TARC = Tunku Abdul Rahman College
TOA = The One Academy
LUCT = Limkokwing University of Creative Technology

Hi, I don't know if its too late to reply but I'd still like to share, in case there're people who wanna go for Multimedia design..
I'm taking Multimedia design in TARC, sad to say, it sucks.
Yes it is the cheapest of all compared to institute like TOA and such.. and its true when they say "yat fan chin, yat fan fo" (canto)
I'm been through Diploma and currently am in my advanced year.
All through my diploma, all sorta things we learn are pure basic stuff. Basically, they teach u the base, the rest, find out for urself.
The lecturers.. some are good (as in 15%) but some... they really can make u go insane.

Maybe its because or shortage of lecturers.. (tarc don't pay you much, who wanna work)
They simply get lecturers to teach, some are not even master in the subjects they're teaching.. they just start learning after they've been assigned to teach tat certain subject.  (a lecturer friend of mine told me)

Yes, TARC offers LAN subjects but what from I've gone through, those LAN in tarc are slightly different. Its complicated..
To cut it short, I finished my LAN subjects in TARC diploma and I went to KBU for degree, they said I'm missing 2 LAN subjects and I had to retake.
Then i went back to TARC for advanced, I'm still studying English! and we have another LAN subject coming up..which is shocking bcos we tot we've finished those at diploma 

Now in advanced diploma, things are not that good either.
Lecturers teach outrageously different things which is totally unrelated to the subjects we're taking.. and those assignments one of our lecturers made us do, bliv me, they're outrageously ... retarded. And in the end no matter how much effort you put in or don't put in, he gives u and A 

One incident which really pissed me off is, there's one lecturer who din teach a single dang thing, starting from the beginning of the sem till the last. He always cancels class at last minute or arrive 1 hour late and then the class went on for 15 minutes, and then, "class dismiss" .. till the exam period, he sent us an outrageously long notes and asked us to read all without any tips.. how are we supposed to know wat the hell we're reading when he din even teach us a freakin single thing before...and he had the nerve to fail me (and alot of other ppl)! 

When you complain to the management, they won't do anything because they're too busy gossiping and drinking coffee.

We have our internship lately and some of the fellow students have diffiiculty having companies to "adopt" them..The reason those companies gave are simple. " We don't take students from TARC, you guys have bad reputations " ...

Thus,  think twice. I'm not tryin to imply bad images of TARC onto ppl, just sharing what I've been through..Good days 

but do they offer degree and accept my TARC diploma?

hi there,
why dont u try Institute Advertising Communication Training (IACT).it is located in Uptown, damansara utama. well, the outlook of the college is not nice nor attractive but the main thing u chooses a college is based on the qualification rite? 

giv me some time to promote my dear little college here.haha..i am a final year student there.tis college onli offer diploma courses and if u wanna continue degree, u can do it locally or oversea. IACT is actually a recommended college by the 4A (Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia), MAA (Malaysia Advertising Association) and IAA (International Advertising Association). i would say the fees is reasonable compare to other creative colleges.

although the main course here is advertising course, but the creative multimedia course here is not bad too. the good thing here is that u will graduate wit 2 diploma certs: 1 from IACT and 1 from New York Uni. so it is like killing 2 birds wit 1 stone.

besides that, the lecturers here are super friendly. they are approachable and willin to guide u in assignments. the management here are not that bad either.

i have a 5 to 6 classmates who transferred from TOA with the reason TOA "money minded".haha..i duno how far is true la..i asked them TOA better or IACT better in lecture vise. they said IACT!

well, this is all i can share with u.hehe..

I am currently studying in year 2 Diploma, will finish at May 2009

Ill say, what she says is quite true, But what we in TARC is mostly SELF LEARN (for some subject), Because some subject, our lecture only gave us Assignment, and we do it ourself/....

But for other techinical stuff such as learning software program like Adobe, we started to have practical stuff with some really good lecture... therea one Good lecturer i really like about in tarC and he's good in Flash, ( he is Mr allen if u know him, but he is only a part timer).. and it makes me feel so bad when he wasnt asign to teach us..instead another malay female lecture.. she wasnt so good in teaching us, and her flash wasnt that good either 

But during these year, There are already Mac apple in our labs, which is good, also they have renew many PC too..

NOw myself are going throu a tought time too...
I am seaching any UNI in LOCAL or OVERSEA(better) for BACHELOR/DEGREE with SCHOLARSHIP ,and they will accept my diploma in TARC... anyone?? plss helpp >.<

  damm so TARC multimedia design course sucks? How about now? 2012?? Anyone mind to give an update?

wow tats  3 years ago and i already got a local degree

erm to be honest, i have a sec school friend who is studying at tarc for multimeida design..Seeing all her works she posted up on facebook, i can only say there's a much differennce between what she did and what we did.

but i don think its good to post her works up here.

yea BETA REPLY system
if not i wont be here XD

i got Games Art Development degree from luct aka Lim Kok Wing
if anyone interested in Games degree, well i dont know wats the LUCT future coz alot of lecture lari.. can say mostly.

they have new game courses in KDU

no, there's pro say dont take multimedia, its really a chapalang course, u need to concentrate on learning sumthing not MULTI-ing