Southwest College

Los Angeles Southwest College’s service area consists of 45 square miles that includes parts of the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated sections of Los Angeles County (2nd Supervisorial District), as well as portions of Gardena, Hawthorne, and Inglewood. For almost 50 years, Southwest College has focused its resources on empowering a diverse student population to help achieve their academic and career goals. It is a is a two-year college that awards Associate’s Degrees in more than 30 fields and occupational certificates in more than 45 disciplines. It offers a range of programs that meet the community’s needs, including college transfer services, occupational training, community services as well as general, transitional and continuing education.

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Featured Projects

School of Behavioral and Social Sciences

The School of Behavioral and Social Sciences is a three-story new classroom and faculty office building housing the School of Behavior and Social Sciences.

School of Career & Technical Education

The School of Career & Technical Education is a new facility to house the School of Business as well as the Workforce Development and Corporate Relations Offices, a new Career Resource Center, a new Environmental and Technology Science Program, a Student Success Center and shared support space functions.

Active Projects

Sub Project Number	Sub Project Title	% Complete	Academic Occupancy Date	Progress Summary
06S-618.01	School of Science	0.00 %	02/11/2019	Project presentation to FMP&OC on 9/21/16. 100% CD submitted to DSA on 11/30/16. Expected DSA Approval August 2017.

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MAY 9, 2016

BuildLACCD Making an Economic Impact is Los Angeles County

LAEDC would like to highlight AECOM and Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) for economic development efforts to support small business development, workforce development and local hiring in Los Angeles County.

APRIL 22, 2016

LEEDing the Way in Green Building

(LOS ANGELES, CA) - The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is leading the way among green buildings for educational institutions. Many of LACCD’s newest and soon to be opened campus facilities, constructed under its BuildLACCD campus improvement program, are Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) certified or higher by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED™ designation is an internationally recognized designation for buildings that are resource efficient, use less water and energy to operate and reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions.