2023-2024 Catalog

Automation Engineering Technology (AET3) Associate of Applied Science Degree

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Program Description:

The Automation Engineering Technology Associate Degree program will prepare students to design, implement, commission, and troubleshoot various automated industrial processes. The program emphasizes math and physical science to lay a foundation for understanding the complex processes and recipes utilized in industry. A strong occupational core encompassing Circuit Analysis, Computer Programming, CAD Design, and Economics prepares students for the more robust material later in the program. Students will learn motor theory and application, PLC and HMI Touchscreen programming, complex industrial instrumentation and loop tuning techniques, instrumentation calibration techniques, and industrial robot programming. At the end of the program students will be able to choose either to do a capstone project or work as an engineering intern for a participating local company. The program will also provide a path for students to enter into a Bachelor's Engineering program at local baccalaureate colleges.

General Education Core (16 Credit Hours)

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

XXXX xxxxHumanities/Fine Arts Elective

3

XXXX xxxxSocial/Behavioral Sciences Elective

3

PHYS 1111Introductory Physics I

3

PHYS 1111LIntroductory Physics Lab I

1

Occupational Curriculum (55 Credit Hours)

ENGT 1000Introduction to Engineering Technology

3

ECET 1102Circuit Analysis I

3

ECET 1102LCircuit Analysis I Lab

1

DFTG 2010Engineering Graphics

4

ECET 2102Circuit Analysis II

3

ECET 2102LCircuit Analysis II Lab

1

IDSY 1110Industrial Motor Controls I

4

ECET 1191Computer Programming Fundamentals

3

MATH 1113Precalculus

3

ECET 2000Engineering Economics and Management

3

IDSY 1120Basic Industrial PLCs

4

AUMF 1150Introduction to Robotics

3

AUMF 2060Work Cell Design Laboratory

2

IDSY 1230Industrial Instrumentation

4

IDSY 2750Human Machine Interface

4

IDSY 2800Advanced Process Control

4

 

ECET 1111Digital Systems I

3

AND

ECET 1111LDigital Systems I Lab

1

OR

IDSY 1310Industrial Systems Review

3

OR

IDSY 1190Fluid Power Systems

4

 

EMET 2900Capstone Project

3

OR

ENGT 2500Engineering Internship

3

Total Credit Hours: 71 Minimum Credit Hours for Graduation