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The following is a complete listing of courses offered at MCC. You can also visit our Programs of Study page for a list of course requirements necessary to complete your degree.

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Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">AAD - Applied Art and Design</span></div>]
AAD - Applied Art and Design
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ACC - Accounting</span></div>]
ACC - Accounting
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ACD - Alcohol/Chemical Dependency</span></di
ACD - Alcohol/Chemical Dependency
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">AGS - Agricultural Studies</span></div>]
AGS - Agricultural Studies
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ANT - Anthropology</span></div>]
ANT - Anthropology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ARA - Arabic/Foreign Language</span></div>]
ARA - Arabic/Foreign Language
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ART - Art</span></div>]
ART - Art
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ASL - American Sign Language/Foreign Languag
ASL - American Sign Language/Foreign Language
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ATP - Automotive Technology</span></div>]
ATP - Automotive Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">BIO - Biology</span></div>]
BIO - Biology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">BUS - Business</span></div>]
BUS - Business
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CDL - Interdisciplinary</span></div>]
CDL - Interdisciplinary
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CE  - Disney College Program Internship</spa
CE - Disney College Program Internship
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CEL - Leadership</span></div>]
CEL - Leadership
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CHE - Chemistry</span></div>]
CHE - Chemistry
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CHI - Chinese/Foreign Language</span></div>]
CHI - Chinese/Foreign Language
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CIN - Cinema Studies</span></div>]
CIN - Cinema Studies
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">Cinema Studies</span></div>]
Cinema Studies
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CIS - Computer Information Systems</span></d
CIS - Computer Information Systems
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CIT - Civil and Construction Technology</spa
CIT - Civil and Construction Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CLT - Clinical Laboratory Technician</span><
CLT - Clinical Laboratory Technician
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">COM - Communication</span></div>]
COM - Communication
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">COS - College Success</span></div>]
COS - College Success
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CPT - Computer Technology</span></div>]
CPT - Computer Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CRC - Computer Related Curricula</span></div
CRC - Computer Related Curricula
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CRJ - Criminal Justice</span></div>]
CRJ - Criminal Justice
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">CSC - Computer Science</span></div>]
CSC - Computer Science
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">DAS - Dental Assisting</span></div>]
DAS - Dental Assisting
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">DEN - Dental Hygiene</span></div>]
DEN - Dental Hygiene
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">EBL - Experience Based Learning</span></div>
EBL - Experience Based Learning
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ECE - Education and Early Care</span></div>]
ECE - Education and Early Care
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ECO - Economics</span></div>]
ECO - Economics
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">EDU - Education</span></div>]
EDU - Education
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ELT - Electrical Engineering Technology/Elec
ELT - Electrical Engineering Technology/Electronics
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">EMS - Emergency Medical Services</span></div
EMS - Emergency Medical Services
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ENG - English Literature</span></div>]
ENG - English Literature
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ENG - English Writing</span></div>]
ENG - English Writing
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ENR - Engineering Science</span></div>]
ENR - Engineering Science
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ESL - English For Speakers Of Other Language
ESL - English For Speakers Of Other Languages (ESOL)
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">FPT - Fire Protection Technology</span></div
FPT - Fire Protection Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">FRE - French/Foreign Language</span></div>]
FRE - French/Foreign Language
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">FSA - Food Service Administration</span></di
FSA - Food Service Administration
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">GEG - Geography</span></div>]
GEG - Geography
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">GEO - Geology</span></div>]
GEO - Geology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">GER - German/Foreign Language</span></div>]
GER - German/Foreign Language
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">GLF - Golf Management</span></div>]
GLF - Golf Management
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HBR - Hebrew/Foreign Language</span></div>]
HBR - Hebrew/Foreign Language
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HED - Health Education</span></div>]
HED - Health Education
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HEG - Health Education Global</span></div>]
HEG - Health Education Global
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HIM - Health Information Technology</span></
