MACC offers a variety of college-level courses as dual credit intended for transfer.
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ACC 110 Personal Finance: This is an introductory course to acquaint students with the basic terms and concepts of financial planning and investment management.
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AMT112 Computer Aided Design I: CAD I is an introductory computerized drafting course using CAD software. Software is used to create, modify, store, and manage drawings and related files. Students will have extensive hands-on instruction using microcomputers, printers, plotters, and CAD software.
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AMT211 Computer Aided Design II: DDT 211 is a continuation of computerized drafting using CAD software. The course includes advanced features of software and an introduction to 3D drawings. Students will have extensive hands-on instruction using microcomputers, printers, plotters, and CAD software. Prerequisite: DDT 112.
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MOTR BIOL 100L BIO101 Biology: This course is designed to provide each student with an understanding and appreciation of the diversity of living things and their cell structure, chemistry, genetics, evolution, and ecological relationships.
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MOTR BIOL 100 BIO105 Introductory Conservation Biology: This course involves a study of the earth’s ecosystems and biodiversity as well as historical and current human impacts on these systems. The importance of conserving the earth’s biodiversity is also discussed.
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MOTR BIOL 100 BIO105 General Zoology: This course involves a comparative study of animal life and the anatomical adaptations that enable animals to inhabit nearly all ecological niches. Extensive lab work and some field trips are required.
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MOTR BIOL 150L BIO151 Introductory Plant Biology: This course examines general biological principles with emphasis on the structures, reproduction, and ecology of seed plants. Course includes lab work and field trips.
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MOTR BIOL 150L BIO205 Human Anatomy: Human Anatomy is a general study of the structure and function of the human body and considers all major organ systems. Significant laboratory work is required to identify various systems of the human body by flag-spotting. Dissection is included in this course.
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MOTR BIOL 150L BIO209 Physiology: This course studies metabolic functions of the cell; diffusion physiology; and the nervous, muscular, respiratory, digestive, excretory, reproductive, and endocrine systems. Physiology lab is a very important part of this course. Prerequisite: BIO 205 or instructor approval.
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BUS100 Introduction to Business: This is a survey course designed to provide students with general knowledge of the business world. Topics include economics, management, marketing, accounting, computer information systems, human resource management, finance, and risk management.
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BUS112 Principles of Management: Students explore the planning, organization and operation of a business. The course uses a study approach to selecting, combining and applying techniques of management to realistic business problems.
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BUS120 Business Law: This is a study of those features of law that pertain to the conduct of business in today’s global economy. The course concentrates on the U.S. legal system; constitutional, criminal and tort law; contracts; and the different business organization models within the U.S.
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MOTR LANG103 FLN101 Elementary Spanish: This course is an introduction to the Spanish language and will include pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and culture. Focus will be on learning to speak, understand, read, and write in Spanish.
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MOTR LANG104 FLN102 Intermediate Spanish: This course is a continuation of Elementary Spanish. Prerequisite: FLN101 or two years of high school Spanish or instructor approval.
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MOTR LANG101 FLN111 Elementary French: This course is an introduction to the French language and will include pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and culture. The focus will be learning to speak, understand, read, and write in French.
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MOTR LANG102 FLN112 Intermediate French: This course is a continuation of Elementary French. Prerequisite: FLN111 or two years of high school French. (IN)
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FLN299 Special Studies in Foreign Language: This course will consist of specialized study in areas of the department, which are not covered in-depth in courses already offered. Students may take no more than three Special Studies courses in any one discipline. (IN)
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HSC120 Health and Hygiene: Health and Hygiene is a study of personal health issues with the goal of developing decision-making skills. An emphasis is placed on health behavior and health decision-making dealing with consumer choices, personal habit choices, sexual choices, and chemical choices.
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HSC121 First Aid: This course provides instruction in emergency first aid procedures, including basic life support; resuscitations; control of bleeding; and treatment of chock, wounds, and fractures. Additional instruction is provided in procedures to follow in other medical emergencies and environmental emergencies.
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HSC171 Medical Terminology: This course provides vocabulary necessary for employment in Health Sciences careers such as medical records technician and medical office assistant through the study of body systems and anatomical terms, diseases, tumors, and surgical procedures. Basic computer skills recommended prior to enrolling in this course.
