Overview - What we offer.

Aviation and Aerospace Science | department website
The aviation management degree programs prepare graduates to enter administrative positions within the various segments of the aviation industry. The Aerospace Science Department offers baccalaureate degree programs with majors in the following areas: Aviation Management with concentrations in Aerospace Management, Aerospace Systems Management, and Aerospace Maintenance Management; and in Aviation Technology with concentrations in Air Carrier/General. Aviation and Aircraft Systems Management.

Criminal Justice and Criminology | department website
The curriculum in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology provides quality criminal justice education and prepares students interested in the study of police, law enforcement, probation and parole, corrections, juvenile agency work, criminal justice administration and private/corporate security. Course offerings within these professional fields are related to other programs at the college, including human services, business, and the social sciences.

Engineering Technology | department website
The Department of Engineering Technology is divided into three programs of study: Civil Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Engineering Technology.

Civil Engineering Technology graduates apply engineering principles in performing many of the tasks necessary for the planning and construction of highways, buildings, railroads, bridges, reservoirs, dams, irrigation works, water systems, airports, and other structures. In planning for a construction project, they may participate in estimating costs, preparing specifications for materials, and in surveying, drafting, and design work. During the construction phase, they work closely with the contractor and the superintendent in scheduling field layout, construction activities, and the inspection of the work for conformity to specifications. In recent years, a major work area for civil and environmental engineering technology has involved environmental problems.
Electrical Engineering Technology graduates are taught a balance of theory and application, with a goal of placing graduates into the electrical and electronics industry. The sound theoretical grounding of the program has enabled many graduates to obtain advanced degrees.
Mechanical Engineering graduates enter the engineering profession as engineering technologists. About 15 percent choose to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (F.E.) examination following graduation, to begin the six-year process, as a minimum, to become a registered professional engineer. The latter is often required for forensic (expert witness) and/or consulting work, when the health and safety of the general public are involved. A smaller percentage of graduates attend graduate school. The majority obtains gainful employment in a variety of industries ranging from large aerospace companies to small manufacturing and custom-design businesses. Job titles range from technician and engineering technologist to engineer.

Health Professions | department website
The purposes of the programs in the Health Professions Department are to stimulate the personal and professional development of health care workers, to stimulate awareness of health care trends and issues, and to prepare health care professionals to cope with the future problems of health care delivery in a rapidly changing society.

The Health Professions Department offers four majors: a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Management, a Bachelor of Science degree in Integrative Therapeutic Practices, a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Nutrition - Dietetics, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Recreation Professions with either a Recreation management or Therapeutic Recreation concentration. The department also offers minors in Eating Disorders, Health Care Management, Integrative Therapeutic Practices, Recreation, and Nutrition and coordinates the interdisciplinary minor, Gerontology. Health education services courses are offered for non-health majors and health majors.

The Recreation Professions (RECR) major is intended to prepare students to enter recreation-related jobs that are available at both local and national levels, including city and special recreation districts, hospitals and nursing homes, non-profit organizations, senior centers, camps and outdoor recreation settings, college and university campus recreation, military recreation, and commercial recreation and resorts. The major consists of two concentrations - Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation. All students take a common core of courses deemed essential and emphasizes fieldwork with various types of recreation, parks, conservation, and other social service agencies. Both concentrations are extended majors, with no minor required. A minor in Recreation Services is also available to assist individuals in pursuing seasonal or parttime employment in the field.

Hospitality, Tourism and Events | department website
The mission of the Hospitality, Tourism and Events (HTE) program is to provide demonstrated leadership and excellence in its baccalaureate, professional, and technical programs and to render service to the students, citizens, and hospitality industry of the State of Colorado. The Hospitality, Tourism and Events Department provides flexible and individualized interdisciplinary major programs with concentrations to include hotel, restaurant, and tourism and events management.

The Hotel Administration Concentration prepares students for operations and management positions in various segments of the hotel, motel, lodging and resort industries. Students can select course options to develop a specialty area in hotel administration.

The Restaurant Administration Concentration prepares students for operations and management positions in commercial and institutional food service areas such as restaurants, clubs, culinary administration, hotels, resorts, schools, colleges, health care, business and industry in plant feeding and catering.

The Tourism and Events Management Concentration prepares students for planning, development, operations, and management positions in areas such as travel agencies, tour operators, destination management, adventure travel, corporate meeting planning, conferences, conventions, and trade shows.

Human Performance and Sport | department website
The Human Performance and Sport Department offers coursework leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. Students preparing for work in industry or graduate study can choose from the concentrations of adult fitness and exercise science, athletic training, sport and allied fields, and sport industry operations.

Those students preparing to teach must complete the coursework in the K-12 Physical Education concentration. Contact the Human Performance and Sport Department for additional information.

Students interested in Leisure Studies go to Recreation Professions under the Department of Health Professions.

Human Services | department website
The Human Services Department at Metropolitan State College of Denver prepares students for careers in the helping professions: assisting individuals, couples, and families meet the challenges of living throughout the life cycle. The core curriculum offers courses in the theory and practice of mental health counseling, including applied behavioral analysis, small group dynamics, ethical and legal issues, psychopathology and the mental health clinician. Practicum and internship experiences, where students apply the theory they have studied, allow students to develop their application skills in human service work settings. The Human Services major is based on this counseling and mental health services core curriculum. Five concentrations are available with this major: Counseling and Mental Health Services, Addictions Studies, High-Risk Youth, Nonprofit Organization Administration, and Paramedic.

