Program Overview

Graphic Communications at TMCC

Visual communications has fallen under many different names over
the years, including commercial art, graphic design, advertising
design, publication design, graphic arts, and multimedia. The
Graphic Communications Program at Truckee Meadows Community
College, also known as GRC, offers classes that lead to an
Associates degree or a Certificate of Achievement.

Instruction includes the use of industry standard graphics software,
and GRC computer labs are equipped with the latest Apple Mac Pro
and iMac Intel-based computers with support scanners, black and
white and color printers, a sound booth for creating and capturing
audio, and a complete prepress/print shop facility.

The bottom line is if you want to learn how to create, produce and
reproduce visual graphics that communicate to an audience, then
graphic communications is for you. TMCC's graphic communications
program teaches the theories and applications necessary to get a job
in this exciting field.

Performance Based Instruction

The GRC Program at TMCC offers performance-based instruction.
What you will learn is based on the skills you will need rather than
on outlines of information. You can plan how to invest your time and
energy. To help you do that, we tell you right up front what you will
learn, how we expect you to show when you have learned, and how
you may go about learning.

You will know the standards for evaluation before the performance
test and will earn a grade according to how well you perform the
skills rather than according to how well others in the class perform.
Courses are not graded on a curve.

Students are actively involved in the learning process.
We design learning activities and assignments that teach you to
solve problems and to learn on your own. When you complete a
learning experience, you have documentation showing the skills you
have learned. This information can be a valuable tool when you seek
employment, admission to further education, advanced standing or
transfer of credit.

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