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Commercial Art Students At Eastern Center For Arts & Tech. Can Earn Kutztown Credits
The dual credits are made possible by a 'letter of understanding' that was signed between Eastern Center for Arts & Tech. and Kutztown Univ.
WILLOW GROVE, PA — Students attending the commercial art program at the Eastern Center for Arts and Technology now have the opportunity to earn dual credits upon their enrollment at Kutztown University.
Eastern, which is based in Willow Grove, announced Thursday that it had entered into a 'letter of understanding' with Kutztown enabling commercial art students to earn up to six advance credits for CDE 10 (Digital Foundation) and FAR 15 (Drawing 1), at Kutztown, a college located in Berks County.
Students looking to take advantage of the dual credits must be accepted at Kutztown University and enrolled in any undergraduate visual art program there, according to Eastern.
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The agreement saves students "time and money" in Kutztown's programming, Eastern stated in a news release. Visual art programs can include art history, animated arts, art, communication design, art education and art education/alternative settings.
Participating students have the potential to save more than $2,000 during their first year of college.
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"Kutztown University is well-known for its outstanding art programs, and we are so pleased to be able to offer our Commercial Art students the opportunity to earn college credit toward a degree at Kutztown," Cathleen Plesnarski, Eastern's executive director, said in a statement. "We pride ourselves on providing the highest level of education in all of our programs, and Kutztown University shares the same dedication to education. This partnership will assist our Commercial Arts students in making the postsecondary transition a bit easier with college credits already earned."
Eastern offers specialized career programming to students in nine eastern Montgomery County school districts. They are: Abington, Bryn Athyn, Cheltenham, Hatboro-Horsham, Jenkintown, Lower Moreland, Springfield, Upper Dublin and Upper Moreland.
Kutztown University was founded in 1866 and today is a comprehensive educational institution with more than 130 academic areas of study.
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