Our Mission Statement

Montana State University - Great Falls College of Technology, a student-centered two-year college, provides
quality educational opportunities responsive to community needs.

TYPE OF INSTITUTION

Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology is a public postsecondary two-year educational institution affiliated with Montana State University. The College is committed to a dual mission: providing viable technical education to prepare individuals for work in a technologically driven global economy and providing learning opportunities to enhance educational access to the Montana University System.

DEGREES OFFERED

Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology delivers course offerings on-campus as well as at appropriate off-campus sites and through electronic technology. The College has an academic mission to:

• award Associate of Applied Science Degrees or Certificates of Applied Science in the career areas of Health Sciences and Business and Technology;
  
  
• award Associate Degrees for transfer to bachelor degree programs;
  
  
• offer general education courses reflective of the core curriculum requirements of the Montana University System;
  
  
• offer courses, seminars, workshops, and customized training to meet the educational needs of individuals, businesses, and other groups.
  
  

CONSTITUENCIES SERVED

Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology is a teaching institution that:

• provides beneficial and accessible technical education for training or retraining in high demand career fields to meet present and emerging employment needs;
  
  
• provides quality general core transfer courses and associate degrees parallel to the first two years of a bachelor’s degree;
  
  
• stresses a student-centered approach to the delivery of educational services;
  
  
• promotes equal opportunity in education for all students;
  
  
• engages in community service and technical assistance activities.
  
  

ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology designs its programs and courses to enhance the student’s ability to:

• demonstrate competence in technical and related subject matter to attain lifelong career goals;
  
  
• demonstrate intellectual skills to realize advancement in higher education;
  
  
• acquire the knowledge and skills to live a productive life while achieving a balance between career, personal life, and service to others;
  
  
• analyze problems and identify and evaluate important information resources;
  
  
• recognize the importance of lifelong learning and gain the confidence to be a self-directed learner;
  
  
• think critically with a sensitivity to the human community and the ethics of the physical world;
  
  
• discover personal potential, and respect the uniqueness of others.
  
  

ACCESS AND PARTNERSHIPS

Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology is committed to strengthening access to public postsecondary educational opportunities through the administration of the Great Falls Higher Education Center; maintenance of contemporary telecommunications resources; and expansion of collaborative relationships with secondary and postsecondary institutions as well as with appropriate business, government, and human service entities to ensure the most effective use of resources.

COMMITMENT TO ASSESSMENT

MSU – Great Falls College of Technology prides itself on being a student-centered two-year college providing quality educational opportunities responsive to community needs. The college is committed to the evaluation of institutional effectiveness and the assessment of student learning outcomes. This commitment is reflected through an assortment of activities and processes that all begin with a patent expression of the College’s mission, vision, values, goals, strategic plan, and the espousal of these principles by the academic departments, their programs and all co-curricular divisions and departments.

MSU-GREAT FALLS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
EIGHT ABILITIES

The faculty and staff of MSU – Great Falls College of Technology have deemed the following abilities to be central to the personal and professional success of all students:

1. Communication: The ability to utilize oral, written and listening skills to effectively interact with others.
   
   
2. Quantitative Reasoning: The ability to understand and apply mathematical concepts and models.
   
   
3. Inquiry and Analysis: The ability to process and apply theoretical and ethical bases of the arts, humanities, natural and social science disciplines.
   
   
4. Aesthetic Engagement: The ability to develop insight into the long and rich record of human creativity through the arts to help individuals place themselves within the world in terms of culture, religion, and society.
   
   
5. Diversity: The ability to understand and articulate the importance and influence of diversity within and among cultures and societies.
   
   
6. Technical Literacy: The ability to use technology and understand its value and purpose in the workplace.
   
   
7. Critical Thinking: The ability to demonstrate critical evaluation of an argument’s major assertions, its background assumptions, and the evidence used to support its assertions, and explanatory utility.
   
   
8. Effective Citizenship: The ability to commit to standards of personal and professional integrity, honesty and fairness.