Thomas Nelson offers a wide array of unique programs and opportunities. View degrees and programs offered at TNCC.

Some of these unique opportunities include:

Computer Arts

The Associate in Applied Science Degree Program in Graphic Communications with a major in Computer Arts trains students to use the computer for animating and editing video productions.

This program combines the skills of the graphic artist, photographer, and videographer. The computer will be used to format type, layout pages, draw, paint, manipulate photographs, and combine moving images with sound.

For more information contact:

Cece Wheeler
Computer Arts Program Head
Phone: (757) 825-3608
E-mail: wheelerc@tncc.edu

Science with Specialization in Computer Science (Return to Top)

The computer science department offers courses for non-majors as well as those taken by computer science majors and related fields, including engineering. All course are offered in lecture and online modes.

Computer Science is an Associate of Science degree that parallels course work with four-year college requirements. The curriculum emphasizes the study of science, mathematics, and the use of computing in a scientific setting. The program is not designed for immediate job training, but represents the first two years of a four-year college or university program. A degree in computer science can lead to many positions in industry, government, and small companies. You can be involved in education, research, or vocational areas.

For more information contact:

Larry W. Lewis
Computer Science Department Head
Phone: (757) 825-2984
Email: lewisl@tncc.edu

Dual Enrollment (Return to Top)

Dual Enrollment is a program that allows high school students to earn college credit toward a post-secondary diploma, certificate, or degree at a Virginia public college that will also count toward a high school diploma.

The program serves as an inexpensive way for students to earn college credit as well as providing high school students first hand exposure to the requirements of college level work. Dual Enrollment offers a wider array of curricular options, shortens students time to earn a degree and helps students make the psychological transition to post secondary education.

For more information contact:

Your High School Guidance Counselor
or the TNCC Dual Enrollment Coordinator
Phone: (757) 825-2801
Email: dualenrollment@tncc.edu

Engineering (Return to Top)

The Associate of Science degree in Engineering (pdf) prepares students for transfer to Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech and other four year institutions to complete a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, environmental, civil or computer engineering. A new area of concentration is currently under development in modeling and simulation.

Students who enjoy calculus, physics, chemistry and problem solving may want to consider engineering as a field of study. Engineering positions are readily available and salaries are very competitive. Engineers are inventors and innovators and have many opportunities to improve society, building hospitals, improving transportation, establishing clean water supplies, developing new materials, products and processes.

For more information contact:

Ji Hyon Mun
Engineering Department Head
Phone: (757) 825-2930
Email: munj@tncc.edu

Engineering Technology (Return to Top)

TNCC's programs in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) and Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) include courses in new technologies such as composites, robotics, fiber optics and modeling and simulation. Two semesters of pre-calculus, one semester of calculus and physics are required and prepare the graduate for transfer to Old Dominion University to complete a bachelor’s degree in MET or EET, or for employment as technician in an engineering department.

Students may apply for co-op positions at NASA Langley earning a salary and benefits while completing their associate’s degree with tuition paid by the employer. These TNCC co-ops are working with NASA technicians and engineers to develop the vehicles for the new space program to travel back to the moon and on to Mars.

For more information contact:

Julie Young
Mechanical Engineering Technology Program Head
Phone: (757) 825-3622
Email: youngj@tncc.edu

Fire Science (Return to Top)

For more information contact:

Larry Wilder
Department Head Public Administration
Room 748, Hampton III Building, Main Campus
Phone: (757) 825-2785
E-mail: wilderl@tncc.edu

Information Systems Technology (Return to Top)

Thomas Nelson Community College offers four Associate of Applied Science Degrees and five Career Study Certificates in Information Systems Technology.

For more information about all the Information Systems Technology opportunities at Thomas Nelson, please contact:

Professor Sharon Cotman
Program Head
Email: cotmans@tncc.edu

Business, Public Services and Social Sciences Division
Location: Diggs Hall, Room 122, Hampton Campus
Phone: (757) 825-2900

Nursing (Return to Top)

The Nursing Department at Thomas Nelson Community College provides residents of the Virginia Peninsula with comprehensive instruction in the art and science of nursing extending through the associate degree level. This program is fully approved by the Virginia Board of Nursing and is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. The course of study is designed to provide individuals with the knowledge and skills required for employment as entry level registered nurses, to continue their education at four-year institutions, and to become generally educated citizens who function in a complex world.

The Associate Degree Nursing Program at Thomas Nelson Community College has as its mission the preparation of a graduate who is eligible to take and successfully pass the Virginia Board of Nursing Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. This leads to licensure as a registered nurse (R.N.).

For more information contact:

Phone: (757) 825-2808
Email: nursing@tncc.edu
or visit the Nursing Department
Room 929, Templin Hall (Hampton Campus).

Professional Writing (Return to Top)

The Professional Writing Certificate (pdf) Program (PWCP) at Thomas Nelson Community College prepares you to work as a professional writer and editor in less than one year. Because most of our students work, courses are primarily offered online. This makes completing the program easy and convenient for those already in the business world, as well as for those transitioning from military or government positions to the civilian workplace.

The program at TNCC is designed to be completed in one academic year or less. This fall the PWCP core courses will be taught online in two eight week sessions. Completion of those courses, along with an appropriate elective, will allow students to begin working in a satisfying and challenging professional career in 16 weeks.

For more information contact:

Dawn Hayden
Department of English
Phone: (757) 825-2780
Email: haydend@tncc.edu