accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology since 1993. AACC's physical therapist assistant program has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education since 1998. In 2008, AACC's Department of Public Safety was nationally accredited through the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) and became the first two-year institution in the United States to receive such an accreditation. The department was reaccredited in 2011 and 2014. Campus The main campus is located in Arnold, Maryland, and spans , making it the largest single-campus community college in the state. There are 10 academic buildings, a library, gymnasium, student services center, student union, 389-seat performing arts center, the Earl S. Scott Nature Trail and a 3,000-seat athletic field. AACC has more than 100 off-site locations across Anne Arundel County, including Arundel Mills; Fort Meade Army Education Center; Glen Burnie Town Center; the hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Institute; and the Sales and Service Training Center. Anne Arundel Community College hosts Maryland's only statue of Martin Luther King Jr., which was rededicated in 2019. In 2019, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Anne Arundel Community College Health and Life Sciences Building was held. The three-story, 175,000-square foot building, which opened in Fall 2021, houses 19 biology labs, 11 health science labs, a 160-seat lecture hall, greenhouse, classrooms, computer labs, study/meeting rooms, tutoring and advising, and faculty and deans’ offices. It is one of a series of projects within AACC's 10-year plan to expand and host new programs. In 2019, AACC received a $1 million donation to support the expansion of its skilled trades program. As of 2021, the newly constructed Clauson Center for Innovation and Skilled Trades is set to open on the Arnold campus in January 2022 and offer six programs and pre-employment services. Administration and organization AACC operates under five schools: the School of Business and Law; the School of Continuing Education and Workforce Development; the School of Health Sciences; the School of Liberal Arts; and the School of Science, Technology and Education. A typical academic year is broken up into two 15-week terms during the fall (August–December) and spring (January–May) as well as two accelerated terms that last four to six weeks during the winter (December–January) and summer (May–August). Within the terms are sessions that span 13 weeks, eight weeks and weekends. An academic year begins on the first day of the