• The facility houses the Honors Institute, 30,000 square-foot Arts Gallery, the 356-seat John Anthony Theatre and Brinker Tennis Stadium. The Spring Creek Campus was recently expanded to include general-purpose classrooms, adding space for high tech training and science labs, a state-of-the-art dance studio, general-purpose classrooms, new faculty offices and a training/conference center.

• The campus's academic specialties include fine arts, communications and humanities, and mathematics and natural sciences. SCC is also the focal point of Collin's fine arts, with the Blackbox Theatre, John Anthony Theatre, Spring Creek Art Gallery and the Dance Repertory. These campus venues offer a constant array of theatre productions, repertoire films, art exhibits and other special engagements.

The Spring Creek Campus also includes:

• The theatre program that ranks among the top five college programs nationwide. Visit Collin Theatre Center.

• Dance program that has received five national Gala Awards from the American College Dance Festival. Visit Dance Program.

• Honors Institute created for students seeking an academic challenge and offers interdisciplinary seminars and enriched classes. Visit Honors Institute.

• Internationally recognized musical ensembles such as the Jazz Lab Band, Expressions Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Singers, and Collin Chorale. Visit Music Department.

• Applied Graphic Design Technology program, listed in New Media Magazine as one of their “Best Bets.” Visit Applied Graphic Design Technology.

• Weekend College, which offers students alternatives for those unable to attend college during a traditional time frame. The Weekend College provides the opportunity to complete the entire core curriculum of the Associate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Science (A.S.) or the Associate of Arts in Teaching (A.A.T.)* degree, with a variety of schedule options on Friday evenings, Saturday mornings, Saturday afternoons, Sunday afternoons or any combination without interrupting the work week.

• Department of Visuals Arts provides cutting-edge ceramics, drawing, painting, and metal sculpture labs as well as a metal casting foundry and outdoor kiln studio. Visit Department of Visual Arts.

• Award-winning athletics programs with open-access fitness centers and eight intercollegiate athletics programs. Visit Cougar Athletics.

• Century Court apartments offer housing for students carrying a minimum of six hours. For more information, contact 972.509.0247.

*Some A.A.T. courses may require lab hours to be completed outside of the Weekend College time frame.