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    Dallas College Brookhaven Campus
    Motto Dedicated to student success.
    Type Publiccommunity College
    Established 1978
    Parent institution
    		Dallas College
    Chancellor Justin D. Lonon
    President Linda Braddy, Ph.D.
    Academic staff
    		135 Full-time, 400Adjunct[1]
    Students 11,000 as of Spring 2014[2]
    Location
    Farmers Branch
    ,
    Texas
    ,
    United States
    Campus Suburban, 192 acres (0.8 km2)
    Athletics 4NJCAADivision III teams[3]
    Colors Light Green and Forest Green
    Affiliations Dallas College
    Mascot Bears
    Website www.dallascollege.edu

    Dallas College Brookhaven Campus(BrookhavenorBHC) is apubliccommunity collegeinFarmers Branch, Texas.[4]It is one of seven campuses ofDallas College, and it opened in 1978, making it the newest campus in Dallas College (excluding satellite campuses).

    Serving northwest Dallas County, Dallas College Brookhaven Campus provides freshman- and sophomore-level academic credit courses, which may be applied toward an associate degree or transferred to a four-year college or university. The Core Curriculum is guaranteed to transfer to public universities in Texas.[5]Career and technical education programs help prepare students for immediate entrance into the workforce. Along with traditional transfer class offerings, Brookhaven College's technical program offerings include accounting, automotive technology, business administration, child development, computer information systems,e-commerce, emergency medical services, geospatial technology, international business and trade, management, marketing, nursing, office technology, paramedicine, radiologic technology and visual communications.

    Continuing education classes offer personal or professional development in a variety of subjects including art, business, computers, health care careers, education, English for Speakers of Other Languages, music, nonprofit management, real estate and more. Corporate training also is available.

    Campus

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    Dallas College Brookhaven Campus 192-acre (0.78 km2) currently has a total of 467,000 square feet (43,400 m2) of building space divided among 18 buildings. These buildings include the 20,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) Brookhaven College Geotechnology Institute, one of three similar facilities nationwide to offer continuing professional development to professionals in the oil and gas industries, and the Brookhaven College School of the Arts (BCSA) expanded facility, with a 2,400-square-foot (220 m2) gallery, a renovated ceramics/kiln yard, Macintosh computer lab and a 680-seat performance hall.

    The Dallas Weekend College (DWEC) ofOur Lady of the Lake Universitymoved to Brookhaven in 1997.[6]

    Special programs

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    Programs of study added in recent years include associate degree programs inMexican-AmericanStudies (Fall, 2006),geographic information systems(Fall, 2005) and Criminal Justice (Fall, 2009).

    In 2006, Dallas College Brookhaven Campus began a partnership with theCarrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School Districtto offer anEarly College High Schoolprogram, which admits a limited number ofninth-gradestudents to an on-site high school program that allows them to begin their college studies during theireleventh-gradeyear and earn an associate degree along with their high school diplomas.[7]This program is in addition to the existingdual-creditprogram that allows select secondary-school students to enroll in college courses at low cost while continuing at their original high-school campuses.

    The college also hosts a Head Start Center, which provides child care services for low-income families. The Center also serves as a learning tool for students in the Child Development program.

    The Students 55+ program offers non-credit, enrichment courses for adults 55 and older.

    Tuition

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    Dallas County residents pay $79 per credit hour, or $237 for a three-hour class. Out-of-county residents pay $137 per credit hour. Out of state and international students are charged $200 per credit unit or a minimum of $200.[8]

    Tuition Waiver for Senior Adults

    Senior adults, those 65 and older, who live in or own property in Dallas County, can enroll in up to six hours of credit courses each semester or summer session at no cost, based on availability.

    Notable alumni

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    References

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    1. ^Brookhaven College Office of Institutional Research, 2009
    2. ^Brookhaven College Office of Institutional Research, 2014
    3. ^"Brookhaven College: Athletics". Archived fromthe originalon 2009-04-14. Retrieved2009-04-02.
    4. ^HomeArchived2019-04-19 at theWayback Machine. Brookhaven College. Retrieved on April 20, 2019. "3939 Valley View Lane Farmers Branch, TX 75244" Some other versions may specify "Dallas, TX" as the mailing address city name (for exampleEarly College High School'ssite says:"3939 Valley View Ln, Dallas, TX 75244"), but the college is in Farmers Branch. See: "2013 City Council DistrictsArchived2019-06-11 at theWayback Machine, City of Farmers Branch, for a map.
    5. ^"Core Curriculum – Core Curriculum".Dallas College.
    6. ^"Introduction". Our Lady of the Lake University Dallas Weekend College. 1999-11-14. Archived fromthe originalon 1999-11-14. Retrieved2021-04-19.
    7. ^"Brookhaven College: Early College High School". Archived fromthe originalon 2006-10-17. Retrieved2006-10-09.Early College High School
    8. ^"Tuition Calculator – Cost and Tuition".Dallas College.
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