Degrees and Certificates

In a recent survey of industry representitives, 60% said that an associate degree related to Graphic Communications was the level of training they were looking for when hiring for entry-level positions. TMCC’s GRC program offer an associate degree and certificates of achievement that give training in those areas that employers want. check out the links below to view degree and certificate requirements or check out our program flow.

Competency-based program

You as a learner are the most important part of instruction. In performance-based instruction, we carefully identify what you need to be able to do as a result of an instructional experience. next, We determine how you can show that you have learned the skills. Finally, we plan learning activities that will help you develop the skills.

Performance-based instruction offers many advantages

1. What you will learn is based on the skills you will neeed rather than on outlines of information.
2. you can plan how to invest your time and energy. To help you do that we will 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.
3. you know the standards for evaluation before the performance test. You earn a grade according to how well you perform the skills rather than according to how well others in the class perform. You are not graded on a curve.
4. You are actively involved in the learning. We design learning activities and assignments that teach you to solve problems and learn on your own.
5. when you complete a learning experience, you have documentation showing the skills you have learned. you can use this information when you seek employment, admission to further education, advanced standing, or transfer of credit.

Program Assessment

1. Over the course of the program, students will complete a portfolio demonstrating the ability to solve comlex problems.

What

Core ability: A broad capability that will develop throughout a course or program rather than in one specific lesson. core abilities include skills that everyone needs to succeed, such as problem solving, comunication, employability, and lifelong learning.

Competency: A major skill, knowledge or attitude that you will learn as a result of a given learning experience. A competency is specific to a discipline (such as, history, math, or language) or to an occupational area (such as, nursing, accounting, or engineering).

Learning objective: A supporting skill, knowledge or attitude that you will learn as a step towards mastery of a specific competency. Each competency has two or more learning objectives.

When

Performance standards: observable and measurable specifications by which your performance will be evaluated, and a description of the situation under which your performance will be assessed.

Performance Assessment Activity: A statement that tells you what you must do to show mastery of one or more competencies, including instructions for completing assignments, performance assessment tasks or tests.

How

Learning activity: A statement that describes what you can do to help yourself master specific learning objectives and competencies. You may think of them as assignments.

In an effort to measure student’s growth, each student wil complete a pre-class and post-class test and a complete protfolio of his or her work that will include a resume and selected drawing by the student. the student must achieve a score of 70% or higher on the post-class test.

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