HIM - Health Information Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HIS - History</span></div>]
HIS - History
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HMN - Humanities</span></div>]
HMN - Humanities
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HON - Honors Studies</span></div>]
HON - Honors Studies
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">Honors Studies</span></div>]
Honors Studies
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HSM - Homeland Security Administration</span
HSM - Homeland Security Administration
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HSP - Hospitality</span></div>]
HSP - Hospitality
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HUM - Human Services</span></div>]
HUM - Human Services
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">HVA - Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditionin
HVA - Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">IDE - Interior Design</span></div>]
IDE - Interior Design
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">ITA - Italian/Foreign Language</span></div>]
ITA - Italian/Foreign Language
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">JPN - Japanese/Foreign Language</span></div>
JPN - Japanese/Foreign Language
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">LAS - Liberal Arts</span></div>]
LAS - Liberal Arts
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">LAW - Law</span></div>]
LAW - Law
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">LDS - Leadership</span></div>]
LDS - Leadership
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">MAR - Marketing</span></div>]
MAR - Marketing
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">MET - Mechanical Technology</span></div>]
MET - Mechanical Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">MMP - Automotive Technology</span></div>]
MMP - Automotive Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">MTH - Mathematics</span></div>]
MTH - Mathematics
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">MUS - Music</span></div>]
MUS - Music
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">NUR - Nursing</span></div>]
NUR - Nursing
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">OFT - Office Technology</span></div>]
OFT - Office Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">OPT - Optical Systems Technology</span></div
OPT - Optical Systems Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PE  - Physical Education--Coed</span></div>]
PE - Physical Education--Coed
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PEC - Physical Education--Coed</span></div>]
PEC - Physical Education--Coed
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PEJ - Physical Education-Criminal Justice</s
PEJ - Physical Education-Criminal Justice
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PEM - Physical Education--Men</span></div>]
PEM - Physical Education--Men
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PEW - Physical Education-Women</span></div>]
PEW - Physical Education-Women
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PHL - Philosophy</span></div>]
PHL - Philosophy
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PHO - Photography</span></div>]
PHO - Photography
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PHY - Physics</span></div>]
PHY - Physics
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PLE - Police: Law Enforcement</span></div>]
PLE - Police: Law Enforcement
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PLS - Paralegal Studies</span></div>]
PLS - Paralegal Studies
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">POS - Political Science</span></div>]
POS - Political Science
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PPE - Physical Studies/Physical Education</s
PPE - Physical Studies/Physical Education
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PSC - Public Safety Communications</span></d
PSC - Public Safety Communications
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PST - Public Safety Training</span></div>]
PST - Public Safety Training
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">PSY - Psychology</span></div>]
PSY - Psychology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">Public Speaking</span></div>]
Public Speaking
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">REA - Reading</span></div>]
REA - Reading
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">SCI - Science</span></div>]
SCI - Science
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">SCR - Computer Security</span></div>]
SCR - Computer Security
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">SGT - Surgical Technology</span></div>]
SGT - Surgical Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">SKT - Tooling and Machining</span></div>]
SKT - Tooling and Machining
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">SMT - Sports Management</span></div>]
SMT - Sports Management
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">SOC - Sociology</span></div>]
SOC - Sociology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">SPA - Spanish/Foreign Language</span></div>]
SPA - Spanish/Foreign Language
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">SPC - Speech Communication</span></div>]
SPC - Speech Communication
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">STT - Solar Thermal Technology</span></div>]
STT - Solar Thermal Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">SUS - Sustainability Studies</span></div>]
SUS - Sustainability Studies
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">SVL - Service Learning</span></div>]
SVL - Service Learning
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">TAM - Tooling and Machining</span></div>]
TAM - Tooling and Machining
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">TEK - Technology</span></div>]
TEK - Technology
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">THE - Theatre</span></div>]
THE - Theatre
Hide details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">TOY - Toyota</span></div>]
TOY - Toyota

