Cogswell Polytechnical College

Educational Resources

Libraries

• Member of library consortia.
• 1,511 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 5 current serial subscriptions.
• 252 Audio/Visual items.

Museums & Art

College Gallery

Computing

Requirements

• Students are required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Campus Resources

• 140 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, library
• 4 Internet connections in libraries.
• 0 Internet connections in classrooms.
• 140 Internet connections in Laboratories.
• 0 Internet connections elsewhere on campus.

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are permitted.
• Online class registration is not available.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in all school buildings and on all school property
• Campus wireless internet hotspots are not available.
• Approximately 50 students can be on the network at once.

Services

Counseling

academic

Career

internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 4% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 100% of housing units are Apartments.
• In total, there are 2 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 50% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 50% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.

Extracurricular

• 1% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Gallery exibitions
• Student activities: student government
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) ASB, Fencing Club

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): San Jose (5), San Francisco (50)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Sunnyvale (1)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Sunnyvale (1)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 90% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 5% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 5,120
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance mandatory, class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code