School to Career Technical Preparation Program

About Tech Prep

The Tech Prep program provides academic and vocational preparation in a career pathway. Tech Prep students begin their program of study in a High School and then transition into post College to earn an advanced technical degree or certification. Career pathways are academically rigorous and provide students with not only the fundamental skills that are required for post College admission but also the technical skills that will enable them to have successful careers in California's new, highly technical economy. See Program of Study page.

Students can earn college credits for specific Tech Prep courses taken in high school that will transfer to certificate and degree programs at Palomar College. Students do not pay for high school Tech Prep courses so they save on College tuition. Students also save time by not having to repeat those courses when they enroll in college certificate or degree programs.

Tech Prep Video

Our Videos
About Tech Prep Video,

available to download as a .mov file (62MB)
- currently not available from our streaming server.

This is an all around overview of the different departments at Palomar College that are part of the Tech Prep experience.

About Health Careers Video

available to download as a .mov file (21MB)
- currently not available from our streaming server.
This is an all around overview of the different Health Career departments at Palomar College that are part of the Tech Prep experience.
High School Counselors Conference Video Interviews by Fashion, Dental, Radio and Television students.

It is set up to play on our Silverlight Streaming Server*.


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TechPrep Award
Kevin O'hara, Copperpoint Communications

to view a youTube video Announcing: Emmy award for the Tech Prep videos

for our new videos -
In the category, Advanced Media - Informational/Instructional,
Kevin O’Hara, owner of Copperpoint Communications,
received his Emmy for the Tech Prep video.