| Technical Certificate Requirements
Vol State offers a variety of technical certificate programs.
These programs vary in the number of hours required. For
detailed information on specific technical certificate programs,
refer to the section on Programs of Study (technical certificate).
The general requirements for awarding a technical certificate
are:
1. A minimum quality point average of 2.00 in courses presented
to meet the requirements for the certificate.
2. A total of six (6) semester hours of transfer work may
be applied to a Technical Certificate. All other course
requirements must be completed in residence at Vol State.
3. Enrollmentincoursesrequiredforthetechnicalcertificate
at the time an application for the certificate is made or
permission from the Vice President/Dean of AcademicAffairs.
General Education Goals
The general education requirements at Volunteer State Community
Collegeconsistofdesignatedcourseswhichfocusontheintellectual,
emotional, physical, and cultural environment. These courses
are intended to provide students with a base for undertaking
the specialized studies in either a transfer or a career
program. The overall purpose of the general education courses
is to involve students in a mature inquiry into cultural
traditions, values, and assumptions and to assist them in
developing and refining the basic skills they need to think
and communicate effectively in contemporary society.
The goals of the general education core requirements are:
1. To give instruction in a core of general knowledge
relevant to effective functioning in a variety of adult
roles. Specifically, this is accomplished by:
- Providing information which enable students to identify
and analyze the social aspects of culture and the cultural
heritage
- Providing experiences which enable students to under
stand the impact of the arts and to identify and analyze
artistic aspects of culture
- Providing scientific information and instruction in the
thought processes involved in the scientific method of inquiry
- Exposing students to systems of mathematical logic
- Informing students of the influence, capabilities, and
limitations of computer technology
2. To promote the development of skills necessary for effectively
functioning in adult society. Specifically, this is accomplished
by providing the means to:
- Develop effective written and oral communications
- Develop an awareness of the relationship between physical
and mental well-being and give training in skills that can
be used to maintain a healthy balance in this relationship
- Develop skills for identifying problems and selecting appropriate
means for solving them
- Develop a foundation of critical skills that will encouragestudent
growth in areas of personal assessment and evaluation of values
- Develop skills for obtaining stored information
Thegeneraleducationcoreofcoursesreflectsanoverallqualityand
balance of knowledge, skills, and thought processes among
and
between instructional units of the College. Upon successful
completionofthiscorecurriculum,astudentwillhavedemonstrated
the ability to:
- Identify and analyze the cultural heritage and the social
aspects of culture
- Recognize the impact of the arts and identify and analyze
artistic aspects of culture
- Exhibit knowledge of scientific information and the thought
processes involved in the scientific method of inquiry
- Use systems of mathematical logic
- Discuss the influence, capabilities and limitations of computer
technology
- Communicate effectively in oral and written forms
- Identify problems and select appropriate means for solving
them
- Apply critical thought processes to the clarification and
appraisal of values
- Locate and gather stored information.
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