Texas County Technical College is accepting applicants for general education and prerequisite classes from its campus in Houston.
TCTC offers area residents nursing programs close to home: Practical Nursing and an Accelerated LPN to RN program (a bridge program for LPNs). To better serve those interested in entering into the nursing profession, TCTC offers general education classes that enable students to get an early start on either prerequisites for a program or general education classes within a program itself.
“A lot of incoming students don’t know that we allow and encourage students to take a few of their general education courses during the semesters that lead up to their program start date. For instance, if you’re planning to start the RN program next summer, you can take some of your gen-eds this fall and spring and get them out of the way,” said Rachael Hammon, marketing director. “The students that take advantage of this are usually much more successful in juggling their course load when the time comes to start their core nursing classes. They don’t have to spend as much time studying for as many classes all at once.”
For the Practical Nursing program, students may choose to take Anatomy and Physiology I and/or Life Span Development. Taking these courses in advance lessens the number of classes new students have to take once they are admitted into the Practical Nursing program in the fall 2017. It also reduces the cost of the 2017 program.
Current Licensed Practical Nurses may pick up prerequisite courses for the Accelerated LPN to RN program: English Composition, Introduction to Psychology, Principles of Human Nutrition, and Anatomy and Physiology. Applications for the unique 12 month associate degree program, Accelerated LPN to RN, are available this month.
All of these general education courses are available for the fall 2016 semester that begins Aug. 22. Students may contact the TCTC admissions office at 417-967-5466 to get further information and sign up for classes. Financial aid is also available for those who qualify.