Why MCTC

Summer Term
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We have added a number of general education liberal arts and sciences classes to this year's summer schedule, along with several career and technical courses.

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MCTC Foundation Scholarships

The MCTC Foundation awards numerous scholarships each year to students in need as well as to students with high academic potential. During the 2010-2011 school year, the MCTC Foundation awarded over $387,000 to 291 students. Scholarship information for the 2012-2013 school year is now available. Please refer to the scholarship packet to see available scholarship opportunities.

The scholarship application deadline is May 25, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. in T.2500.

Download the MCTC Scholarship packet

A Wealth of Programs

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

  • Air Traffic Control

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

  • Visual Arts
  • Theatre 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.