This option is for the student desiring a production-based degree and offers a synthesis of manipulative skills and technical knowledge. Its versatility allows the graduate to pursue a career as a code welder, or to work in supervision by utilizing technical competence acquired from academic course work.
Semester I
| WLD | 1214 | Shielded Metal Arc-Fillet Welds | 4 | ||
| WLD | 1224 | Oxy-Fuel Welding | 4 | ||
| WLD | 2064 | Blueprint Reading for Welders | 4 | ||
| + | MTH | 1583 | 2,4,6 | Technical Mathematics | 3 |
| HIS | 1613 | 1,3,4,5 | United States History I | 3 | |
| --------- 18 |
| WLD | 1234 | Shielded Metal Arc-Groove Welds | 4 | ||
| + | WLD | 1244 | Inert Gas Welding | 4 | |
| + | WLD | 2214 | Pipe Welding-API 1104 | 4 | |
| HIS | 1623 | 1,3,4,5 | United States History II | 3 | |
| ENG | 1613 | 1,3,4,5 | English Composition I | 3 | |
| --------- 18 |
| + | WLD | 2234 | Pipe Welding-ASME Section IX | 4 | |
| + | WLD | 2144 | Structural Connections | 4 | |
| + | TCM | 1603 | 1,6 | Introduction to Technical Writing | 3 |
| WLD | Elective1 | 3-4 | |||
| --------- 14-15 |
| + | WLD | 2324 | Welder Certification | 4 | |
| WLD | 2054 | Welding Metallurgy | 4 | ||
| WLD | Elective1 | 3-4 | |||
| WLD | Elective1 | 3-4 | |||
| --------- 14-16 | |||||
TOTALS | --------- 64-67 |
The student will receive traditional training in the arts, as well as experience and theory in welding technology and industrial applications. An additional feature of this interdisciplinary degree is the opportunity for the artist to achieve cetifiation as a welder in order to gain access to an established employemtn market and a practical means of livelihood.
Semester I
| WLD | 1514 | Art Metals | 4 | ||
| ART | 1613 | 1,3,4,5 | Drawing I | 3 | |
| WLD | 1094 | Welding Processes | 4 | ||
| ART | 1723 | 1,4,5 | Art History I | 3 | |
| ENG | 1613 | 1,3,4,5 | English Composition I | 3 | |
| --------- 17 |
| WLD | 1534 | Metal Sculpture | 3 | ||
| ART | 1633 | 3,6 | Design I | 3 | |
| + | WLD | 1244 | Inert Gas Welding | 4 | |
| HIS | 1613 | 1,3,4,5 | United States History I | 3 | |
| WLD | 2064 | Blueprint Reading for Welders | 4 | ||
| --------- 17 |
| WLD | 2524 | Metal Smithing | 4 | ||
| + | ART | 1673 | Life Drawing I | 3 | |
| + | MTH | 1583 | 2,4,6 | Technical Mathematics | 3 |
| WLD | 2054 | Welding Metallurgy | 4 | ||
| SPE | 1603 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Introduction to Speech Communication | 3 | |
| --------- 17 |
| + | WLD | 2544 | Studio Problems | 4 | |
| + | WLD | 2324 | Welder Certification | 4 | |
| Elective | 4 | ||||
| WLD | Metal Sculpture | 4 | |||
| --------- 16 | |||||
TOTALS | --------- 67 |
This certificate provides training and shop experience in welding and fabricating plate. It prepares the student for immediate, entry-level employment with minimum training. All courses may be applied towards the Associate of Applied Science in Welding Technology with a specialization in Code Welding.
Semester I
| WLD | 1214 | Shielded Metal Arc-Fillet Welds | 4 | ||
| WLD | 2064 | Blueprint Reading for Welders | 4 | ||
| --------- 8 |
| WLD | 1234 | Shielded Metal Arc-Groove Welds | 4 | ||
| + | WLD | 2144 | Structural Connections | 4 | |
| --------- 8 | |||||
TOTALS | --------- 16 |
This certificate builds upon the Plate Welding by providing additional training in the welding of piping and tubular products. It prepares the student to enter the workforce as a combination welder certified to weld pipe and plate. All courses may be applied towards the Associate of Applied Science in Welding Technology with a specialization in Code Welding.
Semester I
| + | WLD | 2214 | Pipe Welding-API 1104 | 4 | |
| + | WLD | 2104 | Layout and Fabrication | 4 | |
| --------- 8 |
| + | WLD | 2234 | Pipe Welding-ASME Section IX | 4 | |
| + | WLD | 2324 | Welder Certification | 4 | |
| --------- 8 | |||||
TOTALS | --------- 16 |
This certificate provides the student who is interested in the technical applications of art and design with immediate, entry-level skills for employment in the field of art metals. All courses may be applied towards the Associate of Applied Science in Welding Technology with a specialization in Art Metals.
Semester I
| WLD | 1514 | Art Metals | 4 | ||
| WLD | 1094 | Welding Processes | 4 | ||
| --------- 8 |
| + | WLD | 1244 | Inert Gas Welding | 4 | |
| WLD | 1534 | Metal Sculpture | 4 | ||
| --------- 8 | |||||
TOTALS | --------- 16 |
This program builds upon the Art Metals I Certificate. It offers additional training in the arts, as well as the applied skills welding courses necessary to obtain employment as an art metals technician. All courses may be applied towards the Associate of Applied Science in Welding Technology with a specialization in Art Metals.
Semester I
| WLD | 1514 | Art Metals | 4 | ||
| WLD | 1094 | Welding Processes | 4 | ||
| WLD | 2524 | Metal Smithing | 4 | ||
| ART | 1613 | 1,3,4,5 | Drawing I | 3 | |
| ART | 1633 | 3,6 | Design I | 3 | |
| --------- 18 |
| WLD | 1534 | Metal Sculpture | 4 | ||
| + | WLD | 2544 | Studio Problems | 4 | |
| + | WLD | 1244 | Inert Gas Welding | 4 | |
| + | ART | 1673 | Life Drawing I | 3 | |
| --------- 15 | |||||
TOTALS | --------- 33 |
This is an advanced skills certificate which prepares the student for the challenging and diverse field of welding inspection. Graduates who are qualified cna take the AWS QC-1 national welding inspector examination administered by the American Welding Society. All courses may be applied towards the Associate of Applied Science in Welding Technology with a specialization in Code Welding.
Semester I
| + | WLD | 2324 | Welder Certification | 4 | |
| WLD | 1124 | Longitudinal-Wave Ultrasonics | 4-4 | ||
| --------- 8 |
| + | WLD | 2174 | Transverse-Wave Ultrasonics | 4 | |
| WLD | 2134 | Preparation for Certified Welding Inspector | 4 | ||
| --------- 8 | |||||
TOTALS | --------- 16 |