Industrial Design and Surveying and Mapping | Industrial Design department website

Industrial Design program: students create new product shapes, styles and redesign existing products, using new technologies, processes and materials. Many people can and do predict future products. In contrast, industrial designers are trained to analyze people's needs and desires, to match forms, functions, materials, processes and technologies to provide better product solutions. Industrial designers do more that predict the future; they prescribe it. The Industrial Design Program at MSCD takes seriously the growing demand for new, creative, and effective technological solutions to the problems facing contemporary society. The program's goal is to prepare the students to compete and succeed today and in the future.
Surveying and Mapping program is the only one of its kind in Colorado and the region. It prepares graduates for registration as professional land surveyors and for careers in other areas of surveying and mapping or for graduate study. Graduates are in professional-level positions with the Bureau of Land Management and other federal, state, and local government agencies, utilities, and private companies. Several have become officers of their societies (Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado and the Colorado Section of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping). A relatively new employment area for graduates is in land information systems (storing information on land parcels, public utilities, natural resources, etc., in computer systems for record keeping and planning purposes).Surveying and Mapping department website

Nursing | department website
The mission of the Nursing Department is to provide a high-quality, accessible, enriching education leading to a baccalaureate degree in nursing.

The Nursing Department offers a baccalaureate degree program with two tracks leading to a major in nursing, the Accelerated Nursing Program (ACNP) and the Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Completion Program (BRNCP).

The ACNP is a second degree program for students with a previous non-nursing baccalaureate degree. The program is offered in 6-week modules over a 13-month period. The BRNCP is available to RNs with an associate degree or diploma in nursing. The program is offered in class, online, and in hybrid class formats.

The Department of Teacher Education | department website
The Department of Teacher Education offers professional preparation for teaching and education-related careers. This department prepares students to apply to the Colorado Department of Education for provisional teacher licensure and endorsement to teach in public schools in Colorado in the following areas: Early Childhood Education (preschool through 3rd grade), Elementary Education (K-6th grade), K-12 Education (art, music, physical education), Secondary Education (7-12th grade Math, Science, Social Studies, English and Modern Languages), and Special Education, Generalist (ages 5 through 21).

Minors are available in Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Special Education and Linguistically Diverse Education. Courses and workshops are offered to meet Colorado Department of Education requirements for renewal of teacher licenses and Colorado Department of Human Services group leader and director qualifications.

Technical Communication and Media Production | department website
The Technical Communication and Media Production Department offers a B.A. degree in Technical Communications with four concentrations and a technical communications minor, and well as four certificate programs. The four concentrations are technical writing and editing, corporate communications, technical media, and multimedia production. Each concentration offers training in one or more technical communications areas that are most in demand by industry and government.

Technical writing and editing prepares an individual to write, edit, and publish the wide variety of reports, manuals, and other technical and lay publications produced by industry and government. The corporate communications concentration is designed for the person who desires to manage a technical publications unit. It provides students preparation in managing the flow of information within a company, government agency, or between industries and agencies, as well as setting standards for publications to reflect the culture of the organization.

The technical media concentration meets two needs of industry and government: people prepared to design and implement internal training programs, and people seeking to provide technical information through visual media. The multimedia production concentration provides the student with the theory, production, and programming practices used in business and industry.
Programs

Gerontology Program | department website
The purposes of the interdisciplinary gerontology programs are to: provide an organized, systematic exploration of aging within society that enables students to develop beginning skills to effectively work directly or indirectly with older populations in a variety of settings; to cultivate a positive attitude toward aging; and to emphasize the dignity and work of each individual. The programs in gerontology are administered by the Department of Health Professions.

Reading Program | department website
The Department of Teacher Education houses the Reading Program. This program offers two outstanding literacy programs. One program provides for the refinement of critical and analytical reading skills that enable college students to enhance the quality of their undergraduate education. RDG 1510, Cognitive Strategies for Analytical Reading, is designed as a college-level reading course that satisfies a General Studies Level I Communications requirement. RDG 3060, Critical Reading/Thinking, provides further practice in the employment of cognitive strategies to discover fallacies, recognize obstacles to critical thinking, and judge the validity of expository writing. This course satisfies a General Studies Level II Arts and Letters requirement.

The second program is a dynamic minor in reading that prepares students for careers in business, industry, government and education as instructional leaders in literacy programs. The minor includes knowledge of the reading process, factors influencing emergent literacy, preparation and presentation of reading lessons, development of instructional materials, identification of reading disability correlates, assessment and interpretation of test results, and a closely supervised remedial reading tutorial experience. Students planning to complete teacher licensure requirements at all levels are encouraged to elect this minor.

Teachers in Residence Program | department website
TiR is a dynamic, rigorous, and growing program that includes professional course work, seminars, observation and in class coaching designed specifically to help someone learn to become a teacher. The education of teachers to whom the public entrusts its children is one of the most serious policy issues of the day. Post baccalaureate teacher licensure routes provide opportunities for people from various educational backgrounds and walks of life to become teachers. They have opened doors to teaching for minority candidates, persons from other careers, the military, and liberal arts colleges.

The MSCD Teacher in Residence program began training teachers on August 7, 2000. The program is a cooperative effort between member metropolitan school districts and Metropolitan State College of Denver. To participate in the TiR a candidate must: have a baccalaureate degree with a major or equivalent in the subject to be taught and obtain a teaching contract with a member district. Upon being hired by a member district as a resident teacher, enroll in the TiR program with Metropolitan State College, submit to a CBI background check, and pass the state required PLACE content area test prior to April 15th of the first year of employment.