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ENGINEERING TECH DUAL-CREDIT
Area High School Students Get a Jump on College
By Frank Ambrosio / Scott A. Smith
MCC Engineering Technologies Dept.
(Rochester, NY ) -- For the past few years area high school
students interested in getting a head start on their college
education, have been able to enroll in a very successful "Dual-Credit"
program, offered by the Engineering Technologies Department
at MCC. The ET department offers dual-credit courses
in Basic Electronics, Digital Electronics, Photography and
CAD (computer aided design/drafting). Students
take these courses at their local high school, and the courses
are taught by the high school teachers. These courses which
have been reviewed and approved by appropriate MCC faculty,
mirror those offered at the MCC campus for both content and
outcomes.
High
school students take the dual-credit courses at
a discount rate, which is typically about 1/3 the normal
price. Upon passing the course, the student will receive
MCC credits for the particular course taken and can use
these credits as transfer-college-credits. Some dual-credit
high school students eventually come to MCC to pursue their
Associate degrees. In this way both the students and MCC
benefit from the dual-credit program.
The
more than 20 schools participating in the program with
Engineering Technologies, are located throughout the greater
Rochester area, and include
schools as far away as Batavia and Palmyra-Macedon. According
to Engineering Technologies Dept. Chair, Robert F. Novak,
the program this year is serving close to 900 area students.
They are enrolled in courses which include ELT-111 and
130, MET 101 and 121, and PHO 101 and 102.
The
program has grown significantly since it started in back
in the 1990's, in both the range of courses offered and
the number of participating high schools, as well as the
number of students enrolled.
For
more information about the Dual-Credit program or anything
else related to Engineering Technologies participation
in the program, feel free to contact Dual-Credit coordinators Frank
Ambrosio of
Electrical Technology, Robert Mills of Mechanical
Technology or Robert Novak of
Optical Technology who also serves as Chair of the Engineering
Technologies Department.
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