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2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Technical Studies - AAS

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Purpose: The associate degree in Technical Studies-Industrial Maintenance is designed to assist companies through educating students on current industry and manufacturing practices. The degree allows students to have a work-based learning component in addition to the general education and technical foundation classes.

Admission Requirements: All students will be required to demonstrate college readiness through transcript review or informed self-placement.  Based on this review students may request or be required to enroll in prerequisite or corequisite math and/or English courses.

Technical Studies Curriculum:

Degree Requirements

Total Credits: 18

Technical Foundations:

Total Credits: 23

Work-based Learning:

  • One (1) or (2) existing certificates/career studies certificates with additional courses to create a coherent plan of study. May include experiential credit, such as credit for prior learning, internship credit, independent study, and/or apprenticeship credit.​

Total Credits: 19

Total Minimum Credits: 60

Before registering for classes, students should check the prerequisites listed with the course descriptions in the back of the catalog. Normally, a full-time student would register for courses in the following sequence; however, apprenticeship offerings may alter this sequence.

1 ECO 120  and ECO 201 -ECO 202  contain similar course content. Students who take ECO 120  cannot receive credit for either ECO 201  or ECO 202 . Students who take either ECO 201  or ECO 202  cannot receive credit for ECO 120 .

2 Students cannot receive credit for both PSY 235  and PSY 230 .

3 Students considering transfer should check with anticipated four-year institution to determine appropriate MTH courses and/or sequences.

Suggested Scheduling:

First Year

First Five

Total Credits: 16

Second Semester

Total Credits: 17

Second Year

Third Semester

Total Credits: 15

Fourth Semester

Total Credits: 17

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