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2019-2020 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Technical Studies, AAS


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Campus: Clinton, Muscatine, & Scott Community Colleges

You have skills, knowledge and abilities gained from years on the job, participation in an apprenticeship, an on-the-job training program, or from general life and work experiences. Those skills and abilities can be validated through Clinton, Muscatine or Scott Community College Technical Skills degree.

Validation means that skills are evaluated, and, if they meet the criteria, credits are awarded and put toward completion of a degree. Credits are judged in a variety of ways, depending upon which method works best for your field of study. This could be a written test, a performance test or a evaluation of a portfolio of your work called Credit for Prior Learning.

The end result is an Associate of Applied Science degree in the career field in which you have the most experience and interest.

The AAS degree in Technical Studies consists of a total of 64 credits. Some of these can come from Credit for Prior Learning and be combined with credits earned from the following components:

Plan of Study


Core Concentration


24 credit hours of this degree program must come from one program-specific area (for example, Auto Technology).

Elective Courses


22 credit hours of this degree program can be selected from any of the current career program (AAS) courses offered at the colleges.

General Education


18 credit hours required from the following areas:


  • ___:___ English or Communications 3.00 Credit(s)
  • ___:___ Math or Science 3.00 Credit(s)
  • ___:___ Microcomputer Applications 3.00 Credit(s)
  • ___:___ Arts and Humanities 3.00 Credit(s)
  • ___:___ Cultural/Historical Perspectives 3.00 Credit(s)
  • ___:___ Social Sciences 3.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 18.00 Credits


Term 1


  • ___:___ Technical Core Electives 9.00 Credit(s)
  •  

  • ___:___ Math Elective (above 100 level) 3.00 Credit(s) OR
  • ___:___ Biology Elective 3.00 Credit(s) OR
  • ___:___ Chemistry Elective 3.00 Credit(s) OR
  • ___:___ Environmental Science 3.00 Credit(s) OR
  • ___:___ Physical Science Elective 3.00 Credit(s) OR
  • ___:___ Physics Elective 3.00 Credit(s)
  •  

  • 3.00 Credit(s) OR
  • 3.00 Credit(s) OR
  • 3.00 Credit(s) OR
  • SPC 117 - Professional Communication 3.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 15.00 Credits


Term 2


Term Total: 18.00 Credits


Term 3


  • ___:___ Technical Core Electives 12.00 Credit(s)
  • ___:___ Arts and Humanities Elective 3.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 15.00 Credits


Term 4


Term Total: 16.00 Credits


AAS Total: 64.00 Credits


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