Programs & Majors: Overview

Associate of Arts

The Departments of Arts, Humanities and Social Science offer curricula which gives TMCC students a broad perspective of the world of knowledge while providing specific pre-professional curriculum sequences which may qualify the student for admission as a junior at the college to which he/she will transfer. [More Information]

Associate of Science

The Mathematics, Engineering and Science Department offers an Associate of Science degree that is intended to be a general degree not specifically tailored for any particular career path. [More Information]

Bachelor of Science

The Department of Teacher Education offers two Bachelor of Science Degrees: Elementary Education and Secondary Science. [More Information]

Career & Technical Education

The Department of Career and Technical Education strongly believes in the importance of academic integration within each program area. [More Information]

Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP)

The Turtle Mountain Community College’s Native American Career and Technical Education Project is designed to offer postsecondary career and technical education opportunities in Education Paraprofessional, Computer Support Specialist, Building Construction, Management, Health Information Management, and Entrepreneurship. [More Information]

General Education Program Philosophy

Turtle Mountain Community College’s philosophy of General Education is grounded in the belief that a multi-faceted array of concepts and experiences enhances and broadens students’ abilities to contribute to a more vibrant, ethical, progressive and responsible society. General Education at TMCC will produce students who can think critically, use technology effectively, understand the culture of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, solve concrete problems and apply their skills and competencies to benefit themselves and society, with an emphasis upon contributing to the success of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. All academic programs at TMCC adhere to the student learning outcomes as the basis of the learning goals of each program (A.A., A.S., A.A.S, B.S., and certificate).

General Education Student Learning Outcomes

Communication:
Students will have developed sufficient skills with the English language such that they can read, accurately interpret, critically analyze written material, express themselves effectively through narrative, explanatory, and investigative writing utilizing standard rhetorical techniques in the styles and formats, and at the level of complexity, appropriate to their TMCC studies.
Mathematics:
Students will be able to apply arithmetical, geometric, statistical and algebraic principles of mathematics and problem solving at a level of complexity appropriate to their TMCC studies.
Science:
Students will be conversant with the general knowledge bases and the procedures and techniques by which knowledge are generated and accessed through the life, physical and earth sciences, and they will be able to select and apply the techniques and procedures of the sciences at a level of complexity appropriate to their TMCC studies.
Humanities and Social Science:
Students will be conversant with the general knowledge bases and the procedures and techniques by which knowledge and artistic expressions are generated and accessed in the two divisions of (1) the humanities and fine arts, and (2) the social and behavioral sciences, and they will be able to select and apply the techniques and procedures of these two areas at a level of complexity appropriate to their TMCC studies.
Culture/Diversity:
Students will be able to consider a variety of perspectives based on differences such as those stemming from culture, culture heritage, class gender, ethnicity, historical development, community and leadership and they will apply this awareness at a level of complexity appropriate to their TMCC studies.
Critical thinking:
Students will be able to raise vital questions and problems, gather and assess relevant information, come to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions, and test those solutions against relevant criteria, think open-mindedly about their assumptions, consider the practical consequences and communicate effectively to find solutions at a level of complexity appropriate to their TMCC studies.
Technology:
Students will be conversant with the general knowledge bases and the procedures and techniques by which knowledge is generated and accessed through the use of technology, and they will be able to select and apply the techniques and procedures of technology at a level of complexity appropriate to their TMCC studies.

For more information, please see the TMCC catalog, or visit the Student Services office.