A QUICK INTRO
A course of study that prepares students to use technical skills in developing and testing robots and other automated systems.
WHAT YOU STUDY
Instruction includes Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), prototype testing, manufacturing and operational testing, systems analysis and maintenance procedures.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Graduates should be qualified for employment in industrial maintenance and manufacturing including assembly, testing, startup, troubleshooting, repair, process improvement, and control systems, and should qualify to sit for Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) mechatronics or similar industry examinations.
WHAT YOU CAN EARN
For more information about this field, including salary and career pathways, check out this link on our Career Coach assessment tool. You may also refer to the Industrial & Engineering Tech Fact Sheet.
COURSE INFORMATION
Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.
FALL SEMESTER 1
| Prefix | No. | Title | Credit |
| ACA | 111 | College Student Success | 1 |
| ATR | 112 | Intro to Automation | 3 |
| COM | 120 | Intro to Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| EGR | 111 | Engineer Comp and Careers | 3 |
| ELC | 131 | Circuit Analysis I | 4 |
| ISC | 112 | Industrial Safety | 2 |
| Totals | 16 |
SPRING SEMESTER 1
| CIS | 110 | Intro to Computers | 3 |
| ELC | 128 | Intro to PLC | 3 |
| ENG | 111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 |
| MEC | 130 | Mechanisms | 3 |
| PSY | 150 | General Psychology | 3 |
| Totals | 15 |
SUMMER SEMESTER
| HUM | 110 | Technology & Society | 3 |
| MAT | 171 | Precalculus Algebra | 4 |
| Totals | 7 |
FALL SEMESTER 2
| ELC | 132 | Electrical Drawings | 2 | ||||
| ELC | 213 | Instrumentation | 4 | ||||
| HYD | 110 | Hydraulics/Pneumatics | 3 | ||||
| PHY | 151 | College Physics | 4 | ||||
| Choose one of the following: | |||||||
| EGR | 285 | Design Project | 2 | ||||
| WBL | 111 | Work-Based Learning I** | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 14-15 | ||||||
SPRING SEMESTER 2
| ATR | 211 | Robot Programming | 3 |
| ATR | 219 | Automation Troubleshooting | 2 |
| ELC | 117 | Motors & Controls | 4 |
| ELC | 228 | PLC Application | 4 |
| WBL | 121 | Work-Based Learning II*** | 1 |
| Totals | 13-14 |
** With WBL 121 in Spring 2
*** If WBL is chosen from Fall 2
Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.
| Prefix | No. | Title | Credit |
| ACA | 111 | College Student Success | 1 |
| ATR | 112 | Intro to Automation | 3 |
| ELC | 128 | Intro to PLC | 3 |
| ELC | 131 | Circuit Analysis | 4 |
| ISC | 112 | Industrial Safety | 2 |
| MEC | 130 | Mechanisms | 3 |
| Totals | 16 |
This certificate is also offered to high school students through the Career & College Promise initiative.
Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.
| Prefix | No. | Title | Credit |
| CIS | 110 | Intro to Computers | 3 |
| ELC | 132 | Electrical Drawings | 2 |
| ELC | 213 | Instrumentation | 4 |
| HYD | 110 | Hydraulics/Pneumatics | 3 |
| Choose one of the following: | |||
| EGR | 285 | Design Project | 2 |
| WBL | 111 | Work-Based Learning I | 1 |
| Totals | 13-14 | ||
Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.
| Prefix | No. | Title | Credit |
| ATR | 211 | Robot Programming | 3 |
| ATR | 219 | Automation Troubleshooting | 2 |
| ELC | 117 | Motors & Controls | 4 |
| ELC | 228 | PLC Application | 4 |
| Choose one of the following: | |||
| EGR | 285 | Design Project | 2 |
| WBL | 111 | Work-Based Learning I | 1 |
| WBL | 121 | Work Based Learning II | 1 |
| Totals | 15 | ||
Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.
| Prefix | No. | Title | Credit |
| COM | 120 | Intro to Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| ENG | 111 | Writing & Inquiry | 3 |
| HUM | 110 | Technology & Society | 3 |
| MAT | 171 | Precalculus Algebra | 4 |
| PSY | 150 | General Psychology | 3 |
| Totals | 16 |
