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AM – Automotive Service Technology Outcomes

AAS - Automotive Service Technology AAS Degree

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Repair cars and light trucks with limited supervision and to customer satisfaction.
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Access and utilize repair information in a rapidly changing technology.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Communicate professionally with employers, customers and co-workers using industry standard language and following industry standard protocols.
  • Communication
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Professional Competence
Implement strategies and processes to solve the vehicle's repair problems.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Perform vehicle repair to the highest professional and ethical standards.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Professional Competence
  • Self-Reflection
Be prepared to transfer to a college or university for upper level studies in operations management.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Professional Competence
  • Self-Reflection

ACERT2 - Automotive Service Technology Two-Year Certificate

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Repair cars and light trucks with limited supervision and to customer satisfaction.
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Access and utilize repair information in a rapidly changing technology.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Communicate professionally with employers, customers and co-workers using industry standard language and following industry standard protocols.
  • Communication
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Professional Competence
Implement strategies and processes to solve the vehicle's repair problems.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Perform vehicle repair to the highest professional and ethical standards.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Professional Competence
  • Self-Reflection