Establishing a Chemical Laboratory Technician Program at Mt. San Antonio College

这个项目建立了一个化学实验室技术员(CLT)计划，导致在曼彻斯特大学获得副文科学位。圣安东尼奥学院(Mt SAC)。为了实现这一目标，该计划正在开发四门新课程，购买一台原子吸收光谱仪和一台气相色谱仪，并正在举办指导性夏季研讨会。拟议的新课程工作是由项目咨询委员会成员和选定的当地行业代表根据化学实验室技术员的需要建议的。所要求的仪器正在用于支持学生教育和实验室活动。为了推广这一计划，为潜在的新生和当地高中教职员工提供暑期讲习班。这些工作坊向当地高中做广告，并正在实施积极的招生计划。这一CLT项目的毕业生将接受足够的培训，以在各种科学行业从事职业。对于那些希望继续他们的教育的人，与波莫纳的加州理工大学达成了一项衔接协议，为Mt SAC的学生提供了攻读学士学位的无缝过渡。与当地加州州立大学和加州大学河滨分校的衔接协议正在讨论中。Mt SAC是一所西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)，注册学生超过40,000人。Mt SAC的规模和学生人数提供了独特的机会，为有色人种提供科学教育，帮助提高当地生活水平，并增加在科学职业生涯中未被充分代表的拉美裔人数。

This project establishes a Chemical Laboratory Technician (CLT) Program leading to an Associate of Arts degree at Mt. San Antonio College (Mt SAC). To accomplish this goal the program is developing four new courses, is purchasing an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer and a Gas Chromatograph, and is conducting instructional summer workshops. The proposed new course work was recommended by the project's Advisory Council Members and selected local industry representatives as necessary for Chemical Laboratory Technicians. The requested instrumentation is being used to support student education and laboratory activities. To promote the program, summer workshops are offered to potential new students and local high school faculty. These workshops are advertised to local high schools and an active student recruitment program is being pursued. Graduates from this CLT program will be sufficiently trained to pursue careers in a variety of scientific industries. For those persons wishing to continue their education, an articulation agreement exists with California Polytechnic University at Pomona and provides a seamless transition for Mt SAC students to pursue a baccalaureate degree. Articulation agreements with other local California State Universities and the University of California at Riverside are under discussion. Mt SAC is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) with an enrollment of over 40,000 students. Mt SAC's size and student population allows the unique opportunity to provide a science education to people of color, assist in improving local living standards and increase the numbers of underrepresented Hispanics in scientific careers.