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Purpose: This curriculum is designed to prepare the student for employment as a mechanical engineering technician or for transfer to a four-year college to seek a bachelor's degree. Students who intend to transfer to a four-year degree program must see a faculty advisor prior to selecting courses. Occupational objectives include: mechanical draftsman, engineering technician, research and development technician, engineering equipment inspector, engineering plant operator or estimator.
Recommended Preparation: Two years of high school algebra and geometry.
| Credits | ||||||
| First Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| CSC | 110 | Introduction to Computing or | ||||
| ETR 106 Basic Prog. Applied to | ||||||
| Electrical/Electronic Calculations | 2-3 | |||||
| 1 EGR | 115 | Engineering Graphics | 2 | |||
| ENG | 111 | College Composition I | 3 | |||
| 2 MTH | 166 | Precalculus with Trigonometry | 5 | |||
| 3 PED | 116 | Lifetime Fitness & Wellness | 1 | |||
| STD | Elective | 1 | ||||
| DRF | 152 | Engineering Draw. Fund. II | 3 | |||
| DRF | 231 | Computer Aided Drafting I | 3 | |||
| 4 MEC | 112 | Processes of Industry | 3 | |||
| 4 MEC | 118 | Automated Manufacturing Tech. | 3 | |||
| 3 PED | /RPK | 1 | ||||
| 5 ___ | Social Science Elective | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits/Semester | 14-15 | 16 | ||||
| Credits | ||||||
| Second Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| DRF | 232 | Computer Aided Drafting II | 3 | |||
| EGR | 130 | Statics and Strength of Materials | 5 | |||
| 4 MEC | 265 | Fluid Mechanics | 3 | |||
| 6 PHY | 201 | General College Physics I | 4 | |||
| 5 ___ | Social Science Elective | 3 | ||||
| DRF | 233 | Computer Aided Drafting III | 3 | |||
| 4 MEC | 210 | Machine Design | 3 | |||
| 6 PHY | 202 | General College Physics II | 4 | |||
| ___ | SPD Elective | 3 | ||||
| 7 CIV | 210 | Structural Systems | ||||
| or Technical Elective | 4-5 | |||||
| Total Credits/Semester | 18 | 17-18 | ||||
Total credits for the A.A.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology = 65-67.
1 DRF 151 may be substituted for EGR 115.
2 MTH 163-164 Precalculus I-II, 6 cr. may be substituted for MTH 166.
3 The PED requirement may be met by one of the following options: PED 116, 2 cr.; PED 220, 2 cr.; PED 116, 1 cr. plus a PED activities course, 1 cr.; or PED 116, 1 cr. plus RPK 205, 207, 208, 216, or 225. PED 116 is offered as both a 1-credit and a 2-credit course.
4 MEC classes are offered only on the Annandale campus.
5 Social science courses may be selected from the following: economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology (includes anthropology). Students planning to transfer should consider taking a two-semester sequence of a social science.
6 Individuals planning to transfer to a Mechanical Engineering Technology baccalaureate program should take PHY 201 and 202.
7 Technical electives may be chosen from ARC, CIV, DRF, EGR, ETR, MEC, or PHY with permission of your advisor. CIV 210 is offered only on the Alexandria Campus.
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