History

After the close of the National Education Center's Institute of Technology in Anaheim, the institute's Administrator/Chief Instructor had a vision of establishing a college that would build a reputation based on the finest educational standards.

He, along with a team of instructors with extensive experience in post secondary career education at NATTS accredited degree-granting schools, wrote and constructed the curricula for the first program offering.

	1987	SCIT Established. First Program was Electronics/Computer Technology

	1988	Donations from McDonald Douglas (mainly computer equipment)
	1992	Became ISCET certification center (International Society of Certifying Electronic Technicians)
	early 1993	Expanded to a new campus location

	May 3, 1994	Approved by the U.S. Department of Justice to admit foreign students
	Dec, 1994	Accredited by ACCSCT (Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology)
	Apr 1995	Approved to offer Associate of Applied Science in Robotics & Electronics Engineering Technology (First approved associates degree)
	Aug 5, 1996	Approved to offer Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology (First Bachelors Degree program)
	1997	Donation from Rockwell (Robotic equipment)

	Nov 25, 1998	Approved to offer Associate of Arts in Computerized Business Technology (First Business Degree)
	Dec 11, 2002	Approved to Offer BS in Computer Science and AS in Computer Science (First Computer Science Degree Programs)
	2003	Became an approved NARTE testing center for FCC. (National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers http://www.narte.org/)
	Mar 11, 2005	Approved to Offer BS Accounting and BS Business Managements (First Bachelors Degree for Business Programs)
	Mar 25, 2005	Consortium Agreement between SCIT and SCU (Southern California University).
	July 15, 2007	Moved to our new and current campus
	Apr10, 2008	Approved to offer Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (our most recent degree program)

Today, SCIT continues its original mission. Over the last 20 years, we've gained a reputation in the community for providing quality education. We currently offer 5 Bachelor degree programs and enroll 436 students.