Samar College | |
Former Name: | Samar Junior College |
Established: | 1949 |
Head Label: | President |
Address: | Mabini Avenue |
Pushpin Map: | Visayas#Philippines |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Visayas##Location in the Philippines |
Coordinates: | 11.7781°N 124.8826°W |
Students: | Around 5,000 |
Samar College, Inc. (Filipino; Pilipino: Kolehiyo ng Samar; Waray: Eskuwelahan Tersyedad han Samar; abbreviated as SC) is a private school in Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines. It was founded in 1949 as the Samar Junior College and initially offered Elementary Teacher Certificate and Associate in Arts. Bachelor's degree programs in Education were opened in the 1950s, while the Bachelor of Science in Commerce followed in the 1980s. The college expanded its undergraduate programs throughout the years, and it eventually established the College of Graduate Studies in the late 1990s. This was also the same time that the high school and elementary departments were opened.[1]
At present, Samar College provides programs in the elementary, junior high school, senior high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels.[2] [3] The college department has four academic units which offer courses in Criminology, Business Administration, Elementary and Secondary Education, English Language, and Information Technology. For college graduates who wish to pursue further studies, SC's College of Graduate Studies has an MA in Education program.