Manufacturing,Engineering, and Advanced Technologies - 24ZD - Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics

Program Overview

Catalog Description

The automation, robotics, and mechatronics field combines mechanics, electronics and computer technologies to create “smart” products that improve lives in countless ways. Mechatronics technicians help design, install, maintain and repair industrial equipment and a wide variety of appliances used in businesses and at home. These range from personal and industrial robots to artificial limbs, automatic teller machines (ATMs) and hybrid cars—just to name a few. A holder of an associate degree in Mechatronics can manage, investigate, repair and troubleshoot mechatronic and process control systems along with optimizing systems for efficiency and cost effectiveness. A mechatronics technician can work in workshops, design labs, production facilities, and in field service locations. Graduates of this program are hired in various settings as Mechatronics Technicians, Robotics Technicians, Electro-mechanical Technicians, Automation Technicians, Maintenance and Repair Technicians and Mechanical Engineering Technicians. Job skills include, but are not limited to: assembling and installing mechatronic tools and hardware systems; installing, implementing and modifying software tools used in mechatronics systems; using troubleshooting skills to identify, foresee, and prevent possible problems with a system; programming mechatronic modules and systems, especially Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs); implementing PLC networks, including configuration and data transfer using bus systems; applying knowledge of process control technology to automated systems; and managing and influencing cost control and process efficiency procedures for automated systems.

Program Title

Automation, Robotics and Mecha

Plan Code

Manufacturing,Engineering, and Advanced Technologies - 24ZD

Award Type

Associate in Applied Science A.A.S.

Division

Engineering, Math & Phy Sci

Free Form Requisites

CoURSE	Title	Hours
Summer Semester		2 Credits
CLC120^	College Success Seminar	2
First Semester		16 Credits
CoURSE	Title	Hours
ARM299	Special Topics: ARM	1
ARM111, 112, 113	Fundamentals of High Tech Manufacturing I, II, & III	3
ARM151, 152, 153	Mechanical Systems I, II, & III	3
ARM156, 157, 158	Electrical Systems I, II, & III	3
ARM171, 172, 173	Automation I, II, & III	3
PMT114	Machining Processing I or
AMT116, 117, 118	Mechatronics Graphics I, II, & III	3
Second Semester		13 Credits
CoURSE	Title	Hours
ARM181, 182, 183	Industrial Robot Programming & System Integration I, II, & III	3
ARM155	STEM Workplace Professional Skills	1
ARM174, 175, 176	Automation IV, V, & VI	3
ARM191, 192, 193	Pneumatics and Hydraulics I, II, & III	3
ARM196	Capstone I	1
ARM197	Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems Capstone	1
ARM198	Complete Systems Integration	1
Summer Semester		6-8 Credits
CoURSE	Title	Hours
MTH115	Applied Mathematics with Trigonometry
MTH117	Technical Mathematics I or
MTH123	Trigonometry or
MTH144	Precalculus or
MTH145	Calculus and Analytic Geometry I	3-5
ENG121	English Composition I	3
Third Semester		12-13 Credits
CoURSE	Title	Hours
HUM127	Critical Thinking or other Humanities and Fine Arts IAI Approved General Education Elective	3
ARM222	Manufacturing Process Design	3
ARM242	Reverse Engineering of Mechanical Systems	3
ARM280	Industrial IoT Automated Manufacturing or
ARM226	Programmable Automation Technologies	3-4
Fourth Semester		14-15 Credits
CoURSE	Title	Hours
CMM121	Fundamentals of Speech	3
SOC121	Introduction to Sociology or other Social and Behavioral Sciences IAI Approved General Education Elective	3
ARM266	Advanced Motor Control	3
ARM281	Mechatronics Control Applications or
ARM286	Automation Pyramid or
ARM295	Mechatronics Troubleshooting	2-3
ARM288	Process Control Technologies	3
Total Hours for A.A.S. Degree		63-67

^ CLC 120 is an institutional requirement for graduation.