Academics
Manatee Community College offers a broad variety of credit and noncredit educational opportunities.
Credit courses and degree programs are offered by three divisions that include several departments.
Division of Arts and Letters & Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Includes art, graphic design, digital media, mass communications, music, theatre
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Includes criminal justice, early childhood, education, legal assisting/paralegal, fire science
Division of Mathematics, Science, Technology & Business
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- Includes business programs--automotive service management, business administration-accounting/management/marketing, industrial management/hospitality management;
- Includes computer science programs—computer information administration-computer information/computer programming and analysis/network administration and security;
- Includes engineering technologies--building construction, civil engineering, drafting and design, electronics engineering
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The Career and Technical Education office provides services to career-track students pursuing A.S./A.A.S. degrees. Services include program support, internship and advising assistance, linkage to health professions, assistance with CEL (Credit for Experiential Learning), and tech-prep articulation.
MCC’s noncredit division, the Center for Corporate & Community Development, is comprised of:
- Continuing & Community Education
- Traffic Safety Institute
- Small Business Development Center
- Workforce Solutions
Maps and directions: Both credit and noncredit students take classes at two full-service campuses in Bradenton and Venice and a satellite in Lakewood Ranch. Locations and directions are announced each term for additional classes taught at various locations throughout the two-county service district.
eLearning courses, both credit and noncredit, also are available via television, video tape, video conference and the Internet.