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MOTR WCIV 101 HST101 Western Civilization I: This introductory course acquaints students with Western heritage, beginning with a study of the early Middle Eastern civilizations of Mesopotamia and progressing through the civilizations of Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Europe of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation. The political, economic, social, cultural, and religious aspects of each of these cultures are examined.
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MOTR WCIV 102 HST102 Western Civilization II: Students are introduced to Western culture beginning with the Renaissance and Reformation and progressing through the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the Age of Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the major events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Humanism, secularism, human rights, the doctrine of progress, liberalism, conservatism, totalitarianism, socialism, Darwinism, and many other ideological concepts are examined.
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MOTR HIST 101 HST105 American History to 1865: This course is a survey of the economic, social, and diplomatic aspects of the United States from 1492 to the Civil War. A study of the federal and Missouri constitutions is included.
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MOTR HIST 102 HST106 American History from 1865: This course is a survey of the economic, social, and diplomatic aspects of the United States from 1865 to the present. Special attention is given to the period after 1945.
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HST215 America in Vietnam: This is a survey of the Vietnam War (1945- 1975) with emphasis on U.S. involvement in the 1960s. Focus is on military history as it relates to the social and political history of the period. Vietnam will be seen as a case study in U.S. foreign policy.
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HST299 Special Studies in History: This course will consist of specialized study in areas of the department, which are not covered in-depth in courses already offered. Students may take no more than three Special Studies courses in any one discipline.
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ITC101 Computer Essentials: This computer literacy course, intended for non-CIS majors, is designed as a computer user’s guide to familiarize students with fundamental computer concepts including computer terminology, hardware, and software. Internet usage for research and online education will be explored as well as the ethical use of computers and the impact computers and associated technologies have on individuals and society. Hands-on experiences with word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and operating system software provide the student with a practical exposure to computer usage in an educational context. Touch keyboarding skills are required.
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ITC106 IT Essentials I: Students learn the functionality of hardware and operating systems components. Through hands on activities and labs, students learn how to assemble and configure a computer; install operating systems, software, and printers; and troubleshoot hardware and software problems. After completion, students will develop the necessary skills to build a computer. Successful completion of both CIT 106 and CIT 107 prepares students to take the A+ industry certification exam.
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ITC130 Introduction to Networks: This course covers an introduction to networking, architecture, structure, functions, and components of the Internet and other computer networks. Students achieve a basic understanding of how networks operate and how to build simple local area networks (LAN), perform basic configurations for routers and switches, and implement Internet Protocol (IP). ITC 106 IT Essentials recommended.
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ITC230 Wireless and Switching Essentials: This course covers switching, routing, and wireless essentials (SRWE). Concepts include architecture, components, and operations of routers and switches in small networks and introduces wireless local area networks (WLAN) and security. Students learn how to configure and troubleshoot routers and switches for advanced functionality using security best practices and resolve common issues with protocols in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. Prerequisite: ITC130 Introduction to Networks.
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ITC231 Enterprise Networking: This course covers enterprise networking, security, and automation (ENSA) describes the architecture, components, operations, and security to scale for large, complex networks, including wide area network (WAN) technologies. The course emphasizes network security concepts and introduces network virtualization and automation. Students learn how to configure, troubleshoot, and secure enterprise network devices and understand how application programming interfaces (API) and configuration management tools enable network automation. Prerequisite: ITC230 Wireless and Switching Essentials
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MOTR ENGL 100 LAL101 Composition I: This course teaches the process of writing, from prewriting to revision. Focus is on reading and critical thinking, essay writing, and literary analysis. Course provides practice in computer-assisted writing and oral communication. Prerequisite: Eligible placement score or satisfactory completion of developmental sequence.
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MOTR ENGL 200 LAL102 Composition II: Students are introduced to research writing through originality, organization, and persuasion. Focus is on critical thinking when conducting research, considering sources, and synthesizing information. Prerequisites: LAL 101 or instructor approval.
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MOTR PERF106F LAL115 Introduction to Fiction Writing: LAL115 is a study of techniques of fiction writing through historical and contemporary short story writing in order to develop publishable student work. Focus is on invention, execution, and revision of stories through a variety of examples and assignments.
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MOTR PERF106P LAL116 Introduction to Poetry Writing: LAL116 is an introduction to techniques of poetry writing through historical and contemporary poems in order to develop publishable student work. Focus is on invention, execution, and revision of poems through a variety of examples and assignments.
