House Welcome

TSAS has been home to thousands of students over the past 17 years. During this time we maintained a purely liberal arts curriculum for our students. As we have grown, however, the dreams of our students and the abilities of our faculty have expanded, finding a wider vision of our world and our place within it.

For the first time ever, beginning next year, TSAS will offer four graduation plans to ensure that our students will leave us prepared for what comes next. Whether they are dreaming of law school, owning their own business, heading right into the workforce, or designing the first settlement on Mars, we have a graduation plan that will feel like home.

The Houses

Career - College Ready HOUSE	Fine Arts - College Ready HOUSE
We are makers, designers, builders, creators, technicians, craftspeople, and hard workers. We know we will find success in the technical fields of aviation, health sciences, construction, manufacturing, communication, and many other highly skilled trades. We are pursuing specific skills, training, licenses, and certificates to step immediately into our future careers. We know this path will be a strong foundation for career success and includes the skills for future applied learning and career programs at Tulsa Tech and college achievement.	We are performers, musicians, artists, designers, inventors, and hard workers. We know we will find success in creative fields, on stage, in galleries, in classrooms, and in public performances. We are developing artistic skills and practicing our craft. We know this path will be a strong foundation for career success and includes the skills for future college achievement, further study at an arts institute or music school, or applying our skills as a working artist or musician.
STEM - College Ready HOUSE	Liberal Arts- College Ready HOUSE
We are engineers, scientists, mathematicians, accountants, computer scientists, medical professionals, and hard workers. We know we will find success in the STEM fields using strong math, science, computing, critical thinking, applied skills, and knowledge. We are developing strong foundations in problem solving, the scientific process, coding, programming, strategic planning, and critical thinking. We know this path will be a strong foundation for career success and includes the skills for future college achievement, or learning and career programs at Tulsa Tech.	We are historians, journalists, novelists, sociologists, teachers, philosophers, advocates, critical thinkers, community engagers, and hard workers. We know we will find success in the fields of publishing, law, government and policy organizations, museums and civic institutions, teaching, humanitarian and non-profit work, and other wide-ranging endeavors. We are developing critical thinking skills, multiple literacies, and research skills across all subject areas. We know this path will be a strong foundation for future scholarship, college achievement, and the lifelong pursuit of knowledge.

The Capstone

Beginning next year, the TSAS upperclassmen will each embark on a Capstone Project. This will afford them the opportunity to practice in the wider world (or on a real-world issue) what they have learned during their time at TSAS. For some, this may be taking courses at a local university or technical college. For others, this may be getting a job or internship in the field of their choice. Some may wish to remain at TSAS to take advantage of the expertise and guidance of our faculty in tackling an issue that interests them.

Whatever their project, it will culminate in a Capstone Presentation where students share their experiences and newfound understanding with the TSAS community, giving back and inspiring the next generation of TSAS graduates.