Southern Maine Community College

This document details the part-time curriculum map for the Biotechnology Associate in Applied Science degree program for the 2025-2026 academic years. It outlines the recommended course sequence across nine semesters, including general education requirements and major-specific courses like Biology, Chemistry, Math, and English, along with their prerequisites and credit allocations, to guide students towards graduation.

The Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) Strategic Plan 2025-2030 focuses on supporting students through their educational journey, fostering a thriving environment for staff and faculty, and deepening community engagement. The plan is structured around three strategic anchors: Our Students, Our People, and Our Community. Key objectives include simplifying institutional processes, enhancing communication, promoting wellness, and diversifying revenue streams. The plan aims to improve student success, workforce development, and community engagement, ensuring SMCC remains a vital resource for Maine's evolving needs.

The Fact Book for Southern Maine Community College provides an overview of the college's mission, beliefs, vision, and goals, focusing on access, responsiveness, collaboration, and personal connections. Key objectives include increasing enrollment, providing diverse educational offerings, upgrading facilities, fostering economic development, enhancing student services, leveraging technology, securing financial resources, and attracting qualified faculty and staff. The document also includes statistical data and trends related to students, employees, finances, and academic programs for the 2009-10 academic year.

The Fact Book emphasizes Southern Maine Community College's mission to empower students and enhance economic and cultural development through educational opportunities and partnerships. Key areas of focus include increasing enrollment, providing comprehensive educational offerings, updating facilities, strengthening the economy through workforce development, creating an engaging student environment, leveraging technology, securing financial resources, and attracting qualified faculty and staff.

The 2021-2026 Strategic Plan for Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) focuses on implementing a Guided Pathways framework to support student success. Key areas of focus include clarifying students' pathways to their end goals, helping students choose and enter their pathway, helping students stay on their path, and ensuring students are learning. Targeted outcomes include increasing enrollment, improving retention rates, and enhancing workforce development opportunities. The strategic approach emphasizes collaboration with the Maine Community College System (MCCS) and community partners to invest in resources, support, and technology to achieve these goals.