Science

Tacoma Community College offers the first two years of many science, engineering, and medical transfer programs. Our science faculty advisors will help you develop a program tailored to your needs and goals.

At Tacoma Community College, science and engineering students enjoy:

• small classes
• faculty excited about teaching
• labs taught by the same faculty member as the lecture
• extensive interaction with the faculty
• well equipped labs
• economical tuition

Below: Chemistry instructors, Brandy Eastman, (center) and Katie Gulliford, (right) participate in habitat restoration during Tacoma Community College's Faculty Professional Development Day.

Our students are very well prepared for advanced classes when they transfer to universities throughout Washington State and the country.

Tacoma Community College also offers introductory classes to prepare students for the science, engineering, and environmental science majors' classes, and prerequisite classes for Allied Health programs. If you have questions, feel free to email our Science Department and we will respond within three days.

Departmental Highlights

Biology

• Computer lab for anatomy and physiology classes
• Anatomy and physiology classes use human cadavers
• Classes that emphasize investigative lab and field work

Chemistry

• Computer-equipped lab
• Organic chemistry students operate instruments, including
  • Fourier Transform nmr spectrometer
  • new infrared spectrometer
  • new gas chromatograph

Engineering & Physics

• Team design model of engineering instruction
• Computer interfaced lab experiments
• Award-winning student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Earth Sciences

• Summer field trips across Washington and the Western United States
• 20' boat for field trips
• Geographical Information Systems (GIS) class