Alvin Community College - Tech Prep Program

Tech Prep helps students start a college technical major while still in high school. In a Tech Prep program, a student begins their course of study in high school and continues in a community college program that leads to a minimum of a two-year AAS college degree. Some technical courses may also apply toward a four-year degree.

Tech Prep Majors Available at Alvin Community College
Associate Degree Nursing
Business Technology
Child Development & Early Childhood
Communications - Radio Broadcasting
Communications - Television Broadcasting
Computer Science – Networking
Computer Science Technology - Programming
Criminal Justice - Correctional Science
Culinary Arts
Diagnostic Cardiovascular Sonography
Drafting
Emergency Medical Technology
Paralegal
Management Development
Nursing Transition (LVN to RN)

How to Receive College Credit

Ask your high school career technology teacher or counselor for a “petition for credit” form.
Bring this form and a copy of your high school transcript to Alvin Community College when you are ready to enroll.
Meet with a college academic advisor or department chair to help you identify the college courses that are equivalent to the articulated courses that you took in high school.
Declare a college technical major – Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Degree Plan – that includes one or more of these courses.

Benefits of Tech Prep

Combines academic courses needed for success in college with technical courses that begin to prepare you for a career.
Articulated courses are free. Advanced placement through articulation also saves time - an average of nine college hours.
High school is more interesting because students can relate school to a future career.
College is more interesting because students can take more advanced-level courses.
Students can graduate from college AAS degree programs ahead of schedule.
Students have a marketable skill when they graduate from high school that they can use while they complete an associate and/or baccalaureate degree.
Many technical careers offer high-paying, introductory-level employment opportunities.

Contact Information
Dean of Technical Programs – John Bethscheider
Phone: 281.756.3619
Email: jbethscheider@alvincollege.edu

ACC Tech Prep Coordinator - Christina Maartens
Phone:281-756-3846
Email: cmaartens@alvincollege.edu

Website: www.TechPrepTexas.org

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What is Tech Prep?
Who are Tech Prep Students?
Benefits of Tech Prep

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