Graphic Arts and Media Technologies help the world communicate across a wide range of delivery systems and media formats. The industry offers a variety of job opportunities that can lead to employment as graphic designers, art directors, prepress and production technicians, web designers, videographers, 3D modelers and animators, the list goes on and on.
TMCC's Graphic Arts & Media Technology (GAMT) program offers classes (GRC and VIS) that lead to an Associate of Applied Science (professional) degree, and Associate of Arts (transfer) degree, or a Certificate of Achievement. The program also has an Advanced Certificate (the equivalent to junior-level/300 level courses) that leads to a fourth-year GAMT Bachelor’s degree in Visual Media conferred by Nevada State College, all taught at TMCC!
Instruction includes the use of industry standard graphics software, and GRC/VIS computer labs are equipped with the latest Apple iMac computers with support scanners, black and white and color printers, large format printers, a sound booth for creating and capturing audio, a stop-motion animation lab, and a complete print shop and screen printing 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 Arts & Media Technology is for you. The GAMT program teaches the theories and applications necessary to get a job in this exciting and expanding field.