Welcome from the Dean

On behalf of our Board of Trustees, administration, faculty colleagues, staff, and students, I am pleased to welcome you to the Division of Mathematics, Sciences, and Engineering at College of the Canyons.
 

The Division offers a strong commitment to high-quality, affordable, lower division undergraduate education over a wide range of subjects.  We pride ourselves on our small class sizes taught by qualified faculty experts that feature state-of­-the-art laboratory facilities and multiple opportunities for students to engage in emerging technologies, economic & workforce development training, field studies, research, and pathways to success in this increasingly interconnected world.  The disciplines of sciences, mathematics, and engineering are fundamental to many aspects of modern life as well as the nation's economy.  As such, we are highly focused on serving the needs of the community, state, and nation by providing quality programs in an interdisciplinary environment that prepare students for transfer to a four-year college or university, entry into a technical or occupational program, and pursuit of an Associate degree or certificate.  In addition, two B.S. degree options in Manufacturing Engineering and Biological Sciences will be offered through our University Center partnership with CSULA, scheduled to begin in fall 2013.

Through the hard work of this division, College of the Canyons was recently awarded the Upward Bound grant, a nationally recognized TRIO program sponsored by the Department of Education, where participants receive support in their preparation for college entrance.  The program serves Golden Valley High School students from low-income families, and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree.  Upward Bound provides academic instruction in mathematics, laboratory sciences, composition, literature, and foreign languages along with counseling, mentoring, and other services.  The goal of this noteworthy program is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education. 

All of this is made possible through the generosity of our community, industry partners, friends, volunteers, and donors who support our endeavors while sustaining the growing core of the College.  We look forward to helping you become a part of this community, where what seems impossible becomes possible, and where the search for new knowledge and ideas is fulfilled each day in an effort to better understand the world in which we live and contribute to the solution of a number of contemporary educational, environmental, technological, social, and economic problems. 

I enthusiastically welcome your interest in the Division of Mathematics, Sciences, and Engineering at College of the Canyons and hope you will contact me with any further questions.

Omar Torres            
Dean of Mathematics, Sciences, and Engineering
College of the Canyons
Seco Hall, Office 310
Telephone: (661) 362-3135
Fax: (661) 362-5888
Omar.Torres@canyons.edu