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Industrial: Technical Studies
The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Degree in Technical Studies is designed to meet the rapidly changing workforce training needs of business and industry. Focused on meeting short term educational needs, the degree can also be used as a general (or individualized) studies degree to enhance the education and training of current employees or to ensure basic technical and general work-based skills for new employees.
The overall program design has been developed by the Virginia Community College System, with individual colleges having the opportunity to specify courses that meet local needs. The curriculum allows employers and employees to develop a specific plan of study negotiated with, and approved by, appropriate college faculty and administrators. Individual students must work with the appropriate division chair to develop an individualized program of study to meet the career goals of the student.
The basic structure of the curriculum includes four components: (1) general education, (2) a technical core, (3) occupational-technical content area(s), and (4) work-based learning. To avoid proliferating degree titles, the degree offers a single major in Technical Studies with a common technical core and customized content areas to assure breadth and depth in one or more occupational-technical areas. The intent is not to “package” an eclectic group of courses and experiences into a degree, but rather to structure a meaningful learning experience for the student that will also meet employers’ needs.
The new curriculum is patterned after several non-traditional adult education programs offered at four-year institutions in the state, and the Technical Studies degree program used successfully by community colleges in West Virginia. The basic future of the Technical Studies degree is that it offers the opportunity to define educational goals that cannot be met through existing program options at the college.
The AAS degree in Technical Studies requires four semesters of full-time study to complete.
Associate In
Applied Science Degree: Technical
Studies (718.00)
| General
Education Requirements (18 Credits) |
| ENG
111 |
College
Composition I 1 |
(3)
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| MTH
___ |
Mathematics
1 |
(3)
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| SDV
100 |
College Success Skills2 |
(1)
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| _____ |
Humanities Elective2 |
(3)
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| _____ |
Health/Physical Education2 |
(2)
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| _____ |
Social Science Electives2 |
(6)
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| Program
Requirements (20 - 21 Credits) |
| ENG
131 |
Technical
Report Writing 1 |
(3)
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| IND
116 |
Applied
Technology OR |
(3)
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| IND
136 |
Quality
by Design OR |
(3)
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| IND
165 |
Principles
of Technology I OR |
(4)
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| IND
181 |
World
Class Manufacturing |
(3)
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| IND
137 |
Team
Concepts and Problem Solving OR |
(3)
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| PSY
126 |
Psychology
for Business and Industry |
(3)
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| IND
236 |
Total
Quality Concepts |
(3)
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| ITE 115 ** |
Introduction to Computer Applications and Concepts** OR |
(4)
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| SAF
125 |
Computer
Applications for Technicians |
(4)
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| ITE ___ |
IT Elective
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(4)
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| Content
Skills and Knowledge (15 - 24 Credits) |
| Option
1 |
Courses selected from a current career studies certificate or certificate and, as necessary, approved electives to define a content area. |
| Option
2 |
Two or more content areas of 6 to 12 credits each, plus related electives, as necessary, as defined by student’s or employer’s needs. |
| Work-based
Learning (6 - 15 Credits) * |
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Minimum
Credits Required:
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68-69
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* These are to be determined by the appropriate faculty and academic dean.
- Placement test or prerequisite
required. Appropriate math class to be determined by the appropriate academic
dean.
- Eligible courses are listed under
Electives. See your academic advisor or counselor
to choose the appropriate course(s).
NOTES:
In order to graduate with the
associate's degree, you must meet the college's computer
competency requirement. Consult your academic advisor or counselor to
determine how to satisfy this requirement.
** Course title change effective with Fall 2005 semester
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