You can get on a path to success with one of more than 130 programs that are in synch with today's educational and experiential needs and economic opportunities and realities.
Career and Technical Programs
Earn a two-year degree, diploma or certificate and prepare for a job in a specialized field of study or prepare to transfer to a four-year institution.
Aviation
Business
- Accounting
- Banking and Finance
- Business Management
- Business Office Administration
- Legal Office Specialist
Cinema
- Cinema Production
- Cinema Studies
- Cinematic Visual Effects
- Cinematography
- Digital Animation
- Directing and Producing
- Editing and Postproduction
- Screenwriting
- Sound Arts
- Sound for Cinema
Health
- Addiction Counseling
- Central Services Technician
- Community Health Worker
- Dental Assistant
- Electroneurodiagnostic Technology
- Medical Office Assistant
- Nursing
- Nursing Assistant / Home Health Aide
- Phlebotomy
- Polysomnographic Technology (sleep study)
Information Technology
- Computer Forensics
- Computer Software Development
- Computer Support and Network Administration
- Library Information Technology
Manufacturing and Applied Technology
- Architectural Technology
- Construction Electricity
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC-R)
- Machine Tool Technology
- Welding and Metal Fabrication
Media Arts
- Graphic Design: Print Media
- Graphic Design: Web and Interactive Media
- Media Production
- Photography and Digital Imaging
Public Safety
- Criminal Justice Studies
- Homeland Security Specialist
- Law Enforcement
Public Service
- Child Development
- Education
- Human Services
Service Industry
- Apparel Technologies
- Barbering
- Culinary Arts
- Restaurant Management
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Earn a two-year degree, certificate or take general education courses and transfer to a four-year insitution to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Cultural Studies
- American Indian Studies
- Global Studies
- Women’s Studies
Science and Technology
- Biology
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
Fine Arts
A sampling of liberal arts courses
You can round out your associate in arts degree or your transfer program by selecting from more than 40 course options, including classes in:
- American Sign Language
- Anthropology
- Arabic
- Astronomy
- Chinese
- Economics
- Education
- English
- Geography
- Geology
- Health
- History
- Japanese
- Journalism
- Music
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Speech
and many more!
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Numerous MCTC credit courses fulfill the requirements of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum. This transfer curriculum is a 40-credit package of general education courses in several learning areas that will be accepted for transfer by all four-year public colleges and universities in Minnesota.
The associate in arts degree is a recognized 60-credit degree and includes the entire Minnesota Transfer Curriculum.