According to a recent press release, MDCC students must complete a minimum of 60 credit hours of a specific course work in a specially designed pre-engineering program. Students must earn a grade of C or higher in these designated courses and maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or higher in their general course work in particular, Math, Science and Engineering.
All credits taken are transferable.
According to the press release, the Georgia Tech agreement will become effective immediately. In a letter to all college personnel, MDCC District President Eduardo Padron said that MDCC has an articulation agreements for engineering with several other Florida universities, as well as transfer agreements with a variety of Florida colleges and universities through the Southeast Florida Engineering Education Consortium. MDCC students earning the A.A. Degree in Engineering will be admitted to the University of Miami s Engineering program. All credits from MDCC are transferable and the top students receive scholarships that reduce tuition to the level of state university fees. Florida International University offers a Bachelor of Design in Architectural Studies.