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MOTR LITR 101A LAL120 American Literature Survey to 1870: This course is a study of American literature from the colonial period to the late 19th century, emphasizing reading, interpretation, and criticism of works by major authors.
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MOTR LITR 101B LAL121 American Literature Survey from 1870 to Present: This course is a study of American literature from the late 19th century to the present, emphasizing reading, interpretation, and criticism of works by major authors.
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MOTR LITR 102A LAL150 English Literature Survey to 1750: This course surveys English literature from the Anglo-Saxon to the Neoclassical period, emphasizing reading, interpretation, and criticism of works by major authors.
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MOTR LITR 102B LAL151 English Literature Survey from 1750 to Present: This course surveys English literature from the Romantic, Victorian, Modernist, and Postmodern periods.
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MOTR LITR 100 LAL153 Introduction to Contemporary Literature: This course focuses on the appreciation of Contemporary literature with particular emphasis on surveying a diverse scope of genres [short stories, poetry, drama]. It focuses on terminology, techniques, and critical interpretation of literature written in the last 30 years.
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LAL222 Masterpieces (3-0-3): This course is a study of recognized masterpieces from world literature. (IN)
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MOTR LITR201 LAL275 Classical Mythology: The student is introduced to the subject of classical mythology with emphasis placed on its relevance to interpretation of both literature and art.
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MSP101 Machine Tool I: This is an introductory course in the study of various metalworking machines with emphasis on the lathe and lathe operations. The course also includes an introduction to the milling machine and surface grinder.
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MSP102 Machine Tool II: MSP102 is a further study of metalworking machines and their operation with emphasis on the surface grinder and milling machine. The student will have an opportunity to create, select, plan, and construct projects and instructional material. Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or higher in MSP101 or instructor approval.
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MSP220 CNC Programming: This course will teach the student to write G & M code CNC programs for CNC lathes and CNC mills. The course will cover the most common G & M codes for Fanuc/Haas type machines, including linear and circulator interpolation, drilling, hold making, roughing and finishing, and threading canned cycles. The student will also write and troubleshoot programs for a CNC mill and CNC lathe using a programing editing software and on a CNC control.
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MOTR MATH 130 MTH140 Precalculus Algebra: Precalculus Algebra course material includes linear functions and equations; analysis of graphs and functions, including piecewise; absolute value equations and inequalities; quadratic and polynomial functions; rational, power and root functions; inverse, exponential and logarithmic functions; systems of equations and matrices. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Eligible placement score or grade of “C” or higher in MTH100.
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MOTR MATH 120 MTH142 Quantitative Reasoning: This course is designed to fulfill general education requirements for students pursuing non-STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) degrees and career paths. Topics include: problem solving, units of measure, probability and statistics, linear and exponential models, logic and sets. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and improving students’ ability to apply mathematics. Pre-requisite: Eligible placement score, grade of “C” or higher in MTH100, or successful completion of the appropriate module in the Computer Assisted Pre-Algebra sequence, or grade "C" or higher in MTH160.
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MTH145 Precalculus Trigonometry: This course includes angle-based trigonometric functions and their inverses, multiple angle formulas, identities, trigonometric equations, radian measure, arc length, angular velocity, graphs of trigonometric functions, and solution of right triangles. This course does not meet the math requirement for the AA degree. Prerequisite: Eligible placement score, or MTH 100, or MTH 140, or MTH 141.
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MOTR MATH150 MTH150 Precalculus: This course is a unified study of MTH140 Precalculus Algebra and MTH145 Precalculus Trigonometry designed to prepare students for Calculus. Prerequisite: Eligible placement score, grade of “C” or higher in MTH095.
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MOTR MATH 110 MTH160 Elementary Statistics: MTH 160 includes elementary probability and statistical inference, descriptive statistics, testing hypotheses and estimation, t-distribution, chi- square distribution, correlation, and significance. This course does not meet the math requirement for the AA degree. Prerequisite: Eligible placement score, or MTH 140, or MTH 141.
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MTH201 Analytic Geometry & Calculus I: Students are introduced to plane analytic geometry, including limits, continuity, derivative for functions of a single variable, differentials, indefinite and definite integrals, and applications of the derivative and integral. Prerequisites: Eligible placement score, or MTH 140 (required) with a grade of C or higher and MTH 145 (strongly recommended), or instructor approval.
