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| Experienced-Based Education at Quinsigamond is founded on the premise that learning derived through life experiences can be assessed and recognized by an award of academic credit. Assessment criteria is deter- mined by the knowledge aquired rather than the method by which it is gained. The Applied Arts program has several components of experience-based education included in the APA curriculum. |
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| Cooperative Education offers Internship opportunities in local businesses for students and Faculty through the QCC Experiences Based Education Department. APA graduates occupy professional employment positions in 80% of local Graphic Design industries which provide employment outlooks and trends. |
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Service Learning is a experiential component of the APA curriculum assigned in Print and WebMaster Production Processes course content. Students work in design teams on community projects creating print and electronic publications including information gathering and architecture, brochure, logo, and web site design. |
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| Internship Projects offers experiencial learning opportunities to APA students selected based on their design abilty and software expertise to work with outside and QCC departments creating brochures, logo, posters, forms, catalogues and web content material. Students engage in professional situations working with faculty and adminsistrators on college wide projects. View student projects. |
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| Project UpLink is an experiential mentoring opportunity for APA female students to collaborate with Worcsester Public Schools and QCC's Women in Technolgy. This innovative project brings interaction with middle school female students, QCC's technolgy students and faculty and Administrators |
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| Work Study and Peer Tutors are employed through financial aid availablity or as part of their course content requirements. The Applied Arts program curriculum depends on their ablity to provide assistance to students on software intricacies and course assignment difficulties.They interact with students on scanning, printing and computer network problems. Special APA projects are often assigned. |
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| APA students can also earn academic credit through Independent Study. The faculty advisor determines the nature and scope of the learning experience. Projects can involve subject matter of college courses not offered at Quinsigamond, or other topics. This option allows students the flexibility to study a subject that is not offered as a course in the Applied Arts program. |
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