West Coast University

West Coast University (WCU) is a private, revenue driven college concentrated on medicinal services degrees, grounds areas incorporate Los Angeles, Anaheim and Ontario, California, Dallas, Texas, and Miami, Florida. It is not identified with a school of the same name  working out of Panama. David Pyle established American Career College in 1979 under the name of American College of Optics. Initially the school concentrated just on optical apportioning. In May 1997, Mr. Pyle acquired West Coast University, which was established in 1909, out of liquidation and built up a system for the preparation of enrolled medical attendants. West Coast University was established in Los Angeles in 1909 as a little ophthalmology school. Throughout the following 50 years, its system offerings fluctuated from aeronautical building, connected sciences and arithmetic to train diesel motor repairs. As it grew, West Coast University got to be one of the trailblazers in offering four year certification programs intended to address the issues of working grown-ups to help their professions. These projects were offered in non-conventional settings. For instance, in 1953, the University started offering evening-just projects in view of a calendar of six two-month scholarly terms. The achievement of this methodology drove the University to extend and broaden its projects to incorporate offerings in the territories of business and administration, software engineering, modern innovation, and pre-wellbeing science. Partner degrees in Science and additionally graduate degree projects were presented in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1981, the University redesigned into three particular schools: the College of Business and Management, the College of Engineering, and the College of Letters and Sciences. The University was driven by the late Dr. Victor Elconin, whose bearing was instrumental in building up the University's strong notoriety in the business and scholarly group. 

In May 1997, WCU was rearranged under the authority of its present Chairman, David Pyle . The new initiative group was focused on refocusing the organization's putting forth of projects to those that were most noteworthy popular and would be most helpful to working grown-ups. Hence, teaching human services experts turned into the University's particular center in 2004.  Just four years after the fact, West Coast University turned into the main secretly held exclusive college in California affirmed to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. The next year, in 2009, the University accomplished extra automatic accreditation for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at their California grounds from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). That same year, WCU was honored introductory 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 system is one of just 4 CODA-licensed four year college education in Dental Hygiene programs offered in California. West Coast University picked Henry Schein to plan another dental cleanliness showing office in its Anaheim, California grounds which opened its entryways on April 13, 2009. West Coast University's Los Angeles grounds got endorsement in 2010 to grant Master of Science degrees in Nursing and Health Care Management. That same year, the propelled Simulation Center for Nursing opened at the Orange County grounds. The Simulation Center is incorporated with the nursing educational programs and components high-devotion mannequins that copy human reactions and current medicinal services innovation in sensible patient consideration settings. After a year, Simulation Centers were opened in the Los Angeles and Ontario grounds. West Coast University has been a member in the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program or YRP) since 2010. 

In 2011, the University accomplished institutional accreditation through the WASC Senior College and University Commission. West Coast University opened a grounds in Dallas, Texas in 2012. WCU-Dallas is situated in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, highlights a Simulation Center, and is the University's first Texas grounds. That same year the Master of Science in Nursing degree got extra accreditation by CCNE, Commission on Collegiete Nursing Education. One prominent former student of WCU is Greg Jarvis, one of the space explorers on the Space Shuttle Challenger. He was booked to get his confirmation, for an administration science degree, on the van, and would have been the primary individual to get a degree in space. To respect his memory, West Coast University after death recompensed Jarvis with a recognized graduate honor on May 15, 2011. The University additionally offers a grant in Jarvis' name. In 2013, West Coast University dispatched Global Public Health programs. Today understudies have made a trip to Panama, Costa Rica, Belize, Moldova, and Argentina. West Coast University's Los Angeles grounds got endorsement by WASC for a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Doctor of Pharmacy projects. In 2014, the MSOT, DPT and PharmD projects were propelled. In 2014, West Coast University opened its most up to date grounds in Miami, Florida. WCU Miami highlights a Simulation Center and is the college's first Florida grounds. The grounds offers BSN and LPN to BSN degrees. These projects are affirmed by the Florida Board of Nursing. WCU's guardian organization obtained Contemporary Forums, a pioneer in proceeding with training for medical attendants. West Coast University and American Career College graduates are all qualified for continuous CE rebates through Contemporary Forums. In 2015, WCU propelled the 100% on the web, 12-month RN to BSN, 24 month RN to MSN and 24 month MSN programs. 

West Coast University has five areas. The Los Angeles grounds is situated at 12215 Victory Boulevard, in North Hollywood, California. The Los Angeles Learning Site is situated at 590 North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The Orange County grounds is situated at 1477 South Manchester Avenue in Anaheim, California. The Orange County Learning Site is situated at 2411 West La Palma Avenue in Anaheim, California. The Ontario grounds is situated at 2855 E. Guasti Road in Ontario, California. The Dallas grounds is situated at 8435 Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, Texas. The Miami grounds is situated at 9250 NW 36th Street in Doral, Florida. Every grounds incorporates classrooms, PC labs, science labs, aptitudes labs, and propelled Simulation Centers. WCU brags cutting edge offices at its Simulation Centers for Nursing and its free group Dental Hygiene Clinic in Orange County, where understudies give care and practice their abilities at no expense to real patients in underserved populaces.