North Hennepin Community College
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North Hennepin Community College (NHCC) is a community college located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The college was established in 1966 under the name North Hennepin State Junior College and held its first classes in Osseo Junior High School in Osseo, Minnesota. In 1969, the college moved to its current location at 7411 85th Avenue in Brooklyn Park and in 1972 changed to its current name.
The campus is an 84 acre (340,000 m²) site consisting of nine brick buildings, a central courtyard, accessible parking lots, athletic fields, hiking trails, and a nature preserve area.
North Hennepin Community College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and offers coursework as well as pre-professional programs for transfer to baccalaureate programs. It also aims to prepare students for immediate entry into careers.
Each year, more than 9,000 students are enrolled in credit classes, and 3,000 are enrolled in continuing education classes and customized training.
Course offerings occur at various times of the year:
- Credit courses - Fall, Spring, and Summer
- Short-term, non-credit classes - continuously throughout the year
The following classes are offered weekdays, weeknights, and weekends at the Brooklyn Park Campus, Buffalo High School in Buffalo, and other off-campus locations:
- Accelerated classes
- Online classes
- Traditional classes
- Web-enhanced classes
[edit] Communities served
NHCC is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, a northwestern suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The following communities are located in the area:
- Anoka
- Blaine
- Brooklyn Center
- Brooklyn Park
- Buffalo
- Champlin
- Coon Rapids
- Corcoran
- Crystal
- Dayton
- Elk River
- Fridley
- Maple Grove
- Minneapolis
- Monticello
- New Hope
- Osseo
- Plymouth
- Robbinsdale
- Rogers
- Spring Lake Park
- St. Michael
- and others
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