|
July 24, 2007
Contact: Bob Adams
(425) 564-3081
badams@bcc.ctc.edu
New degrees in engineering, business,
and elementary
and math education
BCC launches six new degree programs
designed for
smooth transfer to UW,
other state universities
BELLEVUE, WASH. – Six associate degree programs in engineering, elementary education and math education, all designed specifically to transfer seamlessly to state universities offering bachelor’s degrees in those fields, are being launched at Bellevue Community College this fall.
Called “Direct Transfer Agreement/Major Related
Programs" (DTA-MRPs), the new offerings are designed
to ensure that transfer students are as well prepared with
prerequisite courses for their university majors as students
who begin their college study at the universities.
BCC’s six new transfer associate degree programs
are:
● Associate in Elementary Education
● Associate in Math Education
● Three engineering programs leading to an Associate
in Science: Chemical and Bio-Engineering; Electrical
and Computer Engineering; and Civil, Mechanical and Other Engineering
● Associate in Business.
Community college transfer students make up more than
40% of the bachelors-degree graduates each year at the University
of Washington and other state universities, on average,
with the single largest contingent coming from Bellevue
Community College.
BCC also is launching its first bachelor’s degree
program this fall. The Bachelor of Applied Science in Radiation
and Imaging Sciences is intended for students who have already
achieved national certification in radiologic technology,
diagnostic ultrasound, radiation therapy or nuclear medicine.
Major-related associate transfer degrees are the product
of a collaboration among Washington’s universities,
the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and
the Higher Education Coordinating Board, who are working
together to smooth the transfer of community college students
into specific majors at the state’s public universities.
Other BCC transfer associate degrees designed to prepare
students for junior- and senior-year bachelor’s degree
study include:
● Associate in Arts and Sciences-Direct Transfer
Degree, which transfers to all of Washington’s state
universities;
● Associate in Science, which is offered in two
tracks: Track I-Biological and Environmental Resources,
Chemistry and Earth Science, which focuses on life sciences,
and Track II- Physics and Atmospheric Science, which focuses
on physical sciences.
● Associate in Applied Science-T in Early Childhood
Education, which transfers to Washington State University;
● Associate in Applied Science-T in Administration
of Criminal Justice, which transfers to the University of
Phoenix.
More information on BCC’s degree programs is available
on-line at www.bellevuecollege.edu/catalog/degrees/transfer.asp
Nationally-recognized for innovative educational programs,
Bellevue Community College is the third largest educational
institution in Washington state, behind only the University
of Washington and Washington State University.
Serving approximately 35,000 students each year, BCC offers
transfer study (the first two years of college); work-related
programs in information technology, health sciences and
many other fields; and developmental programs in adult basic
education and English as a Second Language.
BCC’s Continuing Education division offers programs
in computing, various work-related topics, art, travel,
languages and personal enrichment, as well as business contract
training and small business development.
Visit BCC on the web at www.bellevuecollege.edu.
### |
