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HCC & UT Tyler offer Four Year Engineering Degrees

In Greater West Houston, Houston Community College and UT Tyler announce effective January 1, 2012 they have joined forces to offer upper division courses for associate degree graduates at the HCC Alief Campus in mechanical and electrical engineering. 

HCC will provide facilities conducive for upper division engineering study for UT Tyler students.  UT Tyler will provide upper division instruction, laboratory facilities and appropriate student and business office services for students enrolled in the UT Tyler completion programs. 

Recognizing the need for skills in science, technology, engineering and math particularly in the rapidly growing Greater West Houston energy industry, the two higher-education institutions are developing a straightforward pathway to engineering and science baccalaureate degrees.  They will address this need by providing local employers with the trained and skilled workforce necessary to compete in today’s marketplace.

Dr. Zachary Hodges, President of HCC Northwest, said, “Offering students a clear pathway to a four-year engineering degree is a crucial advancement  in higher education.  HCC’s partnership with UT Tyler has the potential to lead to the creation of hundreds of engineers, and many of them will be able to find employment locally.”  UT Tyler’s Dean of the College of Engineering, Dr. James Nelson says, “With the associates degree offered by HCC and the upper division courses in engineering the UT Tyler will offer, students will have a much better opportunity to complete their four-year engineering degree.”

EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS ARE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE EXCELLENT QUALITY OF LIFE IN GREATER WEST HOUSTON

Greater West Houston is renowned for high quality primary and secondary education.  The best Independent School Systems in the country are found here.  Quality public education has traditionally been a major magnet for growth of our area.  The West Houston Association works to maintain this educational advantage even as we continue to add significant population.

Greater West Houston is becoming renown for quality healthcare with the addition of the world-class institutions from the Texas Medical Center:  Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital.  The Texas Medical Center West Campus at 170 acres is approximately the same size as its parent, the Texas Medical Center, and will offer "world-class medical care to a growing suburban population" of more than 1 million. The project includes nearly 1.2 million square feet of healthcare facilities.

Texas Children's Hospital West Campus is the area's only dedicated suburban pediatric hospital, as well as the only dedicated pediatric emergency service in Greater West Houston. The project includes a 294,000 square foot inpatient hospital and a five story, 221,000 square foot outpatient clinic.

The Methodist Hospital System's Texas Medical Center West Campus first phase development includes a 478,500 square foot hospital with 193 patient beds, 15 operating suites and 26 labor and delivery suites, 28 emergency room beds, two radiation therapy facilities, and three cardiac catheterization labs. It also includes a six story, 221,000 square foot medical office building.

The Texas Medical Center West Campus and its current institutions are well located to serve Greater West Houston companies and the rapidly increasing population and employment growth in Greater West Houston and beyond.