accountants to integrate the areas or accounting, auditing, and investigation and provide an accounting analysis that can be used for judicial debate and resolution. The objectives of the program are to prepare graduates to conduct an analysis, interpretation and summary of an organization’s present financial situation in an understandable and adequately supported manner.
Bachelor of Science Completion in Nursing Administration
The Bachelor of Science Completion in Nursing Administration (BSNA) program is designed as a degree completion program to enhance career opportunities for practicing Registered Nurses. This program prepares students with the appropriate academic skills for entry-level and nurse supervisory positions in the healthcare field. Because this program prepares students to assume healthcare supervisory positions rather than additional clinical responsibilities, no clinical hours are required and applicants must have a valid RN credential.
Bachelor Science in Respiratory Therapy
The Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy provides the student with the necessary skills that are needed to advance into a supervisory position in a general healthcare facility (e.g. hospital, clinic, medical office) or in an environment specific to the field of respiratory therapy. The curriculum contains information on management and current issues and trends in healthcare, exposing students to the latest developments in respiratory care. The program includes a general education component, a foundation in cardiopulmonary sciences, and coursework in the traditional respiratory care specialties of critical care, perinatal and pediatrics, and cardiopulmonary diagnostics.
Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration
The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration is designed to provide healthcare practitioners and others with the skills and competencies to function as supervisors and managers in healthcare settings, or in a business environment requiring management skills. This program is designed to help the professional meet increasing responsibilities. The curriculum provides a working foundation in management and interpersonal skills, while at the same time introducing the student to the healthcare delivery system and to business challenges with varied issues. Graduates are not only better prepared to assume increased management responsibilities, but to do so with a better understanding of the complex system in which they work.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Information Systems Security Emphasis
The Bachelor`s degree in Computer Science with Information Systems Security emphasis is designed to prepare the graduate for entry into positions as a software engineer, network administrator, web developer, computer programmer, and project manager. The area of emphasis prepares graduates to provide protection for information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, description, modification, perusal, inspection, recording, or destruction. Objectives of the program are to ensure competencies at complex levels of programming, network administration, database management, and client interface.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Networking Emphasis
The Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science with Networking Emphasis is designed to give you the competencies required for complex levels of networking, which are crucial to business and industry. Your training in networking will cover security concepts, network communications, storage area networks, advanced server administration, Linux systems, and more. This degree will help you gain knowledge and skills that lead to entry- to mid-level employment in a variety of computer networking positions.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Information Systems Security Emphasis
The Bachelor`s degree in Computer Science with Information Systems Security emphasis is designed to prepare the graduate for entry into positions as a software engineer, network administrator, web developer, computer programmer, and project manager. The area of emphasis prepares graduates to provide protection for information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, description, modification, perusal, inspection, recording, or destruction. Objectives of the program are to ensure competencies at complex levels of programming, network administration, database management, and client interface.
Associate of Applied Science in Business Management & Accounting
The Business Management and Accounting program prepares students for a variety of responsible managerial positions. Due to the diversity of the program courses, the student will build a strong foundation in accounting, marketing, insurance, finance, electronic commerce and real estate. Objectives of the program are to provide the student with an integrated understanding of business and economic concepts and how these concepts relate to business and social systems, the recognition of ethical responsibilities and accountability, the development of planning, decision-making, and other management functions, the capacity to implement and adapt to change, and development of analytic thinking and leadership style.
Associate of Science in Business Management & Accounting with Property Management Emphasis
In partnership with the National Property Management Association (NPMA), the Associate of Science in Business Management and Accounting (emphasis in property management) allows you to complete your degree while you prepare for NPMA certification. Due to the diversity of the program courses, the student will build a strong foundation in accounting, marketing, insurance, finance, electronic commerce and real estate. Objectives of the program are to provide the student with an integrated understanding of business and economic concepts and how these concepts relate to business and social systems, the recognition of ethical responsibilities and accountability, the development of planning, decision-making, and other management functions, the capacity to implement and adapt to change, and development of analytic thinking and leadership style.
Associate of Science in Respiratory Therapy
The Respiratory Therapy program offers a comprehensive curriculum, modern equipment, small class sizes, and individual attention from qualified instructors. The curriculum is a 20-month course of study combining classroom theory, laboratory experience, and clinical practice in respiratory patient care. Graduates have the skills for employment in hospitals and medical centers as respiratory care practitioners. The Associate of Science in Respiratory Therapy degree program prepares you to meet the challenges of this dynamic field. As part of the curriculum, you'll gain clinical experience with patients in a respiratory care facility. You will receive your clinical training at local hospitals, so you'll master new skills under the supervision of some of the best respiratory practitioners and physicians in the country.
Associate of Applied Science in Computer Programming
This program of study is directed toward developing problem-solving skills. In conjunction with the understanding of computers and computer systems, this will enable a graduate of the program to apply his or her knowledge to finding solutions to problems that arise in the science, business, industry, government and education sectors. The objectives of the program are to provide a solid foundation of knowledge about computers and to facilitate thinking that will permit continuing growth on the part of the graduates. Prospective students should have an aptitude for mathematics and logic and an interest in analysis and deductions. Students will study several programming languages, database design and administration and programming for the Internet.
Associate of Applied Science in Computer Technology & Networking
This program prepares students for entry-level jobs in the computer repair and networking fields. Students are trained using current operating systems, network hardware, and Internet technology. The objectives of the program are to provide a solid foundation of knowledge about computers and to facilitate thinking that will permit continuing growth on the part of the graduates.
Associate of Occupational Studies in Medical Specialties
This program prepares students for entry-level employment as medical assistants with billing/coding, and laboratory skills. The student is also prepared for a career as an entry-level pharmacy technician, nursing assistant, home health aide, and as a medical receivables and coding professional. Objectives of the program include preparing students for possible certification or licensing in the various medical specialties, as well as gaining employment in many medical fields.
