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Special Academic Programs
The following applications are currently
being offered:
InDesign (beginning and advanced)
Illustrator (beginning and advanced)
Photoshop (beginning and advanced)
Acrobat
Dreamweaver
Flash Professional
Premiere
These workshops are listed in the
TMCC class schedule under the Graphic
Communications section. The GRC
program also offers customized workshops
that can be developed to meet the specific
needs of companies and organizations.
For more information on customized
workshops, please call 775-673-7266.
Internships
Internships are courses which
integrate classroom study with related
work experience in a student’s place of
employment or major field of academic
interest. Theory and practice are blended
by training in career-related areas of
professional interest. This method of
instruction serves as a testing ground to
make a student’s educational program
more relevant and meaningful while
permitting employers to identify and select
well-trained personnel. Any internship:
• helps to provide greater meaning to formal
education
• increases motivation for learning
• contributes to the student’s development of a
sense of responsibility
• provides an opportunity to move into jobs that
require new skills and responsibilities
• gives the student a chance to explore specific jobs
in relation to his or her capabilities
• offers preparatory opportunities to enter
the working world in the student’s selected
professional area.
To be eligible for an internship a student
must
• have completed a department’s specified number
of credits toward a declared degree or certificate
• have completed CE 201 (Workplace Readiness),
MGT 212, BUS 107 or equivalent
• be available approximately 15 hours per week (for
three credits) to work in a position directly related
to the student’s major area of study
• be able to identify, with the help of the employer
and faculty coordinator, a set of job-related
learning objectives that will enhance the student’s
career development.
Academic credit is awarded for
completing the mutually agreed upon
learning objectives and for a project
assigned by the faculty coordinator. For
students already on the job, the employer
must agree to new job duties. Credit will
not be awarded unless “new learning” takes
place at the work site. Formore information,
contact your program department.
Summer School
Summer school offers access to academic
and occupational courses along with
workforce development and continuing
education programs.
College Tech Prep
Tech Prep is a federally funded program
within the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Improvement Act of
2006. The Washoe Tech Prep Consortium
consists of Washoe County School District,
Truckee Meadows Community College
and Sierra Nevada Job Corps. The program
is monitored by the Nevada Department of
Education. Tech Prep classes are taught by
high school teachers at the high school.
Tech Prep classes are offered to students
in school districts in Northern Nevada and
the Sierra Nevada Job Corps Center who
are enrolled in an articulated class. An
articulated class is one in which learner
outcomes and course objectives have been
aligned between the high school and the
community college. High school students
who are eligible for Tech Prep credit fill
out an application while they are enrolled
in the high school class. After the teacher
reports the grade as either an A or B, the
Tech Prep office reports that to the TMCC
admissions and records office who records
the information and prepares a transcript
to be mailed to the student.
For information, please go to techprep.
tmcc.edu or call 775-857-4964.
Dual Credit
Dual credit courses are college courses
that high school juniors and seniors may
take for high school and college credit.
Credits earned in dual credit classes may
be applied toward an associate degree at
TMCC, a baccalaureate degree at UNR
and as an elective toward high school
graduation. Students must meet college
admission requirements, complete course
prerequisites and have the approval of a
high school principal and parent in order
to enroll in dual credit courses.
Graphic Communications
Workshops
People working in the graphic The
Graphic Communications program offers
a series of 0.5 - 1 credit professional level
software applications classes that focus
on one particular graphics software over
a one- to four-week period. These short
courses are tailored to meet the needs of
industry professionals and may not apply
toward the Associate of Applied Science
degree in Graphic Communications.