Welcome to Mid-Plains Community College
Mid-Plains Community College (MPCC) offers the Associate of Arts, Science, and General Studies degrees for students intending to complete a baccalaureate degree at an upper division institution. MPCC college advisors assist students wishing to transfer using specially developed transfer guides specific to the declared major and the receiving college.
Most four-year colleges will accept up to 66 semester credit hours of freshman- and sophomore-level credits earned at a community college and require at least a "C" in each course transferred. At the initial advisory session, the student and advisor will plan a course of study to enable students to meet these requirements.
Students should obtain a personal copy of the catalog from the transfer institution. This publication is usually available from the admissions office of the receiving institution for a nominal charge. It is the students responsibility to become familiar with all pertinent transfer requirements.
In some cases, completing the Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or Associate of General Studies degree at MPCC satisfies the general education requirements at the freshman and sophomore levels at transfer institutions. Students should identify a possible major at the receiving institution in order to begin the appropriate sequence of courses needed to complete their baccalaureate degrees in a timely fashion. It is important that students wishing to complete a BA or BS degree in four years complete lower division prerequisites at MPCC before enrolling in upper division courses at the transfer institution. If prerequisites are postponed, enrollment in advanced courses and eventual graduation from the transfer institution are likely to be delayed.
When possible, students should meet with a representative from the transfer institution to discuss a program of study. After transfer, students will be assigned advisors at the receiving institution. If students are not assigned an advisor at the receiving institution, they should seek to obtain one. If students encounter any difficulty in transferring courses, assistance should be requested from the Vice President for Educational Services and Student Development.
Degree requirements include:
1. A minimum of 60 semester credit hours of coursework.
2. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0.
3. Completion of 30 semester credit hours or the last 15 semester credit hours at MPCC.
4. General education courses: a minimum of 37 semester credit hours for the Associate of Arts degree, a minimum of 28 semester credit hours for the Associate of Science degree, and a minimum of 15 semester credit hours for the Associate of General Studies degree. The specific courses meeting the general education requirements are listed under each degree.
5. All financial obligations to the college must be fulfilled.
6. Taking the MPCC-approved outcomes examination (Either CAAP or WorkKeys).
7. Meeting with advisors to initiate Intent to Graduate one semester prior to the completion of degree requirements. Degrees will be conferred in May, August, or December.
8. The expectation to attend the commencement practice and ceremonies in May.
Program Objectives:
Upon completion of Associate of Arts, Associate of Science or Associate of General Studies successful students should be able to:
1. Apply effective written (English) skills,
2. Use effective oral (English) skills,
3. Demonstrate library skills necessary to continue educational endeavors,
4. Demonstrate an awareness of a variety of cultures, their values, institutions, and traditions,
5. Apply computational skills to the solution of problems,
6. Apply the scientific method to the solution of problems, and
7. Demonstrate the knowledge and critical thinking skills necessary to transfer to a four-year college or university.
NOTE: Currently the University of Nebraska at Kearney requires twelve credit hours of Writing Intensive classes and six credit hours of Cultural Diversity classes. In order to help UNK transfer students fulfill some of those requirements, a number of MPCC courses have been selected to comply with UNKs Writing Intensive (WI) and Cultural Diversity (CD) components. MPCC courses will be designated in the MPCC schedule with a (WI) or (CD) after the course number. UNK will accept six credit hours each of WI and CD classes from MPCC.
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE
General Education Requirements
COMMUNICATION-9 Credit Hours
A. ENGLISH COMPOSITION- 6 Credit Hours
1. ENGL 1010 Expository Writing I (required for AA degree)
2. Select one additional course:
a. ENGL 1020 Expository Writing II
b. ENGL 1030 Research Writing
c. ENGL 1050 Technical Writing
B. SPEECH-3 Credit Hours
Select one of the following:
1. SPCH 1010 Fund of Speech Communication
2. SPCH 1090 Fund of Human Communication
3. SPCH 1110 Public Speaking
HUMANITIES-12 Credit Hours
Select one course each from A, B and C; and then one additional course from A, B, C or D.
