to the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities (CADD), which supports research, trains current and future professionals and provides outreach services to families via confidential face-to-face and telehealth sessions. The Student Services and Classroom Building houses business and education classrooms. A large part of the facility is dedicated to student-service functions, including the Dean of Students' office, the registrar, cashier, veterans services and financial aid offices. UH-Clear Lake at Pearland UHCL operates a branch campus situated on 40 acres of land in Pearland. City of Pearland officials and UHCL administrators began discussing opportunities to work together in 2004. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the addition of the campus in 2007 and construction began in 2009. The 30,659 square foot building opened for classes in August 2010. Before the campus opened, a scholarship endowment was established to benefit Pearland residents who attend classes at the center. The Pearland Economic Development Corporation leased some of the campus space for its new headquarters. The campus includes a library and a student lounge in addition to classroom and laboratory space. During its first semester, the campus enrolled over 500 students. A new addition, the Health Sciences and Classroom Building, opened in spring 2019, featuring simulation labs to support UHCL's Registered Nurse-Bachelor of Science (RN-to-BSN) degree program, as well as Pearland offices for UHCL's Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities. Upon its opening, the Pearland location offered undergraduate and graduate courses in education and several social science disciplines. Currently, the Pearland location offers seven undergraduate degrees, six graduate degrees and one doctoral degree. Degree options include business, behavioral science, education and nursing. Since 2017, UHCL at Pearland has hosted Alvin Community College's core classes, which are transferable to UHCL. Texas Medical Center Located at 2151 West Holcombe in Houston, Texas, UHCL's campus in the Texas Medical Center offers three business-oriented graduate degrees in health care administration—including a dual MHA/MBA program. Specialized trainings and certification programs are offered year-round for health care administrators and medical doctors in private practice. Academics The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL) is separately accredited, offers its own academic programs, and confers its own degrees. Students who graduate from UHCL will have diplomas under the name University of . The university is organized into four academic colleges: the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Human Sciences and Humanities, and the College of Science and Engineering. The