Engineering Technology, Process Control Concentration, AAS

Campus: Clinton, Muscatine, and Scott Community Colleges

All students enrolled in the Engineering Technology Associates of Applied Science (AAS) program begin by taking an identical set of courses for the first four terms. For the fifth and final term, students will take a series courses in one of three concentration areas - Automation Concentration, Electromechanical Concentration or Process Control Concentration. Students selecting the Automation concentration will take Industrial Robotics, Motion Control and Microcontrollers as well as select two courses from the other specialties. Students selecting the Electromechanical concentration will take Motion Control, Fluid Power Design & Application, and Fluid Power Control as well as selecting two courses from the other specialties. Students selecting the Process Control concentration will take Process Control I, Process Control II and Introduction to General Chemistry as well as select two courses from the other specialties.

This degree will prepare highly skilled and needed workers for area manufacturers. The government projects that by the year 2018, Iowa’s advanced manufacturing segment will experience a significant shortage of skilled workers due to older worker retirement and the nation’s increasing need for Iowa products.

Plan of Study

Term 1 - All Concentrations

ELE 101 - Industrial Safety 1.00 Credit(s) OR
MFG 106 - Workplace Safety 3.00 Credit(s) OR
MFG 186 - Plant Safety 1.00 Credit(s)
ELE 216 - DC Circuit Analysis 3.00 Credit(s)
ELE 217 - AC Circuit Analysis 3.00 Credit(s)
IND 134 - Print Reading 2.00 Credit(s)
MAT 128 - Precalculus 4.00 Credit(s) OR
MAT 210 - Calculus I 4.00 Credit(s) OR
MAT 705 - Industrial Math and Measurement I 2.00 Credit(s) AND
MAT 706 - Industrial Math and Measurement II 2.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 13.00

Term 2 - All Concentrations

CSC 110 - Introduction to Computers 3.00 Credit(s) OR
CSC 107 - Computer Literacy 3.00 Credit(s) OR
CSC 112 - Computer Fundamentals for Technicians I/A 2.00 Credit(s) AND
CSC 113 - Computer Fundamentals for Technicians I/B 2.00 Credit(s)
ELE 225 - Electrical Motor Control and Power Distribution 3.00 Credit(s)
ELT 309 - Digital Circuits 3.00 Credit(s)
ELT 312 - Solid State Devices and Systems 3.00 Credit(s)
PHY 185 - Conceptual Physics Fundamentals I 2.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 14.00 Credits

Term 3 - Summer - All Concentrations

___:___ Humanities Elective 3.00 Credit(s) (from list below)
ENG 105 - Composition I 3.00 Credit(s) OR
ENG 107 - Composition I: Technical Writing 3.00 Credit(s)
PHY 186 - Conceptual Physics Fundamentals II 2.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 8.00 Credits

Term 4 - All Concentrations

EGT 117 - Fluid Power Fundamentals 2.00 Credit(s)
ELT 123 - Programmable Logic Controllers 3.00 Credit(s)
ELT 125 - Advanced PLC 3.00 Credit(s)
IND 143 - Motors and Drives 3.00 Credit(s)
MFG 505 - Lean Manufacturing 1.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 12.00 Credits

Term 5 - Process Control Concentration

CHM 122 - Introduction to General Chemistry 4.00 Credit(s)
IND 136 - Process Control I 3.00 Credit(s)
IND 137 - Process Control II 3.00 Credit(s)

Select two courses from the following:

ATR 105 - Industrial Robotics 3.00 Credit(s)
ATR 106 - Motion Control 3.00 Credit(s)
EGT 137 - Fluid Power Control 4.00 Credit(s)
EGT 145 - Fluid Power Maintenance 4.00 Credit(s)
ELT 177 - Microcontrollers 3.00 Credit(s)

Term Total: 16.00 Credits

AAS Total: 62.00 Credits

Humanities Electives

Select one course from the following:

ECN 120 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3.00 Credit(s)
ECN 130 - Principles of Microeconomics 3.00 Credit(s)
HUM 105 - Working in America 3.00 Credit(s)
HUM 110 - Changes and Choices 3.00 Credit(s)
POL 111 - American National Government 3.00 Credit(s)
PSY 111 - Introduction to Psychology 3.00 Credit(s)
SOC 110 - Introduction to Sociology 3.00 Credit(s)

Non-discrimination Statement / Equal Educational Opportunities

It is the policy of Eastern Iowa Community College District not to discriminate in its programs, activities, or employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, creed, religion, and actual or potential family, parental or marital status, as required by the Iowa Code §§216.6 and 216.9, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d and 2000e), the Equal Pay Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 206, et seq.), Title IX (Educational Amendments, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688), Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794), and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq.).

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