Technical Studies, AAS

Campus: Clinton, Muscatine, and 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 an 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 Credit(s): 3.00
___-___ Math or Science Credit(s): 3.00
___-___ Microcomputer Applications Credit(s): 3.00
___-___ Arts and Humanities Credit(s): 3.00
___-___ Cultural/Historical Perspectives Credit(s): 3.00
___-___ Social Sciences Credit(s): 3.00

Term Total: 18.00 Credits

Term 1

___-___ Technical Core Electives Credit(s): 9.00
___-___ Math Elective (above 100 level) Credit(s): 3.00 OR
___-___ Biology Elective Credit(s): 3.00 OR
___-___ Chemistry Elective Credit(s): 3.00 OR
___-___ Environmental Science Credit(s): 3.00 OR
___-___ Physical Science Elective Credit(s): 3.00 OR
___-___ Physics Elective Credit(s): 3.00
ENG 105 - Composition I Credit(s): 3.00 OR
ENG 107 - Composition I: Technical Writing Credit(s): 3.00 OR
SPC 112 - Public Speaking Credit(s): 3.00 OR
SPC 170 - Professional Communication Credit(s): 3.00

Term Total: 15.00 Credits

Term 2

___-___ Technical Core Electives Credit(s): 12.00
CSC 110 - Introduction to Computers Credit(s): 3.00
___-___ Cultural/Historical Perspectives Elective Credit(s): 3.00

Term Total: 18.00 Credits

Term 3

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

Term Total: 15.00 Credits

Term 4

___-___ Technical Core Electives Credit(s): 13.00
ECN 120 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3.00 OR
ECN 130 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit(s): 3.00 OR
POL 111 - American National Government Credit(s): 3.00 OR
PSY 111 - Introduction to Psychology Credit(s): 3.00 OR
SOC 110 - Introduction to Sociology Credit(s): 3.00

Term Total: 16.00 Credits

Technical Studies, AAS Total: 64.00 Credits

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