The Integrated & Professional Studies Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree is designed for students who intend to update their skills and expand employment opportunities with a customized degree field. This 60-credit degree allows learners to develop a specific education plan to update their skills and gives them the opportunity and flexibility to focus on specialized career interests not offered in the college's structured degree programs. It integrates several subjects and current or past workplace education and training experiences into a degree program and builds on a current area of study or industry-related experience and training. Students work collaboratively with faculty and staff to create a degree plan that meets individualized educational needs. Students who enroll in the program will complete 33 specialized career technical credits, 12 general education credits (in at least three Minnesota transfer goal areas), in addition to 15 credits in core foundational areas.
Program outcomes
Demonstrate proficiency in applying critical reading, writing and thinking skills required to be effective and successful in the chosen career field.
Demonstrate foundational knowledge of the content and methods relative to the six goal areas chosen by the student.
Demonstrate knowledge of the theories and applied practices requisite for effectively functioning in a chosen career field.
Demonstrate an ability to apply acquired knowledge of self to personal, professional and social situations with integrity and ethical responsibility.
Demonstrate proficiency in the use of technology and mathematical computations necessary for success as an employee and consumer.
Synthesize and reflect upon prior learning in the field with current scholarship in the program to reach a new, higher understanding of the chosen field.
Develop an awareness of interdisciplinary opportunities in professional and technical industry practices to increase exposure to a broad range of skills, experiences and knowledge.
Accreditation
Minnesota State Community and Technical College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
The Higher Learning Commission
230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500
Chicago, IL 60604-1411
http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org
Phone: 312.263.0456 / 800.621.7440
