Machine Tool Technology Degree

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

Program Description:

This program provides you with the competencies needed to use equipment safely and also emphasizes a combination of machine tool theory and practical application necessary for successful employment. Learning opportunities develop academic, technical, and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. Program graduates are competent in the general areas of communications, math, and interpersonal relations and in the technical areas of blueprint reading, widely used machine concepts and practices, fundamentals of computer numerical controls, and characteristics of metal/heat treatment. As a graduate, you will be prepared to enter a professional position as a metal worker and machinist in manufacturing firms, private industry, and government projects. Trained individuals are in great demand to keep industry machinery in good working order and to produce the parts necessary to keep industry moving.

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Curriculum Outline:

General Core Courses (30 Credit Hours)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
ENG 191	Composition and Rhetoric I	5
ENG 195	Technical Communications	5
HUM 191	Introduction to Humanities	5
PSY 192	Industrial Organizational Psychology	5
MAT 191	College Algebra	5
PHY 191	Mechanics	5

Fundamental Technical Courses (18 Credit Hours)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
SCT 100	Introduction to Microcomputers	3
MCH 101	Introduction to Machine Tool	6
MCH 102	Blueprint Reading for Machine Tool	5
MCH 107	Characteristics of Metals/Heat Treatment I	4

Specific Technical Courses (62 Credit Hours)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
MCH 109	Lathe Operations I	6
MCH 110	Lathe Operations II	6
MCH 112	Surface Grinder Operations	3
MCH 114	Blueprint Reading II	5
MCH 115	Mill Operations I	6
MCH 116	Mill Operations II	6
MCA 211	CNC Fundamentals	7
MCA 213	CNC Mill Manual Programming	8
MCA 215	CNC Lathe Manual Programming	8
MCA 219	CAD/CAM Programming	7

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