MUC prides itself on maintaining well-established academic programs based on the Credit System. The credit system is one way to describe an educational program by linking credit hours to a course based on the number of teaching hours allotted to the course. Under the Credit System a course is assigned 3 credit hours, meets for 3 hours of lecture or lab per week. Generally, credits may reflect the amount of effort required. MUC expects students to allot two hours of weekly study per credit hour to do well in a course.

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Courses at MUC are part of departmental offerings. Once a student decides on what department and major to join, he or she can decide on what course to enroll in for the semester. Courses are typically offered Monday through Friday, however, come courses may require additional attendance on Saturdays. Courses are also offered in the mornings and in the evenings. This is done to allow students who wish to work the opportunity to pursue their education while gaining workplace experience. Additionally, it allows for a greater number of courses to be offered per semester for students to register in.

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Courses are assigned a code. The code includes the course name, which provides insight as to what will be studied, as well as a number. The course number represents the course level. MUC utilizes levels from 100 to 700; level 100 is assigned for remedial courses, level 200 for sophomore, level 300 for junior and level 400 for senior. Levels above 400 are for graduate seminars, internships, and special offerings.

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For example, in "ENG100 English Remedial 1", ENG represents the department of English and 100 is the level. ENG100 is the numerical code of the course. A student can look at this information and will know that the course belongs to the English department, is a remedial course, and a beginner’s level course.