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MOTR MUSC 100 MUS102 Music Appreciation: This course is an introduction to music, emphasizing the various phases of musical beauty, designed to furnish a rational basis for intelligent listening to music. Focus is on basic elements of music and listening techniques; representational Renaissance, Classicism, Romanticist, and Post- Romanticist composers and their music; and discussion of extra-musical factors that bear upon lives and works.
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MOTR MUSC 100RP MUS103 History of Rock and Roll: After looking closely to the elements of Rhythm and Blues, students will examine the history of rock music from the 1950’s through the current trends in rock. (SP)
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MOTR MUSC 100J MUS105 Music of America: This course is designed to study the music of the American music stage, ragtime, jazz, big band, leading American composers, and American film music.
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MOTR PHIL100 PHI150 Introduction to Philosophy: This course will familiarize the student with the major categories of classic, Western philosophical tradition, ranging from antiquity to the modern era. Students will explore the positions of major philosophical thinkers as they comment on the categories under discussion. Interpretation and communication of the philosophical works of each writer are analyzed. (FA, SP, SU)
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MOTR PHIL101 PHI151 Introduction to Logic: PHI 151 is an introduction to the principles and methods of logic. Deduction, induction, informal fallacies, and other means of valid reasoning are emphasized. (FA, SP)
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MOTR PHIL 102 PHI152 Introduction to Ethics: Students will examine various moral philosophers’ attempts to prescribe ethical norms applicable to humanity. This course also focuses on the fundamental principles of moral right and wrong and their applications.
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MOTR RELG100 PHI251 Religions of the World: This course focuses on the impact that religions have had on history and humanity. The basic beliefs and lifestyles of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are presented. (FA, SP)
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MOTR CHEM 100L PHY120 Foundations of Chemistry: Foundations of Chemistry is an introduction to the principles of chemistry: measurement, atomic theory, periodic relations, chemical formulas, chemical equations, and calculations based on chemical equations, atomic and molecular structure, and the gas laws. Prerequisite: DEV 011, MTH 130, eligible placement scores for MTH 100, or successful completion of Module 16 in Computer- Assisted Pre-Algebra courses.
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MOTR CHEM 150L PHY121 General Chemistry I: This course is an introductory course dealing with the fundamental principles of chemistry. Topics include classification of matter and lab measurements, atomic composition of elements, molecular and ionic compounds, chemical reactions, and the manifestation of intermolecular forces in the gaseous, liquid, and solid states of matter. In comparison to Foundations of Chemistry, Chemistry I places greater emphasis upon heat transfer and quantum chemistry. This course is designed for pre- med, science, and engineering majors but is open to all students who have met the prerequisite. Prerequisite: Two years of high school algebra or must be enrolled in or have completed MTH 140.
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MOTR PHYS 100L PHY125 Foundations of Physics: This course is designed for liberal arts students and emphasizes mechanics, heat, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, and some modern developments. Lecture/ demonstration methods and labs to be performed by students are used in teaching the class. Pre- or Co-requisite: MTH100, MTH130, or eligible placement score for MTH140.
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PSC103 Introduction to American Government: This course deals with fundamental principles of political science and the organization, principles, and functions of American Government in all of its divisions: national, state, and local. A study of the federal and Missouri constitutions is included in this course.
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MOTR PSYC 100 PSY101 General Psychology: This course is an introduction to the nature and scope of the field of psychology as a scientific and human endeavor. Focus is on the historic development of the field; biological and developmental processes; consciousness and perceptions; learning, remembering, and thinking; motivation and emotion; personality and individuality; social behavior; stress and coping; and psychopathology and psychotherapy.
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MOTR PSYC 200 PSY205 Human Lifespan Development: This course is designed to present the study of human development throughout the life span. Study includes the three domains of development: physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. Major theories, the influence of genetics, and prenatal development will be examined. The framework of the course is chronological, dividing the life span into seven parts: infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood, and the end of life. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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MOTR COMM 110 SPK101 Public Speaking: This course studies the role of speaking in communication in both formal and informal situations. The course includes a study of the communication process, the role of the listener, methods of speech organization, informative and persuasive techniques, and effective delivery.