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Tech Prep: College Credit for High School Students

The Tech Prep program allows high school juniors and seniors to earn GBC college credits for completing specific high school courses. Up to 15 college credits may be earned for CTE (Career & Technical Education) courses in which an A or B grade is earned.

Tech Prep Brochure
Overview

CTE Video Link     IEE Program Video

For additional videos, see Tech Prep's MySpace page and Tech Prep's Facebook page.


Application Process

Step 1: Download and print the GBC application and the Tech Prep application appropriate for your school district below. Each form also tells you which courses in your school district may earn college credit.

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Note: You must be a Junior or Senior when they you take a Tech Prep class, unless the classes are a sequence (e.g., the sequencee of Welding I, II, and III, in which case you must take at least one of the classes as a junior or senior.

Step 2: Fill out the forms completely, staple them together and return them to a CTE teacher or a counselor or to the address below by the end of the school year or mail them to:

Tech Prep Department
Great Basin College
1500 College Parkway
Elko, NV 89801

Note: Applications received after the end of August will not be able to be processed until the following summer.

Step 3: To receive your credits you must earn an "A" or "B" in your Tech Prep class. To receive your Tech Prep credits at the end of the school year, after you receive your grades, you will need to pay GBC New Student fee of $10. You can pay in person at a GBC Campus, online at Web-REG (after signing in, click on "Registration"), or by mailing a check to:

Controller's Office
Great Basin College
1500 College Parkway
Elko, NV 89801

Make checks out to: The Board of Regents

Transfer Guide

Click here to see how specific high school classes translate to credits at Great Basin College (requires the Adobe Reader plugin
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Applicable GBC Programs

You may earn credit from approved high school classes toward the following degree and certificate programs at GBC:

  • AAS, AA, or AS programs in Agriculture
  • CA & AAS programs in Business Administration
  • AAS program in Computer Office Technology
  • CA & AAS programs in Diesel Technology
  • CA, AA, & AAS programs in Early Childhood Education
  • CA & AAS programs in Electrical Systems Technology
  • CA & AAS programs in Industrial Millwright Technology
  • AAS & BSN programs in Nursing
  • CA program in Retail Management
  • CA & AAS programs in Welding

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