The Community College of Baltimore County is one of the leading providers of higher education in the United States. The college has campuses in Baltimore, Catonsville, Dundalk, Essex, Hunt Valley and Owings Mills, Md. It educates more than 70,000 annually, and provides development training to over 100 companies through continuing education and economic development division. The college provides specialized courses in applied and information technology, business management, social sciences, wellness and educational studies, health professions, law, liberal arts, and mathematics and science. It also offers courses in vocational and instrumental music, reading and instructional technology, media management, English, economics, world history, neuroscience, childhood education, mass communication, agricultural and industrial arts, and foreign languages and literatures. The community college s library houses more than more than 1 million items, including bound volumes, microforms, nonbook materials, federal and state documents, and periodicals and journals.