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Curriculum Programs

Types of Curriculum Programs

Curriculum programs are composed of credit-bearing courses that may transfer to other institutions and which also lead to a credential such as a degree, diploma, or certificate� A-B Tech offers two main types of curriculum programs: career and technical programs and college transfer programs: • Career and technical programs typically lead to a credential of a certificate, diploma, or Associate of Applied

Science (A�A�S�) degree and are intended to prepare students to enter the workforce directly� • College transfer degrees include the Associate of Arts (A�A), Associate of Science (A�S�), Associate of Fine Arts (A�F�A�), or Associate of Engineering (A�E�)� College-transfer degrees are designed to mimic the first half of a bachelor’s degree and are composed entirely of courses that are designated as transfer to a senior institution� College transfer degrees at A-B Tech are further broken into Pathways, which are structured curricula designed to maximize the benefit of credits that a student will transfer toward a specific major at a four-year institution� Once a college transfer student declares a Pathway during the first semester, an academic advisor will assist the student by identifying Pathway-specific courses that will transfer to four-year institution� See Transfer Pathways on page 122�

Section Designators for A-B Tech Curriculum Courses

Colleague allows up to 5 alpha-numeric characters to distinguish sections Please use characters in this order�

Location/Delivery Method

The main campus does not have a Location identifier. All other locations have a Location identifier. E A-B Tech Enka R A-B Tech Madison Ramsey Center W A-B Tech Woodfin X Off campus (hospital, clinical, etc�) C Co-requisite section for MAT or ENG gateway courses OA Online Asynchronous (students and instructor do not meet online at the same time) OS Online Synchronous (students and instructor meet online at same time) H Hybrid (51-99% online) B Blended (50% or less online) Z Hy-Flex Option D High School Section I Independent Study T Dental Assisting Y Detnal Hygiene F Friday P Prison Q Cross-listed Between Locations (formerly ITV)

Time

L Late Start M Mini-mester

Sequence Number One to three digits