Where Is Trade Tech

LOS ANGELES TRADE-TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Los Angeles Trade-Technical College has been serving the community for eighty years.

Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC) represents a special kind of community college offering classes in 65 different occupational areas along with academic transfer curricula. The college is one of the nine colleges that comprise the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD).

LOCATION

The college is conveniently located near downtown Los Angeles. It could be said that all freeways lead to Trade-Tech but one of the best ways to Trade-Tech is by public transportation. The campus is served by the Metro Blue Line. More than 50 bus and metro lines stop within a few blocks of the college!

MISSION STATEMENT

Los Angeles Trade-Technical College is a comprehensive, public community college offering learner centered associate degree and certificate programs to students who reflect the global diversity of the Los Angeles region. The college offers a unique education that fosters creativity, critical thinking, and applied learning experiences.

Our programs are rigorous, technologically current, and designed to promote student success in:

• Vocational/technical education
• Career and workforce advancement
• University transfer
• Life long learning, and
• Participation in our democratic society

The college partners with all sectors of the community to ensure that our programs are relevant, provide service-learning opportunities, and develop leadership that strengthens urban communities.

ACCREDITATION

Los Angeles Trade-Technical College is officially accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges and is fully approved by the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees and the State Chancellor's Office to give full credit for appropriate courses completed. The Culinary Arts program is also accredited by the American Culinary Federation and Educational Institute. The Licensed Vocational and Registered Nursing program is approved by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians and the Board of Registered Nurses of California.

STUDENTS

Population, Ethnicity, Immigrants, Language Spoken

Over 13,855 students attended Los Angeles Trade-Technical College for fall semester, 2005. LATTC’s student population is a minority-majority—94.5% of students are ethnic minority students. Hispanic students are the largest or majority ethnic group at 53.4% of the student population. African Americans are the second largest ethnic group at 28.7% of the student population. Another indicator of the extensive diversity of LATTC’s student population is the percentage of students whose primary language is not English—38.5%.

Socio-Economic Status

Over half (54.2%) of LATTC students receive a BOG (financial need) waiver. One out of two (50.3%) LATTC students live at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and 54.9% of students in Fall 05 received financial aid.

Educational Goals

Almost half of LATTC students’ (49.1%) educational goals are career-related (e.g., prepare for a new career, advance in current job/career, discover career goals/interests, maintain license, vocational degree, vocational certificate). Over one-third, or 35.9%, of LATTC’s students have educational goals that are unknown, transitional-, or general education-related (e.g., non-college level, improve basic skills, obtain GED, personal enrichment, undecided, etc.). Students with transfer-related educational goals comprise 15.0% of the LATTC student population.

Degrees Awarded

A total of 1,394 degrees and certificated were awarded in academic year 2004-2005. Among them were 541 A.A. and A.S. degrees, together with 853 certificates.

FACULTY

A total of 340 full-time equivalent faculty (FTEF) teach at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, including 160 regular and 180 adjunct faculty.

LATTC full-time faculty average over 23 years of experience in their respective industries.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

The college has approval from the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees and the State Chancellor's Office to offer the following occupational programs and to grant the degrees and/or certificates as indicated in the tables on the following pages.

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LATTC ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Major / Skills Certificate / Degree & Plan / Certificate of Completion
Accounting / AA / C
Apartment Management / S
Apparel Computer Technology / S
Aquatics / S
Architectural Technology / AA / C
Architectural Technology - Computer Aided Drafting / S
Architectural Technology - Digital Design / S
Architectural Technology - Historic Preservation / S
Architectural Technology - M.A.P.S/ GIS / AS / C
Automotive Collision Repair / AS / C
Automotive & Related Technology / S / AS / C
Baking, Professional / AA / C
Bank Teller / S
Business Administration / AA / C
- Accounting / AA / C
- Governmental Supervision / C
- Management/Supervision / AA / C
- Marketing/Public Relations / AA / C
- Real Estate / AA / C
- Retail Merchandising / AA
- Small Business Entrepreneurship / C
Cabinet & Millwork / AA/AS / C
Carpentry / AS / C
Chemical Technology / AS / C
Child Development / S / AA / C
Commercial Art / See Visual Communications
Community Planning & Economic Development / AA / C
Computer Applications and Office Technologies Educational Programs / AA / C
- Administrative Assistant / AA / C
- Information Processing / AA / C
- Medical Office Assistant / AA / C
- Office Assistant - Clerical / AA / C
Computer Information Systems / AS / C
Construction Technologies
- Cabinetmaking & Millwork / AA / C
- Carpentry / AA / C
- Electrical / AA / C
- Plumbing / AA / C
- Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Mechanics / AA / C
- Welding, Gas & Electric / C
Cosmetology / AA / C
Culinary Arts / AA / C
Diesel & Related Technology / AS / C
Electrical Construction & Maintenance / AS / C
- Motor Control / S
- National Electrical Code / S
- Programmable Logic Controllers / S
Electronics Communications / AS / C
Electronics Engineering Technician / C
English (a) / AA
Fashion Design / AA / C
Fashion Merchandising / AS / C
Fashion Promotion / S
Fashion Technology / AA
Foster Care Education / S
Governmental Supervision / C
Journalism / AA / C
Labor Studies / AA / C
Liberal Arts (a) / AA
Machine Shop - CNC / AS / C
Management/Supervision / AA / C
Marketing/Public Relations / AA / C
Merchandising / AA
Microcomputer Technician I. T. Essentials / AS
Mortgage Finance / AA / C
Motorcycle Repair Mechanics / C
Nursing, Registered (RN) / AS
Nursing, Vocational (LVN) / C
Office Administration / See Computer Applications
and Office Technologies...
Operation & Maintenance Engineer - Steam Plant / C
Plumbing / AS / C
Public Administration - Urban Development / See Community Planning
and Economic Development
Real Estate / AA / C
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Mechanics / AS / C
Restaurant Management / AA / C
Retail Fashion Management / S
Retail Merchandising / AA
Sign Graphics / AA / C
Small Business Entrepreneurship / C
Solid Waste Management Technology / C
Street Maintenance Technology / AA / C
Tailoring / C
Truck & Heavy Equipment Repair / See Diesel and Related Technology
Visual Communications / S / AA / C
Water Systems Technology / AS / C
Welding - Gas & Electric / AS / C

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