2010-11 Course Catalog - Century College

5 Educational ProgramsCAREER EXPLORATION AND PLANNINGCounselors are available to assist you withcareer exploration and career planning inthe Counseling and Career Center locatedon West Campus, Main Entrance, Room2410. Counselors can help you decidewhich programs are most appropriate foryour educational goals, which may includetransitioning to a new career, careeradvancement, transferring to a bachelor’sprogram or continuing education. The college’sGPS LifePlan, web site www.gpslifeplan.org/century/ can also be used to help you exploreyour personal career interests and goals.If you are undecided about your careerdirection, you may use the counseling servicesand the Career Center to start your careerdecision-making process while taking generaleducation courses. In the Career Center, youwill find occupational information, placementdata reports, interest and skill assessments,resume and interview resources, books,videos, computer career guidance programs,and Internet search information.You are encouraged to use Minnesota CareerInformation System (MCIS) and InternetSystem for Education and EmploymentKnowledge (ISEEK) website: www.iseek.org. These easy-to-use computerized systemswill help you gather occupational informationon job descriptions, aptitudes, workingconditions, earnings, employment outlook,training and education required, and muchmore. Century also offers Career Studiescourses, such as Career and Life Planning(CRRS 1010), to assist you.Program RequirementsMinnesota GeneralEducationTransfer CurriculumThe Minnesota General Education TransferCurriculum (MnTC) is an agreement signedby all Minnesota public higher educationinstitutions. It is a collaborative effort amongall two-and four-year public colleges anduniversities in Minnesota to help you transferyour work in general education. When youcomplete the Minnesota General EducationTransfer Curriculum at one of the participatingcolleges/universities and then transfer to anyother Minnesota public baccalaureate degreegrantinguniversity, you will have fulfilled alllower-division general education requirements.Within the 40 credits required, there are tengoals. One course may fulfill a maximumof two goals; however, credits will only becounted once in total. If you fulfill the ten goalareas in fewer than 40 credits, you can selectcourses within any of the goals to achievethe 40-credit total. In addition to the 40 creditcore, the AA requires you to complete 18additional credits, which may be MnTC goalfulfillingcourses, pre-major requirements,or electives and 2 credits in Health/PhysicalEducation. The AFA, AS and the AAS degreesand the diplomas and certificates at CenturyCollege also use MnTC courses to fulfill theirgeneral education requirements.The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum is inplace to help you meet the social, personal,and career challenges of the 21st Century.Therefore, the Minnesota Transfer Curriculumcommits all public colleges and universitiesin the state of Minnesota to a broadeducational foundation that integrates abody of knowledge and skills with a studyof contemporary concerns. The goals andcompetencies emphasize our commonmembership in the human community; ourpersonal responsibility for intellectual, lifelonglearning; and an awareness that we livein a diverse world. They include diverse waysof knowing—that is, the factual content,the theories and methods, and the creativemodes of a broad spectrum of disciplines andinterdisciplinary fields—as well as emphasison the basic skills of discovery, integration,application and communication.The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum is dividedinto ten areas of emphasis, known as goals.You may transfer the MnTC in each of thefollowing ways:1. As an entire package: If you complete thetransfer curriculum at one institution, it willbe accepted as completion of the transfercurriculum at Century College.2. As a goal area: completion of a goal area ofthe MnTC at one institution will be acceptedEducationalProgramComparisonCentury College offers six typesof academic programs to helpyou achieve a wide variety ofeducational and career goals.These programs are as follows:Associate in Arts DegreeAssociate in Fine Arts DegreeAssociate in Science DegreeAssociate in Applied ScienceDegreeOccupational DiplomaCertificateThe degree programs (AA, AFA,AS, and AAS) are distinguishedfrom one another by thedistribution of credits requiredto earn each type of degree. Thediplomas and certificates aredistinguished from degrees bybeing specifically focused on anoccupational area, or academicfocus, and requiring fewer credits.651.779.3300 33