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Apprenticeship Skilled Trades: Carpenters Journeyman Apprenticeship (A.A.S)

A.A.S. Degree: 63 Hours

The Apprenticeship Skilled Trades program will provide the opportunity for journey-level trades people to develop general education, managerial and technical skills needed to advance in their chosen career, typically management level. Many companies are requiring their management team to have a degree above the high school level and apprenticeship training. The AST degree would give a qualified trades person the opportunity to advance their education without repeating the trades classes that they would already be proficient in.

Carpenters Journeyman Apprenticeship

  • Credit by Examination Credits: 45
  • Federally approved apprenticeship program that contains a minimum of 560 clock hours of classroom instruction and 5600 clock hours of on-the-job training. Transcripted upon completion of 15 hours of OTC coursework and documentation of certificate and/or journeyman card for the approved craft

Carpenters Journeyman Apprenticeship Program Requirements - 9 Credit Hours

Course NameCredits:Semester CompletedGradeCORE 42
BUS-110 Principles of Business Credits: 3
BUS-150 Principles of Management Credits: 3
CIS-101 Technology & Digital Literacy

Prerequisite(s): Keyboarding skill of 25 WPM or BUS 101 or CIS 100 recommended.

Credits: 3

General Education Requirements - 9 Credit Hours

The Missouri Department of Higher Education has identified a common set of general education courses that have been adopted statewide. These courses are called the “CORE 42.”  CORE 42 courses are guaranteed to transfer to any Missouri public college or university to satisfy general education requirements.

Courses in knowledge areas below, designated with the CORE 42 logo indicates courses in that area have been evaluated and provided a MOTR number for transfer to all Missouri public institutions of higher education.

Courses that do not have this designation may still transfer to public and private colleges and universities in Missouri and elsewhere, but students are encouraged to check the transfer equivalency website of the institution to which they plan to transfer to confirm.

Please refer to the MDHE Core Transfer Curriculum for detailed information on CORE 42 courses.

Written Communication - 3 Credit Hours

Course NameCredits:Semester CompletedGradeCORE 42
ENG-101 Composition I Credits: 3

or

ENG-100 Composition I With Support Credits: 5

 

ENG-102 Composition II

Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 or ENG 101.

Credits: 3
ENG-150 Technical Writing

Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 or ENG 101.

Credits: 3

Oral Communication - 3 Credit Hours

Course NameCredits:Semester CompletedGradeCORE 42
COM-100 Introduction to Communication Credits: 3
COM-105 Public Speaking Credits: 3
COM-200 Interpersonal Communication

Prerequisite(s): Grade of “C” or better inENG 100 or ENG 101. 

Credits: 3

Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 Credit Hours

Course NameCredits:Semester CompletedGradeCORE 42
HST-120 U.S. History I: to 1865 Credits: 3
HST-130 U.S. History II: 1865-Present Credits: 3
PLS-101 American Government and Politics Credits: 3
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