College of Charleston
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The College of Charleston is a public, four-year college located in historic Downtown Charleston. There are approximately 10,000 undergraduate students and 1,500 graduate students, with 49 undergraduate degrees and 19 graduate degrees offered.
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Structure
The college is divided into the:
- School of the Arts
- School of Business & Economics
- School of Education
- School of Humanities & Social Sciences
- School of Languages, Cultures, & World Affairs
- School of Science & Mathematics
History
The College was founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, making it the oldest college in South Carolina and the thirteenth oldest in America. In 1836 the college became a municipal college, the first in the nation. Female students were admitted in 1918 and African-American students were first admitted in 1968. More history of the College of Charleston can be found at http://www.cofc.edu/about/brief-history.html.
Many movies have been filmed at the College of Charleston, usually in Randolph Hall, such as Cold Mountain, The Patriot, White Squall, O, and The Notebook. The campus is known for its historic beauty and uneven brick sidewalks.
Expansion
The enrollment at the College of Charleston has signficantly increased over the past twenty years. Institutional Research facts indicate that the student population grew from 6778 in Fall 1989 to 11332 in Fall 2005. To support the growing number of students, the College has bought or constructed several new buildings in recent years. These include a purchase of the old Bellsouth building on St. Phillips Street for classoroms and offices; purchase and demolition of Bishop England High School (which was lured to Daniel Island) at the corner of Coming Street and Calhoun Street to build the Addlestone Library; purchase and demolition of the Arcade Theater, an old movie theater and dance club on Liberty Street, to expand the School of Business & Economics; and most recently, a controversial purchase of the site at the corner of St. Philips Street and Wentworth Street where Yo Burrito was previously located.
Trivia
The College has not had a football team since the early 1900s.
The College of Charleston men's and women's sailing teams are some of the most elite sailing teams in the country, having won multiple national championships and placing multiple students on the sailing All-American squads.
The College houses the alpha chapter of the Pi Kappha Phi fraternity, which was chartered in 1904.
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Common colloquial terms for College of Charleston: C of C, College of Knowledge, C o' C, The College
