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This Degree is designed to provide recognition for work experience while assisting individuals in their preparation for career advancement. This program is designed to provide skills for personal, professional, and community improvement. The program is highly individualized and flexible. As many as 16 credits may be awarded for work experience including military experience, trade/proprietary school preparation, apprenticeship programs, and structured on-the-job training after appropriate evaluation. The Associate in Applied Science in Technical Studies program is designed for graduates to seek employment directly.
Graduates will be able to:
General Education:
In addition to the program-specific outcomes listed above, students completing the Associate degree programs are required to demonstrate proficiency in the General Education learning outcomes. Specific outcomes may vary by program; please refer to the program requirements below.
A. Depending upon a student's placement or for transfer purposes, this program may have pre-requisite(s). See a pathway coordinator or student development specialist for advisement.
B. In consultation with a Technical Studies adviser, the student will select 18 or more credit hours of course work to fulfill an employment need or to work toward a personal or professional career goal. The PEP component could be selected from the emphases listed below.
C. For Computer Technology Emphasis, three (3) to sixteen (16) Technical Studies credits may be earned for corporate, industrial, or military training programs after review.
D. For Technical Core, the number of credits will be determined by the faculty adviser of the related program.
E. It is recommended that students enroll in their first WI course upon completion of EN 101.
This course focuses on the stages of the writing process and includes a formal research paper. A variety of writing and reading assignments are designed to develop analytical and critical-thinking skills.
- General Education Course
College Level or with applicable co-requisite
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course develops student prose by utilizing the writing process (drafting, revising and editing). Students are required to complete a process portfolio that includes 3-5 typed, revised, and edited MLA papers, reflective and low-stakes writing assignments, and at least one paper that demonstrates proper research techniques. All writing assignments must demonstrate and develop the writing process, critical thinking, and writing skills. Throughout the term, a variety of reading assignments and topics are introduced to develop interpretive and argumentative skills, while developing a critical understanding of well-crafted, professional prose.
- General Education Course
EN 101 - Composition I
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course prepares students for effective public speaking presentations. Students research, organize, write, and deliver a variety of speeches designed to inform, persuade, motivate, and entertain in diverse public settings.
Supportive lab services are available to support students for the mastery of the art of public speaking. The lab will provide opportunity for engagement, one-on-one coaching, mentoring and tutoring that will foster innovations in speaking publically, professionally and personally. Materials used inthe lab will be comprised of the OER textbook and supplemental materials found on the Libguides.
College Level or with applicable co-requisite
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
This course covers the development and application of statistical concepts including descriptive statistics, probability, normal distribution, tests of hypothesis testing differences, sampling theory, and correlation.
- General Education Course
MA 022 - Mathematics Fundamentals for Liberal Arts
OR
MA 025 - Accelerated Algebra
OR
MA 025A - Algebra A
OR
MA 025B - Algebra B
OR
Test Placement
Fall, Spring, Summer
Choose one (1) from the following two courses:
Choose one (1) from the following two courses:
This course develops critical thinking skills, with emphasis on practical reasoning, problem solving and the expression of diverse viewpoints on social, political and ethical issues.
- General Education Course
College Level or with applicable co-requisite
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
This course follows an historical approach to the evolution of racism, the identification of racism, and a study of power and control in America’s major institutions.
- General Education Course
Fall, Spring, Summer
In each category a number of credits, not to exceed 16, may be earned through Prior Learning Assessment
In consultation with a Technical Studies Advisor, the student will earn the remaining credits by selecting the career/technical courses which will meet his/her employment needs.
