Corporate Academy Associate of Occupational Studies Degree

The Corporate Academy Associate of Occupational Studies Degree is designed to combine customized training for a company’s success with college credit, enabling the student to earn the Corporate Academy Associate of Occupational Degree, Diploma and Certificate. Training is customized to meet company’s needs, and it is competency-and performance-based to deliver results. It is delivered in the location, at the time, and via methods that fit each company. Existing training programs can be incorporated into the Corporate Academy.

Degree requirements include:

  1. A minimum of 60 semester credit hours of
    coursework.
  2. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0.
  3. The student must complete 30 semester credit hours or the last 15 semester credit hours required for graduation at MPCC.
  4. A ll required courses of a program must be completed, including a minimum of 15 semester hours of general education courses.
  5. All financial obligations to the college must be fulfilled.
  6. Taking the MPCC approved outcomes examination (Either CAAP or WorkKeys).
  7. Student participation in the commencement exercises is required unless excused for a valid reason by the Area Dean of Student Life.

Commencement exercises are held each year at the close of the spring semester.

General Education Requirements

Must select a minimum of one course from each of the following four categories.

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION 3 Credit Hours
1. ENGL 1010
Expository Writing I
2. ENGL 1020
 Expository Writing II

3. ENGL 1030

 Research Writing
4. ENGL 1050 Technical Writing
5. BSAD 2250 Business Communications
ORAL COMMUNICATION 3 Credit Hours
1. SPCH 1010
Fund of Speech Communication
2. SPCH 1090
Fund of Human Communication
3. SPCH 1110
Public Speaking

4. SPCH 2080

Small Group Communication
HUMANITIES
3 Credit Hours

A. LITERATURE
1. ENGL 2010
Genre Survey: Short Story & Novel
2. ENGL 2030
Genre Survey: Poetry
3. ENGL 2040
Genre Survey: Drama
4. ENGL 2050
The Novel
5. ENGL 2060
20th Century Fiction
6. ENGL 2300
Shakespeare
7. ENGL 2460
American Literature Post 1865
8. ENGL 2510 Sci
Fiction-Supernatural Literature
9. ENGL 2520
Literature of Nature
10. ENGL 2550
Short Fiction
11. THEA 2130 History of the Motion Picture

B. PERFORMING AND FINE ARTS
1. ARTS 1000
Art Structure
2. ARTS 1070
Design
3. ARTS 1210
 Art Appreciation
4. ARTS 2310
 Art History Survey I
5. ARTS 2320
Art History Survey II
6. MUSC 1660
Music Appreciation
7. THEA 1010 Introduction to Theater

C. PHILOSOPHY

1. PHIL 1010 Introduction to Philosophy
2. PHIL 1100 Introduction to Critical Thinking
3. PHIL 2200 Elements of Ethics
D. HISTORY

1. HIST 1000
Western Civilization I to 1715
2. HIST 1010
Western Civilization II since 1715
3. HIST 1050
World History I
4. HIST  1060
 World History II
5. HIST 2010
American History I to 1877
6. HIST 2020 American History II since 1877

SOCIAL SCIENCE


3 Credit Hours
A. ECONOMICS/GEOGRAPHY/POLITICAL SCIENCE
1. ECON 1000
Contemporary Economic Issues
2. ECON 2110
 Principles of Economics – Macro
3. ECON 2120
 Principles of Economics – Micro
4. GEOG 1040
World Regional Geography
5. GEOG 1400
 Cultural Geography
6. POLS 1000
American Government/Politics
7. POLS 1600
 International Relations
8. POLS 1700
 Comparative Politics
9. POLS 2900
American Constitutional Law
B. PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY
1. EDUC 2890
Developmental Psychology
2. PSYC 1810
Introduction to Psychology
3. PSYC 2700
Positive Psychology
4. PSYC 2800
Abnormal Psychology
5. SOCI 1120
Introduction to Anthropology
6. SOCI 1530
Introduction to Sociology
7. SOCI 2010
Social Problems
8. SOCI 2250
Marriage/Family Relationships
9. SOCI 2500
Dealing with Diversity
NATURAL SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS
3 Credit Hours
A. LAB SCIENCE BIOLOGY
1. BIOS 1010
General Biology
2. BIOS 1090
General Botany
3. BIOS 1110
Microbiology
4. BIOS 1120
Introduction to Zoology
5. BIOS 1140
Human Anatomy
6. BIOS 2130
Human Physiology
7. BIOS 2250
Human Anatomy & Physiology I
8. BIOS 2260
Human Anatomy & Physiology II
CHEMISTRY

1. CHEM 1050
Survey of Chemistry I
2. CHEM 1060
Survey of Chemistry II
3. CHEM 1090
General Chemistry I
4. CHEM 1100
General Chemistry II
5. CHEM 2410
Organic Chemistry I
6. CHEM 2420
Organic Chemistry II
PHYSICS/PHYSICAL SCIENCE
1. GEOG 1050
 Physical Geography
2. PHYS 1020
Astronomy
3. PHYS 1100
Physical Science
4. PHYS 1150
Descriptive Physics
5. PHYS 1410
General Physics I
6. PHYS 1420 General Physics II
B. MATHEMATICS
3 Credit Hours
1. MATH 1150
College Algebra
2. MATH 1200
Elements of Statistics
3. MATH 1250
 Trigonometry
4. MATH 1350
App Calc for Managerial and Social Sciences
5. MAT H 1600
Analytical Geometry & Calculus I
6. MATH 1900
Analytical Geometry & Calculus II
7. MAT H 2450
Analytical Geometry & Calculus III
8. MATH 2600
Differential Equations

Training hours targeted to Business needs and Basic Skills to meet minimum of 60 hours.