3. History Of Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College opened its doors in 1960 amid the transition of desegregation
and the influx of thousands of Cuban refugees. Initially, 1,428 students entered
"Chicken Coop College," nicknamed for the original buildings that were transformed
into classrooms. Dade County Junior College, as it was then known, was open to any
county resident who had graduated from high school. The student body included
the seven black students who made Dade County Junior the first integrated junior
college in Florida.
The downtown campus, later to be re-named for one of the College's founders,
Mitchell Wolfson, was born in 1970.The Medical Center Campus came into being in
1977, and bilingual studies became a full-fledged division in 1979, with more than
2,000 students enrolled in outreach centers in the Little Havana area. These centers
would soon become the InterAmerican Center, the largest bilingual facility in all of
higher education.
By the 1983-84 academic year, the effects of a changing community were reflected
at the College. Thirty percent – nearly 18,000 students – were immigrants or
refugees, and 46 percent reported that English was not their native language.
Almost two-thirds of Miami Dade students were minorities and 56 percent were
4. Tuition and Required fees
Resident Students
Tuition-82.78
Non Resident Students
Tuition-out-ofstate-248.33
Student Services-8.28
Student Services-8.28
Finical-Aid-4.41
Finical-Aid-16.56
Capital-Improvement11.88
Captial-Improvement23.00
Technology-4.14
Technology-16.56
Access&Parking-3.00
Access&Parking-3.00
Total Fees-114.22
Total Fees-398.51
Cost Per Term
(12Credits) 1,370.64
Cost Per Term (12
Credits) $4,782.12
5. Financial Aid & Scholarships
Eligibility---
Demonstrate financial need
Be a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen (for most programs) with a valid Social
Security Number
Be working toward a degree or certificate in an eligible program
Demonstrate qualification to obtain a postsecondary education
High school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate
Pass an ability-to-benefit (ATB) test (if you don’t have a diploma or GED, a
school can administer a test to determine whether you can benefit from the
education offered at that school)
Meet other standards that your state establishes and that we have approved
6. Degrees Offered
Miami Dade offers more than 150 academic programs
leading to the Associate in Arts (A.A.), Associate in
Science (A.S.), Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.), and
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in several fields), Bachelor of
Applied Science (in criminal justice), as well as numerous
certificates. Also, high school students with a strong
academic background may apply to be part of their
prestigious Honors College
7. Major Program
I would be working on my B.S (Bachelor Of
Science) and major in biology.
I would like to major in this field because I’m
starting to like science also in order for me to
become an Anesthesiologist Tech.
8. Curriculum of Major Program
The classes I would have to take to major in biology are
General Education (36 Credits)
Communications: 6 credits required
Oral Communications: 3 credits required
Humanities: 6 credits required Group A and Group B; 3 credits each
Behavioral and Social Science: 6 credits required Group A and Group B; 3 credits each
Natural Science: 6 credits required –
BSC 2010 Principles of Biology (common prerequisite required for program); 3
credits
CHM 1045 General Chemistry/Qualitative Analysis 1 (common prerequisite required
for program); 3 credits
Mathematics: 6 credits required –
MAC 1105 College Algebra (recommended); 3 credits
STA 2023 Statistical Methods (common prerequisite required for program); 3 credits
General Education Elective: 3 credits required –
BSC 2011 Principles of Biology 2 (common prerequisite required for program); 3
9. Other Information
Miami Dade had many Famous/well known people to Graduate from their school such
as
Emilio Estefan, Grammy winner, music industry icon, producer, publisher,
restauranteur and hotelier
Sylvester Stallone, actor, writer, producer and director
Andy Garcia, actor, director, producer and composer
Harry Wayne "KC" Casey, lead vocalist and keyboardist of KC and the Sunshine Band
Carlos Alvarez, Mayor, Miami Dade County
Hanna Guillen, actress in the Emmy Award winning soap-opera Passions
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, U.S. Congress House of Representatives, 18th District of Florida
Arturo Dulzaides, noted structural engineer and architect
10. Why did I choose this school
The reason I chose to go to Miami Dade
College is because it’s far away from home
It has a good medical program
I’ve always wanted to move to Florida…
11. Where did I get this
information from??
The places I got all my information from was
google.com
Wiki.answers
Mdc.edu
Ask.com