Bachelors and Associates
academics : undergraduate :
PLAN OF STUDY: A.S. Degree
Accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Mechanical engineering technology concerns the generation, transmission, and utilization of mechanical and fluid energy, and the design and production of tools and machines and their products.
Mechanical engineering technologists work with scientists and engineers as valuable members of an industrial team. The engineering technologist typically has practical skills and is interested in applying engineering principles as well as organizing people for industrial production, construction, operations, or in the improvement of devices, products, processes, methods, or procedures.
Graduates accept jobs with titles such as laboratory technicians, engineering aides, plant maintenance personnel, designers/draftspersons, production assistants, and technical salespeople. With additional experience, promotion to positions such as industrial supervisors, machine and tool designers, technical buyers, production expeditors, and cost estimators is possible.
Credit Hours Required for Associate Degree: 67-68
| Semester 1 | ||
| Course Number |
Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MA 159 | Precalculus | 5 |
| CGT 110 | Graphics Comm. | 3 |
| MET 141 | Materials I | 3 |
| MET 162 | Computational Analysis Tools in MET | 1 |
| English Composition | 3 or 4 |
|
| TOTAL |
15 or 16 |
|
| Semester 2 | ||
| Course Number |
Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MA 221 | Calculus for Technology I | 3 |
| MET 102 | Production Design and Specifications | 3 |
| MET 111 | Applied Statics | 3 |
| MET 142 | Manufacturing Processes I | 3 |
| PHYS 218 | General Physics | 4 |
| TOTAL | 16 |
|
| Semester 3 | ||
| Course Number |
Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MET 211 |
Applied Strength of Materials | 4 |
| MET 213 | Dynamics | 3 |
| MET 242 |
Manufacturing Processes II | 3 |
| PHYS 219 | Elect. Light | 4 |
| ECET 214 | Electricity Fund. | 3 |
| TOTAL | 17 |
|
| Semester 4 | ||
| Course Number |
Course Name | Credit Hours |
| COM 114 |
Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 |
| MET 214 | Machine Elements I | 3 |
| MET 220 |
Heat/Power |
3 |
| MET 230 | Fluid Power | 3 |
| H/SS Elective | 3 |
|
| Technical Selective | 2 or 3 |
|
| TOTAL |
17 or 18 |
|