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Graphic Communications Overview
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 TMCC Graphic Communications (GRC) Program offers classes that lead to an associate 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 professors who teach the classes are typically industry professionals who share their extensive expertise as a way of "giving back" to future generations of graphic artists, designers, coders, and creative professionals. 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. The GRC program teaches the theories and applications necessary to get a job in this exciting field.

I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life until I took my first GRC class. It’s been an amazing learning experience, and I’m so excited to graduate and work in a field I love!

Anika K, Student
Sparks, Nevada