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Degree: Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.)

Program Description:

The Industrial Systems Technology Degree Program provides you with the competencies for preparing for a career in industrial systems technology. The program provides learning opportunities that introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and technical knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program additionally provides opportunities to retrain or upgrade present knowledge and skills. As a graduate, you are qualified for employment as an industrial electrician or industrial systems technician or an I and E technician with opportunities to move into a management position as an engineering assistant, programmable control specialist, or automation specialist.

Career Information and Occupational Outlook:

Admission Requirements:

  1. Present official documentation of an earned high school diploma or official GED scores.
  2. Be at least 16 years old.
  3. Present appropriate test scores, or present an official transcript documenting college-level English and mathematics with grades of “C” or better.

Curriculum Outline:

General Core Courses (30 Credit Hours)

CourseTitleCredit Hours
ENG 191Composition and Rhetoric I5
ENG 195Technical Communications5
HUM 191Introduction to Humanities5
SOC 191Introduction to Sociology5
MAT 191College Algebra5
PHY 190Introductory Physics5

Fundamental Occupational Courses (77 Credit Hours)

CourseTitleCredit Hours
SCT 100Introduction to Microcomputers3
IFC 100Industrial Safety Procedures2
IFC 101Direct Current Circuits I4
IFC 102Alternating Current I4
IFC 103Solid State Devices I4
IDS 101Industrial Computer Applications5
IDS 103Industrial Wiring6
IDS 105DC and AC Motors3
IDS 110Fundamentals of Motor Controls3
IDS 113Magnetic Starters and Braking3
IDS 115Two-Wire Control Circuits2
IDS 121Advanced Motor Controls2
IDS 131Variable Speed Motor Controls3
IDS 141Basic Industrial PLCs6
IDS 142Industrial PLCs6
IDS 209Industrial Instrumentation6
IDS 215Industrial Mechanics6
IDS 221Industrial Fluid Power7
IDS 231Pumps and Piping Systems2

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Last updated: October 30, 2008.