April 4, 2012 Kenneth Colangelo

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Registration for summer credit courses is under way at Tunxis Community College in Farmington. Over 140 traditional classroom and online courses are offered in five- and eight-week sessions: May 30-July 3; May 31-July 25; and July 5-August 8. For more information on registering, call Admissions at 860.773.1490.

Students who attend other colleges may enroll in courses at Tunxis and transfer the credits earned during the summer to their baccalaureate or associate degree programs. Many save an average of $800 or more per course by attending Tunxis for their summer transfer credits.

Among the courses Tunxis offers that transfer directly to meet four-year degree requirements at many colleges are: Accounting, American Literature, Anatomy & Physiology, Art Appreciation, Art History, Biology, Business Law, Calculus for Business & Social Science, Chemistry, Computer Information Systems, Criminal Justice, Earth Science, English Composition, Macroeconomics, Marketing, Microbiology, Microeconomics, Music History and Appreciation, Organic Chemistry I & II, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Principles of Management, Psychology, Public Speaking, Spanish I & II, Statistics, Sociology, Survey of Literary Genres, U.S. History I & II, and Western Civilization I & II.

Visit www.tunxis.commnet.edu/summer to view summer credit courses online. Registration for summer credit courses can be completed by mail, fax, web or in person. Financial aid is available to those students who qualify, and eligible veterans can use the GI Bill® for summer courses.

Continuing education (non-credit) registration is ongoing, for training in professions in need of skilled employees, such as electricians’ license renewal training; registered medical assistant; certified nurse aide; dental front office; EKG technician; phlebotomy technician certification; patient care technician; pharmacy technician; central sterile processing technician training; and computers. Choose from a variety of courses in career/workforce development; small business; real estate; health and leisure; investment and finance; and personal enrichment; as well as motorcycle safety courses. For continuing education courses, there are a variety of convenient ways to register.

Tunxis Community College is located at the junction of Routes 6 and 177.