College of the Desert (or COD) is a public two-year community college located in Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley of Riverside County, California. The current enrollment of COD is about 9,200 (with 2,400 full-time students). In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a junior college, is an educational institution providing post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associates degrees. ... Palm Desert is a city located in Riverside County, California, in the Palm Springs area, approximately 11 miles east of Palm Springs in the Coachella Valley. ... Coachella Valley The Coachella Valley is an irrigated agricultural and recreational desert valley in southern California east of Los Angeles. ... Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. ...

The college offers a variety of A.A. degree and certificate programs, including programs related to golf course management and maintenance. COD is also the home of the Coachella Valley Campus of California State University, San Bernardino, as well as the Energy Technology Training Center, nationally recognized as a leader in alternative fuel training and a model for nine other community college alternative-fuel training programs throughout California. Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ... View of campus with San Bernardino Mountains on the background. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

The college's beginnings date back to 1958, when voters in the Coachella Valley approved the formation of a junior college district, with the first classes being held on its newly built 160 acre (647,000 m²) site in 1962. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coachella Valley The Coachella Valley is an irrigated agricultural and recreational desert valley in southern California east of Los Angeles. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

In 1966, residents of the high desert north of the Coachella Valley voted to join the college district, leading in 1984 to the opening of the Copper Mountain Campus in Twentynine Palms. In 1999, the Copper Mountain Campus split off to become the independent Copper Mountain College. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Twentynine Palms is a city located in San Bernardino County, California. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

External link

• Official webpage