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A Place to Start

 

Are you new to MCC?
Would you like to explore career options?
Are you ready to dive right in and take some classes?
This list is a good place to start.

Every course on this list can be taken with no prerequisites or pre-tests.
Each course either gives you an introduction to a career path or counts toward general education requirements for most degrees.
While not required during your first quarter, visiting with an advisor can assist you in finding classes that best meet your needs.
Consider this a quick start - a way to enroll in classes without waiting.

General Education Courses

 

HUMANITIES

HUMS 1000 Humanities through the Arts
HUMS 1100 Classical Humanities

HUMS 1110 Origins of the Humanities 
MUSC 1010 Introduction to Music I 
MUSC 1020 Introduction to Music II 
MUSC 1050 Music Appreciation 
PHIL 1010 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 1030 Professional Ethics
PHIL 1100 Critical Reasoning

 

LANGUAGES

ARAB 1010 Introduction to Arabic

CHIN 1110 Beginning Chinese I
FREN 1010 Beginning French I

GERM 1010 Elementary German I

JAPN 1010 Beginning Japanese I

SPAN 1110 Elementary Spanish I

 

SCIENCE

BIOS 1010 Introduction to Biology
BIOS 1250 Environmental Biology
BIOS 1310 Survey of Human Anatomy and Physiology

 

READING AND LEARNING SKILLS
RDLS 1150 College Vocabulary
RDLS 1200 College Success Strategies

 

SOCIAL SCIENCE 
GEOG 1010 Fundamentals of Geography
GEOG 1020 World Regional Geography
GEOG 1050 Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG 1210 Introduction to Physical Geology
HIST 1010 US History to 1877
HIST 1020 US History from 1865 to Present
HIST 1050 Introduction to Black History
HIST 1120 World Civilization from 1500 to Present
POLS 2050 American National Government
PSYC 1000 Psychology for Everyday Living
PSYC 1010 Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 1120 Human Growth and Development

 

SPEECH

SPCH 1110 Public Speaking
SPCH 1300 Interpersonal Communication

 
WORKPLACE SKILLS
WORK 1230 Career Planning
WORK 1250 Learning Anxiety
WORK 1400 Employability Skills
WORK 1410 Secrets to Business Success
WORK 1420 Interpersonal Communication Skills for the Workplace

Career-Oriented Courses

 

ACCOUNTING

ACCT 1050 Bookkeeping
ACCT 1100 Accounting I

 

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
ARCH 1000 Appreciation of Architecture

ARCH 1100 Beginning AutoCAD

 

ARTS
ARTS 1000 Introduction to the Visual Arts
ARTS 1010 Elementary Drawing

ARTS 1020 2-D Design 
ARTS 1050 Creative Careers

 

AUTO COLLISION TECHNOLOGY

AUTB 1040 Auto Collision Repair Welding

AUTB 1100 Structural Repair I
AUTB 1200 Nonstructural Repair I

 

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY

AUTT 1010 Introduction to Auto Service and Minor Repair 
AUTT 1210 Automotive Electricity and Electronics I

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
BSAD 1000 Introduction to Business

BSAD 1100 Business Law I
BSAD 1250 Introduction to Not-For-Profit Management
BSAD 1600 Principles of Supervision
BSAD 2100 Principles of Management
ENTR 1050 Introduction to Entrepreneurship

 

CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
SCET 1000 Civil Engineering Fundamentals
SCET 1050 Building Construction

SCET 1070 Contracts and Specifications

 

CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING SCIENCE

CNST 1000 Introduction to Building Construction

CNST 1050 Introduction to Carpentry

CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
CRIM 1010 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CRIM 1020 Introduction to Corrections

  
CULINARY, HOSPITALITY, RESEARCH, AND MANAGEMENT

CHRM 1000 Career Orientation/Culinary Arts

CHRM 1020 Sanitation

 

DESIGN, INTERACTIVITY, AND MEDIA ARTS
DIMA 1110 Digital Design: Raster
DIMA 1120 Digital Design: Vector

 

DIESEL TECHNOLOGY

DESL 1000 Diesel Preventive Maintenance 
DESL 1115 Alternative Fueled Engines
DESL 1200 Fundamentals of Hydraulics
DESL 1230 Diesel Engine Fundamentals

  

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

ECED 1110 Infant and Toddler Development
ECED 1120 Preschool Child Development
ECED 1150 Introduction to Early Childhood Education

 

ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY
ELTR 1200 Basic Electricity

 

PRE-ENGINEERING
ENGR 1010 Introduction to Engineering Design 
 

FINANCE

FINA 1000 Financial Literacy

FINA 1100 Principles of Property and Casualty Insurance

 

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
HIMS 1111 Healthcare Careers

HIMS 1120 Medical Terminology I

 

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
HITP 1005 Introduction to Electronic Health Records

HITP 1010 Introduction to Health Information Technology

 

HORTICULTURE, LAND SYSTEMS, AND MANAGEMENT
HLSM 1000 Horticulture, Land Systems, and Management Orientation

 

HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION

HVAC 1000 Refrigeration Electrical Theory and Application

HVAC 1010 Refrigeration Service Principles and Basic Automatic Controls

 

HUMAN RELATIONS

HMRL 1010 Human Relations Skills

HMRL 1050 Leadership: Training and Skill Development

 
HUMAN SERVICES
HMSV 1010 Introduction to Human Services
HMSV 1110 Interpersonal Communication Skills

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRADES
INCT 0900 Introduction to the Trades
INCT 1000 Industrial Safety and Health
INCT 1010 Introduction to the Trades II
INCT 1050 Mechanical Print Reading
INCT 1301 Home and Building Maintenance Carpentry

INCT 1400 Introduction to Precision Machine Technology

INCT 1500 Introduction to Distribution

INCT 2050 Problem Solving

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

INFO 1001 Information Systems and Literacy

 

INSURANCE
INSU 1000 Principles of Health and Life Insurance
INSU 1100 Principles of Property and Casualty Insurance

INTERIOR DESIGN
INTD 1100 Illustration Techniques for Interiors
INTD 1310 Fundamentals of Textiles

LEGAL STUDIES

LAWS 1100 The Paralegal Profession
LAWS 1101 Introduction to Law

 

MECHANICAL DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY
DRAF 1100 AutoCAD Fundamentals

DRAF 1300 Inventor Fundamentals

PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOT 1005 Basic Photography I – Digital

 

PROCESS OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY
PROT 1000 Introduction to Process and Power Operations

PROT 1010 Safety Topics for Process and Power Operations

PROT 1100 Process Instrumentation and Control

PROT 1110 Reading and Understanding Process Diagrams

PROT 1250 Basic Electricity for Power and Process

PROT 1302 Stationary Engineering I

 

REAL ESTATE
REES 1000 Real Estate Principles

SOCIAL WORK

SOWK 1010 Introduction to Social Work

THEATRE

THEA 1000 Introduction to the Theatre
THEA 2020 Fundamentals of Acting I

 

VIDEO/AUDIO COMMUNICATION ARTS

PHOT 1500 Moving Image Lab

VACA 1010 Audio and Video Production Engineering
VACA 1020 Audio I

 

WELDING
WELD 1000 Print Reading for Welders
WELD 1100 Industrial Cutting Processes
WELD 1200 Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) - Steel I