TOY 191 - Introduction to Automotive Service

2 Credits

An introductory course designed to develop entry level skills, including: workplace safety, proper use of hand tools and lifts, application of manufacturer vehicle information systems, vehicle express maintenance, scan tool usage and an overview of vehicle systems.

MCC General Education: MCC-TL - Technological Literacy (MTL)

TOY 192 - Automotive Electrical/Electronic Systems 1

3 Credits

This course emphasizes the study of automotive electricity including: Ohms law, circuit analysis, meter usage, oscilloscope usage, solid state components, magnetic induction, motor principles, wire repair, battery, starting and charging systems.

Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor.

TOY 195 - Brakes

4 Credits

A class focusing on theory-related instruction and demonstration of testing and repair procedures covering automotive brake systems including: drum and disc brakes, hydraulic systems, power assist and anti-lock systems.

Prerequisite: TOY 191 with a grade of C or better.

TOY 196 - Steering and Suspension

4 Credits

An in-depth study of adjustable and non-adjustable alignment measurements with emphasis on proper alignment techniques, methods of adjustment, and complete 4-wheel alignment, including: manual and power steering system diagnosis and repair, complete suspension system service including coil spring, torsion bar, and MacPherson struts.

TOY 198 - Engine Repair

4 Credits

A class focusing on the 4-stroke theory and practical procedures necessary to diagnose and repair automotive type gasoline engines, including: diagnosis, component inspection, proper disassembly and reassembly procedures, and critical engine measurements.

TOY 199 - Automotive Heating and Air Conditioning

3 Credits

A class focusing on theory-related instruction and demonstration of testing and repair procedures covering automotive heating and air conditioning systems. This course provides theory for R-12 and R-134a systems.

TOY 200 - Engine Performance 1

3 Credits

This is the first of two courses covering the operation, inspection, diagnosis, service and repair of engine management systems. Topics of focus will include: operation and testing of the internal combustion engine and engine-and fuel-management systems, with an emphasis on ignition, fuel delivery, and computer input sensor diagnosis.

TOY 198 and TOY 203, each with a grade of C or better.

TOY 201 - Engine Performance 2

4 Credits

This is the second of two courses covering the operation, inspection, diagnosis, service and repair of engine management Systems. Topics of focus will include: advanced level diagnostics including fuel trim, DTC's, drivability, Mode $06 scan tool usage, and emissions control systems.

Prerequisite: TOY 200 with a grade of C or better.

TOY 202 - Automatic Transmissions

4 Credits

This course includes the theory of operation, diagnosis, maintenance and repair of automobile transmissions and transaxles. There will be emphasis on hands-on work.

Prerequisite: TOY 191 with a grade of C or better.

TOY 203 - Automotive Electrical/Electronic Systems 2

3 Credits

This class covers instruction and demonstration of testing and repair procedures covering automotive charging, starting, lighting, and accessories. Schematic reading and diagnostic techniques are emphasized throughout.

Prerequisite: TOY 192 with a grade of C or better.

TOY 204 - Manual Drivetrain and Axles

3 Credits

This class focuses on the theory, operation, diagnosis, maintenance, and overhaul of manual transmissions and transaxles, front and rear drive axles and differentials, drivelines, and transfer cases.

TOY 205 - Automotive Technology T-TEN Co-op 1

1 Credit

This is the first in a series of in-dealership co-op work experiences for T-TEN automotive technology students.

TOY 206 - Automotive Technology T-TEN Co-op 2

1 Credit

This is the second in a series of in-dealership co-op work experiences for T-TEN automotive technology students.

TOY 207 - Automotive Technology T-TEN Co-op 3

1 Credit

This is the third in a series of in-dealership co-op work experiences for T-TEN automotive technology students.

TOY 208 - Automotive Technology T-TEN Co-op 4

1 Credit

This is the fourth in a series of in-dealership co-op work experiences for T-TEN automotive technology students.

TOY 209 - Automotive Technology T-TEN Co-op 5

1 Credit

This is the fifth and final course in a series of in-dealership co-op work experiences for T-TEN automotive technology students.

TOY 210 - Electrified Powertrain Systems

3 Credits

This class focuses on electrified vehicle propulsion technologies including hybrid/electric and fuel cell.

Topics covered include Hybrid and Electric vehicle operation, low voltage components, high voltage components, safety precautions, supporting systems, maintenance and diagnosis.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will have the opportunity to earn Toyota Hybrid/Electric credentials.

Instructor Permission required and successful completion of TOY 192, TOY 203 (or equivalent; example Toyota 623 and 652).

Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">TRS - Transitional Studies</span></div>]
TRS - Transitional Studies
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">TVL - Travel And Tourism</span></div>]
TVL - Travel And Tourism
Show details for [<div class="Course_Table_Content"><span style="font-weight:bold">XRT - Radiologic Technology</span></div>]
XRT - Radiologic Technology