Del Mar College is dedicated to providing educational opportunities for
students to achieve their dreams.
Del Mar College is dedicated to providing access to educational
opportunities for all persons without regard to race, color, sex, age,
religion, national origin, or disability. The College affirms that
student learning is its highest priority. By encouraging and
supporting continuing excellence in instruction and institutional
support services at reasonable student cost, the College will fulfill
its mission within the limitations of its physical and financial
resources.
Specifically, the College has the following seven purposes:
- To provide fully accredited occupational, academic, and
pre-professional courses leading to certificates, associate degrees,
and/or the first two years of transferable credit toward baccalaureate
degrees.
- To provide opportunities to train for economic
independence; and to prepare for job entry, occupational advancement,
and career development.
- To provide developmental, adult literacy, and basic skills
instruction to help entering students to perform successfully in their
chosen academic or occupational fields of study.
- To provide student support services, including a
continuing program of counseling and guidance, to assist students in
achieving their individual educational goals.
- To provide opportunities for lifelong learning in
occupational and avocational pursuits, personal enrichment, and general
education based on a liberal arts curriculum.
- To provide opportunities to increase intellectual
capacities; to develop aesthetic awareness; to expand the dimensions of
personal, social, ethical, and cultural development; and to develop
civic responsibility and qualities essential to good citizenship.
- To provide educational activities for work force and
economic development, and for community and academic initiatives in
cooperation with area independent school districts, other institutions
of higher education, area industries, and area military bases; and to
encourage and provide cultural activities, both independent of, and in
cooperation with, organizations and groups in the community.
Del Mar College is a comprehensive community college with two primary
campuses located in Corpus Christi, Texas. Del Mar College is supported
by local taxes, appropriations by the Texas Legislature, tuition and
fees, and gifts and grants.
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