A. LITERATURE
1. ENGL 2010 Genre Survey: Short Story & Novel
2. ENGL 2030 Genre Survey: Poetry
3. ENGL 2040 Genre Survey: Drama
4. ENGL 2050 The Novel
5. ENGL 2060 20th Century Fiction
6. ENGL 2300 Shakespeare
7. ENGL 2460 American Literature Post 1865
8 ENGL 2510 Sci Fiction-Supernatural Literature
9. ENGL 2520 Literature of Nature
10.ENGL 2550 Short Fiction
11.THEA 2130 History of the Motion Picture
B. PERFORMING AND FINE ARTS
1. ARTS 1000 Art Structure
2. ARTS 1070 Design
3. ARTS 1210 Art Appreciation
4. ARTS 2310 Art History Survey I
5. ARTS 2320 Art History Survey II
6. MUSC 1660 Music Appreciation
7. THEA 1010 Introduction to Theater
C. HISTORY
1. HIST 1000 Western Civilization I to 1715
2. HIST 1010 Western Civilization II since 1715
3. HIST 1050 World History I
4. HIST 1060 World History II
5. HIST 2010 American History I to 1877
6. HIST 2020 American History II since 1877
D. PHILOSOPHY
1. PHIL 1010 Introduction to Philosophy
2. PHIL 1100 Introduction to Critical Thinking
3. PHIL 2200 Elements of Ethics
SOCIAL SCIENCES-9 Credit Hours
Select one course each from A and B; and one additional course from either A or B. Business majors should take ECON 2110 and 2120.
A. ECONOMICS/GEOGRAPHY/POLITICAL SCIENCE
1. ECON 1000 Contemporary Economic Issues
2. ECON 2110 Prin of Economics - Macro
3. ECON 2120 Prin of Economics - Micro
4. GEOG 1040 World Regional Geography
5. GEOG 1400 Cultural Geography
6. POLS 1000 American Government & Politics
7. POLS 1600 International Relations
8. POLS 1700 Comparative Politics
9. POLS 2900 American Constitutional Law
B. PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY
1. FACS 1600 Human Development
2. PSYC 1810 Introduction to Psychology
3. PSYC 1900 Psych of Personal Adjustment
4. PSYC 2060 Lifespan Development
5. PSYC 2800 Abnormal Behavior
6. SOCI 1120 Introduction to Anthropology
7. SOCI 1530 Introduction to Sociology
8. SOCI 2010 Social Problems
9. SOCI 2250 Marriage & Family Relationships
10. SOCI 2500 Dealing with Diversity
NATURAL SCIENCES-4 Credit Hours
Select one lab course from the following courses:
1. BIOS 1010 General Biology
2. BIOS 1090 General Botany
3. BIOS 1110 Microbiology
4. BIOS 1120 Introduction to Zoology
5. BIOS 1140 Human Anatomy
6. BIOS 2130 Human Physiology
7. BIOS 2250 Human Anatomy & Physiology I
8. BIOS 2260 Human Anatomy & Physiology II
9. CHEM 1050 Survey of Chemistry I
10. CHEM 1060 Survey of Chemistry II
11. CHEM 1090 General Chemistry I
12. CHEM 1100 General Chemistry II
13. CHEM 2410 Organic Chemistry I
14. CHEM 2420 Organic Chemistry II
15. GEOG 1050 Physical Geography
16. PHYS 1100 Physical Science
17. PHYS 1150 Descriptive Physics
18. PHYS 1410 General Physics I
19. PHYS 1420 General Physics II
MATHEMATICS-3 Credit Hours
Select one of the following courses:
1. MATH 1150 College Algebra
2. MATH 1200 Elements of Statistics
3. MATH 1250 Trigonometry
4. MATH 1350 App Calculus for Managerial and Social Sciences
5. MATH 1450 Analytical Geometry & Calculus I
6. MATH 1550 Analytical Geometry & Calculus II
7. MATH 2450 Analytical Geometry & Calculus III
8. MATH 2600 Differential Equations
ELECTIVES TO COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF 60 HOURS