General Technology
Associate in Occupational Technology
Welding Career Path
Credit Requirements: 60-84 Semester Credit Hours
Evening
The General Technology major allows students to select course work necessary to become multiskilled technicians. In addition to completing the College’s core curriculum, students also complete course work in at least two technical areas. The following is an example of a career path available. The secondary paths may be substituted for courses in other programs’ primary path. Interested students should talk with their advisors.
For entry into this program the student must be a high school graduate or possess a GED and take the College’s placement test or meet the College’s SAT or ACT requirements.
|
First Semester - Fall |
|||||||||
|
|
Welding Print Basics |
2 | |||||||
|
|
Welding Safety and Health |
1 | |||||||
|
* |
Inert Gas Welding Ferrous |
4 | |||||||
|
* |
Inert Gas Welding Ferrous Tubing |
1 | |||||||
|
|
Welding Metallurgy |
2 | |||||||
|
Total 10 |
|||||||||
|
Second Semester - Spring |
|||||||||
|
|
Welding Print Principles |
2 | |||||||
|
|
Weld Quality |
2 | |||||||
|
* |
Tungsten Arc Welding |
4 | |||||||
|
* |
Tungsten Arc Welding Stainless Steel Tubing |
1 | |||||||
|
Total 9 |
|||||||||
|
Third Semester - Summer |
|||||||||
|
* |
Inert Gas Welding of Aluminum |
4 | |||||||
|
* |
Inert Gas Welding Aluminum Tubing |
1 | |||||||
|
Total 5 |
|||||||||
|
Fourth Semester - Fall |
|||||||||
|
|
Introduction to Computer Environment |
3 | |||||||
|
* |
Gas Metal Arc Welding Ferrous I |
4 | |||||||
|
* |
Gas Metal Arc Welding Ferrous II |
1 | |||||||
|
Total 8 |
|||||||||
|
Fifth Semester - Spring |
|||||||||
|
* |
Flux Cored Arc Welding I |
4 | |||||||
|
* |
Flux Cored Arc Welding II |
1 | |||||||
|
|
Robotic Welding and Manufacturing |
4 | |||||||
|
Total 9 |
|||||||||
|
Sixth Semester - Summer |
|||||||||
|
* |
Gas Metal Arc Welding Nonferrous I |
4 | |||||||
|
* |
Gas Metal Arc Welding Nonferrous II |
1 | |||||||
|
Total 5 |
|||||||||
|
Seventh Semester - Fall |
|||||||||
|
|
Introduction to Engineering Design Graphics |
3 | |||||||
|
|
English Composition I |
3 | |||||||
|
|
Applied Psychology |
3 | |||||||
|
Total 9 |
|||||||||
|
Eighth Semester - Spring |
|||||||||
|
|
Introduction to CAD |
3 | |||||||
|
|
Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry I |
3 | |||||||
|
|
|
Select one course from Humanities Electives |
3 |
||||||
|
Total 9 |
|||||||||
|
Ninth Semester - Summer |
|||||||||
|
|
Fundamentals of CAD |
3 | |||||||
|
|
Interpersonal Communication |
3 | |||||||
|
Total 6 |
|||||||||
See Humanities Electives.
*Other welding courses may be substituted as shown in the Primary Path above. Courses shown with * are the Gas Metal Arc and Flux Cored Arc and the Gas Tungsten Arc concentration.