1857—Weekly Normal School established by San Francisco Board of Education. Merged in 1862 with the first State Normal School. 1862—California State Normal School began operation in San Francisco. 1868—University of California created by the State Legislature. 1871—California State Normal School moved from San Francisco to San Jose. 1882—Branch of the State Normal School opened in . (Operated until 1919, when the Southern Branch of University of California was established on its site; in 1927 became the University of California, Los Angeles.) 1889—Northern California State Normal School opened at Chico. 1897—San Diego State Normal School established. 1899—San Francisco State Normal School established. 1901—California Polytechnic School (now California State Polytechnic College) created by State Legislature. Opened at San Luis Obispo in 1903 as a coeducational state vocational high school. (In 1927, the level of instruction was raised to include junior college; in 1929, enrollment was limited to boys and young men; in 1933, the school became a two-year and three- year technical college; in 1940, it was authorized to grant B.S. degree; in 1949, it was authorized to grant the M.A. degree.) 1909— Santa Barbara State Normal School of Manual Arts and Home Economics established as successor to the first sloyd (manual training) school estab­ lished in California in 1893. Admitted only students with advanced stand­ ing. (In 1919, general professional department added, name changed to Santa Barbara State Normal School; in 1921, became Santa Barbara State Teachers College; 1923, authorized to grant B.A. degree with majors in education; 1935, became Santa Barbara State College; 1942, became Santa Barbara College of the University of California.) 1910— First public junior college in California opened in Fresno. 1911— Fresno State Normal School established. 1913—Humboldt State Normal School established at Areata. 1921—Legislature changed “normal schools” to “teachers colleges.” 1923—Two-year training course for elementary teacher’s credential lengthened to two and one-half years. 1923—Teachers colleges authorized to confer B.A. degree with majors in education. 1927—Training course for elementary teacher’s credential increased to three years. 1929— California State Nautical School established; 1948, renamed California Mari­ time Academy. 1930— Training course for elementary school teachers increased to four years, entitling graduates to receive bachelors’ degrees. 1935—Legislature changed “teachers colleges” to “state colleges” and authorized courses for students in fields other than teacher education. 1938—Voorhis School at San Dimas added to California Polytechnic School. 1945—California Polytechnic School became California State Polytechnic College. 1947—Legislature broadened the functions of state colleges and established two new state colleges: Sacramento State College and Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences.

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