Advanced Manufacturing Technology: Fabrication, AAS (3728)

CIP: 150499

Program Description 

The Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AAS-AMFT) degree program provides a highly interactive hands-on course of study that prepares graduates for careers in the modern manufacturing environment. Advanced manufacturing technology graduates repair, troubleshoot and maintain manufacturing equipment including automated control systems, process control systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, conveyors, robots, and application specific machinery. Graduates have a broad multi-disciplinary background in electrical, mechanical, fluid power, automation, instrumentation and process control systems, as well as fabrication skills in order to facilitate working with modern electro-mechanical machinery. The program provides a broad cross section of core mechatronics skills that are specialized via two concentrations. The Maintenance concentration emphasizes automation skills, while the Fabrication concentration emphasizes CAD/CAM skills. Due to the flexibility of the program, graduates have career opportunities in a wide range of manufacturing industries including chemical processing, automotive manufacturing, equipment fabrication and the mining industry among others. The AMFT program uses an innovative block-scheduled cohort model to deliver classes, so students have the opportunity to participate in long-term in-depth internships with participating industrial partners. Program courses are offered two days a week in approximately 8-hour blocks for five semesters. Qualifying students may intern with industry partners on non-class days to obtain a valuable background of real-world applications throughout the program. Internships are determined by the program’s industrial partners in accordance with their policies and procedures. Graduates who have participated in the internship program enter the work force with not just a degree, but also the equivalent of a year of professional industrial experience.