Program Sheet

Applied Technology

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE, 60 CREDITS

This degree option is designed to provide an Associate in Applied Science degree option for graduates of career technical diploma programs. Students who have been awarded a diploma from an accredited college may apply those credits to this 60 credit program. Students must complete a minimum of 21 credits selected from the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum.

Other information about this degree

Students must have been awarded a diploma before they can be awarded the AAS degree in Applied Technology.
For purposes of this degree, career technical diplomas may be transferred to Riverland Community College regardless of the date earned.
Students may be concurrently enrolled in a career technical diploma program while earning general education courses.
General education credits from other accredited colleges may be transferred to Riverland Community College.
Credit residency requirements must be met. A minimum of 20 credits from the 60 required credits must be taken from Riverland Community College. If credits from other MnSCU institutions are transferred to Riverland, a minimum of 12 credits must be taken from Riverland Community College.

Location: Albert Lea, Austin, Owatonna, Online
Program Starts: Fall, Spring, Summer
Course Plan: Four Semesters
Faculty: Holly Loberg

MnTC General Education Courses
ENGL1101	Composition I (Goal 1 & 2) or engl1102	3 CR
SPCH1100	Fundamentals of Speech (Goal 1 & 9) or spch1110, spch1200, spch1310	3 CR
-	Goal 3 Natural Sciences & Goal 4 Mathematics combined 3 credits from following list of courses ASTR 1000 BIOL 1000, 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040, 1050, 1060, 1070, 1091, 1092, 2000, 2021, 2022, 2040, 2300 CHEM 1000, 1121, 1201, 1202, 1210 ESCI 1000 GEOG 1210, 1211, 1250 MATH 1050, 1110, 1115, 1120, 1210, 1220, 1400, 2021, 2022, 2210, 2400 PHIL 1100 PHYS 1000, 1501, 1502, 2101, 2102, 2201, 2202, 2501, 2502 SCIE 1100, 1200	3 CR
	Goal 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences 3 credits from following list of courses ANTH 2220, 2240 ECON 1100, 2291, 2292 GEOG 1000, 1200 GLST 1500 HIST 1001, 1002, 1011, 1012, 1020, 1030, 1031 PSCI 1010, 1015, 1020, 1025, 1030 PSYC 1105, 1240, 1241, 1250, 2250, 2260 SOCI 1101, 1103, 2103, 2125, 2150	3 CR
	Goal 6 - Humanities and Fine Arts 3 credits from following list of courses ARTS 1101, 1102, 1103, 1105, 1112, 1119, 1122, 1123, 1222, 1226, 1303 CHIN 1001, 1002 DIGI 1100 ENGL 1103, 1113, 1115, 1131, 1132, 2000, 2231, 2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2251, 2255, 2260 FREN 1101, 1102, 2110, 2112 HUMA 1000, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1105, 2263, 2265 MUSC 1100, 1101, 1111, 1114, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1400, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126 PHIL 1110, 1130, 1140, 1150 SPAN 1001, 1002, 1050, 2001, 2002 THTR 1100, 1125, 1140, 2100, 2222, 2710, 2720	3 CR
	Health/Phy Ed	1 CR
	MnTC courses from any category above	5 CR

For in-depth information including outcomes, program fees, course descriptions, and more please visit the Applied Technology program page at riverland.edu.