One of the largest departments at Texarkana College is the business department with 450 students enrolled.
According to Mr. Robert Arnold, division chairman, his department enjoys this popularity because the approximately 450 business majors at TC can get the same things here that they can get at any business college. There are also some things such as a Business English course with college transfer credit, that they could not get at a business college.
The business curriculum at Texarkana College, which includes courses in accounting, economics, business principles, secretarial subjects and office practices, is a complete one.
Upon completion of the two year terminal business course or the one to two year terminal secretarial course at TC, a graduate can go immediately into the business world.
Another reason for the business department’s popularity is the instructors the students receive. There are six full-time instructors employed by this department. Instructors are, other than Arnold in accounting, Mrs. Dell Jacobs, Robert Mills, Mrs. Frances Watson – secretarial subjects; Ira Robinson and Gene Heinrich – economics and business principles.
Mr. Arnold gave still another reason for the popularity and effectiveness of his department when he stated, “we are particularly proud of our new steno lab. It consists of 60 listening stations and a console for the instructor. It uses pre-prepared dictation tapes, a maximum of five, which can be played simultaneously at varying speeds.”
Mr. Arnold added one last bit of information for anyone who might be considering taking business courses at Texarkana College. He stated that follow-ups had been made of TC business department graduates and that the percentage of successes in the business world is very gratifying.