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    Oct 14, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

MiTransfer Pathway Communication Associate of Arts


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(Code 1135)

The MiTransfer Pathway Communication Associate of Arts program is intended to set students up to transfer for a bachelor’s degree to a participating college or university through the MiTransfer Pathways Project agreement. Students interested in pursuing this program are strongly encouraged to meet with an MCC counselor in addition to a counselor from the college or university they intend to transfer to determine their plan. 

Upon completion of this program [CIP: 09.0101], graduates should be able to:

  • demonstrate competence in oral communication.
  • generate meaning in various communication contexts (such as personal/professional settings, as well as, across cultures.
  • transfer to a four year institution.

Special Considerations:

  • Students must earn a grade of C or better in each course.
  • Students must apply and be admitted to the intended transfer college or university. Also subject to secondary admits.
  • Receiving institutions agree to accept the Remaining Degree Requirements as outlined in the receiving institutions’ agreements.
  • Not all institutions are participating with this agreement. To determine participating institutions, click here.  
  • The agreement and list of participating institutions is subject to change.

Please Note:


Prerequisite courses may apply to this program. A minimum of 60 unduplicated credits (100 level or higher) are required for all associate degree programs.

General Education Requirements


Life Skills


The following course prepares students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Life Skills (the skills needed to succeed in work-life including critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, professionalism, self-awareness, and self-management) and is required in the students’ first semester at MCC:

Written Communication


The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Written Communication, both required

Oral Communication


The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Oral Communication, both required:

Laboratory Science


The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Application of Scientific Methodologies, choose two from different disciplines: 

Mathematics


The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Basic Computational Methods and Mathematical Concepts and Applications, choose one:

Global and Cultural Awareness


The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Global and Cultural Awareness, four courses are required in total; divided amongst the subgroups below.

SOCIAL SCIENCE: Choose one:

 

AND

Choose one course from a different discipline than the above choice:

 

AND

HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS: Choose two, from different disciplines, and only one can be a foreign language:

Program Requirements


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