Liberal Arts & Sciences: Stem & Health Sciences
- AS - Transfer Program
- Department of English and Philosophy
Program Overview
The Liberal Arts & Sciences: STEM & Health Sciences Program prepares you to pursue further education, offering seamless transfer to four-year programs with the flexibility to explore career options. Throughout this program, you’ll develop critical thinking and ethical reasoning skills through interdisciplinary inquiry, culminating in a portfolio showcasing your understanding.
Benefits of Liberal Arts & Sciences: STEM and Health Sciences
An MCC Liberal Arts degree provides a robust foundation for your future where you will learn valuable skills and perspectives. Here's an overview of the key benefits you'll gain:
- Develop essential skills for success in a diverse and global society.
- Enhance critical reading, thinking, research, and writing abilities.
- Explore a variety of disciplines within the program cluster.
Liberal Arts Careers: Plan Your Future
The Liberal Arts & Sciences: STEM & Health Sciences Program empowers you with the essential foundation for further education in natural and physical sciences, health, mathematics, and applied sciences. Unlock your potential and pave the way for exciting careers in fields such as:
- Database Administration
- Astronomy
- Medicine
- Architecture
- Veterinary Medicine
Transfer to Your Ideal Four-Year School
Imagine yourself at your dream four-year college or university—an MCC Liberal Arts & Sciences degree makes it a reality! We've paved the way for program graduates to transfer to prestigious institutions, including SUNY and Ivy League schools. Our expert Success Coaches in the Advisement Center will be your partners, helping you navigate every step and ensuring a smooth transition.
Liberal Arts & Sciences: Stem & Health Sciences
A.S. Degree - Transfer Program
Department:English and Philosophy
School(s): Applied Sciences & Technologies; Health Sciences & Physical Wellness; Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM)
MCC Program Code: LIB3
Description
This liberal arts program is designed for students who plan to pursue a bachelor’s degree. It provides flexibility for students to either explore various disciplines while determining a career path or to gain a solid liberal arts background before transferring into a four-year program that doesn’t map directly to a two-year degree. The program will aid students in the development of the skills essential for success in an increasingly diverse and global society. Students will have the opportunity to develop critical reading, thinking, research and writing skills as they explore a variety of disciplines in the program cluster. Requiring academic inquiry, self-reflection, collaboration, and the application of ideas, theories and methods across various disciplines, the program culminates in a portfolio demonstrating the students’ understanding of ethical decision making and reasoning in natural and social environments. Students completing this program will have strong preparation for continuing education in the natural and physical sciences, health, mathematics, and applied sciences.
Program Learning Outcomes
1.Critical Thinking: Students will evaluate information and perspectives in order to construct arguments.
2.Communication: Students will communicate effectively in oral and written forms with consideration for audience, purpose, context, and medium.
3.DEISJ: Students will analyze the role that complex networks of social structures play in the creation and perpetuation of the dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity.
4.Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning: Students will describe and/or apply scientific methods and reasoning in research and/or problem-solving.
5.Information Literacy: Students will conduct independent discipline-specific research and use information ethically and with an awareness of authority, validity, and bias.
6.Learning to Learn: Students will engage in and reflect on learning processes in order to identify potential educational pathways and develop a plan for transfer.
7.Students will reflect on issues concerning the human condition in local or global contexts as they relate to STEM, Applied Sciences, or health.
8.Students will apply discipline-specific principles and concepts to solve STEM, Applied Sciences, or health-related problems.
9.Students will perform routine laboratory or field tasks using common instrumentation and/or technology while adhering to safety protocols.
Employment Potential
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Distribution Requirements | Credits |
|---|---|
| LIBERAL ARTS CORE COURSES |  |
| ENG 101 College Composition OR ENG 200 Advanced Composition | 3 |
| First Year Experience: COS 133 College Orientation and Success Strategies OR COS 101 College Orientation AND CDL 110 Career Exploration OR COS 101 College Orientation AND HED 108 Health, Family and Society OR COS 101 College Orientation AND HED 110 Disease Prevention and Healthy Lifestyles OR COS 101 College Orientation AND PEC 253 Stress Management OR HON 101 Honors Studies: Orientation AND CDL 110 Career Exploration OR HON 102 Honors Studies: Exploration and Discovery AND CDL 110 Career Exploration OR HED 130 Foundations of Health and Wellness | 3 |
| ENG 130 Composition in STEM and Health Sciences OR ENG 200 Advanced Composition OR ENG 250 Professional Communication OR ENG 251 Technical Communication OR HON 295 Research Methods and Academic Writing | 3 |
| Credit Totals | 9 |
| PROGRAM COURSES | Credits |
| BIO 144 Human Anatomy and Physiology I OR BIO 156 Introduction to Organismal Biology and Ecology OR CHE 124 General, Organic, and Biochemistry OR CHE 151 General College Chemistry I OR GEO 101 Physical Geology-GR OR GEG 100 Physical Geography I Laboratory AND GEG 101 Physical Geography I OR PHY 131 Applied Physics I | 4 |
| CPT 101 Introduction to Computing OR MIS 100 Introduction to Management Information Systems OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING (SUNY-NSCI) ELECTIVE | 4 |
| MTH 152 Survey of Mathematics for Technicians OR MTH 160 Statistics I OR MTH 165 College Algebra OR HIGHER SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION MATHEMATICS (SUNY-MATH) ELECTIVE * | 3-4 |
| SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| PSY 101 Introduction to Psychological Science | 3 |
| PHL 101 Introduction to Philosophy OR PHL 103 Introduction to Ethics OR PHL 105 Technology and Values OR PHL 250 Professional Ethics OR PHL 255 Professional Ethics for Science and Medicine | 3 |
| SPC 141 Interpersonal Speech Communication OR SPC 142 Public Speaking OR SPC 143 -Small Group Communication | 3 |
| HED/HEG/PE/PEC or PPE ELECTIVE | 2-3 |
| Credit Totals | 25-27 |
| SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS | Credits |
| SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION MATHEMATICS (SUNY-MATH) ELECTIVE | 3-4 |
| SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING (SUNY-NSCI) ELECTIVE | 3-4 |
| SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS (SUNY-WHGA) ELECTIVE OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD LANGUAGES (SUNY-WLNG) ELECTIVE | 3-4 |
| Credit Totals | 9-11 |
| OPEN ELECTIVES** | Credits |
| OPEN ELECTIVE | 3 |
| OPEN ELECTIVE | 3 |
| OPEN ELECTIVE | 3 |
| OPEN ELECTIVE | 3 |
| OPEN ELECTIVE | 3 |
| Credit Totals | 15 |
| CAPSTONE COURSE | Credits |
| LAS 220 Liberal Arts Capstone | 3 |
| CREDIT TOTALS | 3 |
TOTAL CREDITS: | 61-66 |
**Consult with your advisor prior to selecting open electives. The total number of OPEN ELECTIVE credits may be less than 15 if the student completes the minimum 60 credits required for graduation. This is dependent on the number of credits taken in the sections above. The credit waiver will be applied at the time of graduation certification if the 60 credit minimum has been attained.