Vocational Technical Education Transfer
Degree offered
Associate in Arts in General Studies (Vocational Technical Education)
Credits required 60
Dean
William Berardi
Program contact
Carol Martin, Coordinator of General Studies and Professor of Office Administration, ext. 2408
Program Goals Statement
The Vocational Technical Education option provides students with a combination of academic, vocational technical teaching, and elective courses. The program also offers the combination of academic and vocational courses to move from preliminary vocational technical teacher licensure to Professional status. It is offered in cooperation with the Center for Occupation Education at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Students seeking Massachusetts Department of Education approval as a vocational instructor complete a 39-credit sequence of courses. Bristol Community College will accept the 21-credit sequence of undergraduate competency-based courses as transfer credits towards this degree option.
Student Learning Outcomes
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Program Information
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Electives should be chosen to meet the 18 credits of academic studies as required by the Massachusetts Department of Education for Vocational Instructor Licensure.
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Six (6) college degree credits in higher level college mathematics and/or higher level science such as Algebra II, Biology II, Calculus. Higher level mathematics and science courses that are based on the MA Mathematics Curriculum Framework and the MA Science & Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework may be counted. Computer Science courses may be counted toward three of the six college degree credits in science and/or mathematics when a direct correlation exists between the course and the area of vocational licensure, and this correlation is clearly evident through the course description.
After BCC
Degree Requirements
General Courses
COM 101 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 credits |
CSS 101 | College Success Seminar | 1 credit |
ENG 101 | Composition I: College Writing | 3 credits |
ENG 102 | Composition II: Writing about Literature | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 10 |
Elective Courses
| Behavioral/Social Science Elective | 3 credits |
| Behavioral/Social Science Elective | 3 credits |
| Behavioral Social/Science Elective | 3 credits |
| Global Awareness Elective | 3 credits |
| Higher-Level Science Elective | 3-4 credits |
| History Elective | 3 credits |
| Lab Science Elective | 4 credits |
| Multicultural Perspective Elective | 3 credits |
| Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Elective | 3-4 credits |
| Technical Literacy Elective | 0-3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 0-33 |
Program Electives
Of the 21 credits of electives, 18 credits should be chosen to include as required academic studies as required by the Massachusetts Department of Education for Vocational Instructor Licensure.
Recommended Course Sequence - Fall Semester 1
Behavioral/Social Science Elective,
CSS 101,
ENG 101, Program Electives
Recommended Course Sequence - Spring Semester 2
COM 101,
ENG 102, History Elective, Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Elective, Program Electives
Recommended Course Sequence - Fall Semester 3
Behavioral/Social Science Elective, Global Awareness Elective, Lab Science Elective, Program Electives
Recommended Course Sequence - Spring Semester 4
Behavioral/Social Science Elective, Higher-Level Science Elective, Multicultural Perspective Elective, Program Electives, Technical Literacy Elective