General Education Requirements

Note: All courses must be from the Approved Courses for General Education  courses for each category listed in the General Education section of this catalog.

Typical Program of Study

Fall

• MATH 1050 - Trigonometric Applications Credit Hours: 4
• SPCH 2300 - ♦Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3
• WELD 1060 - General Welding Credit Hours: 4
• WELD 1070 - Applied Welding Credit Hours: 4
• WELD 1210 - Welding Blueprints Credit Hours: 3

Spring

• INTC 1020 - Safety in the Workplace Credit Hours: 3
• PHYS 1030 - ♦Introduction to Physics Credit Hours: 4

• or

• PSCI 1010 - ♦Physical Science I (Physics and Chemistry) Credit Hours: 4
• WELD 1130 - Fabrication Tools and Processes Credit Hours: 3
• WELD 2110 - Inert Gas Arc Welding Credit Hours: 3
• WELD 2120 - Pipe Welding Credit Hours: 3

Fall

• Elective - Social/Behavioral Science Elective (an approved elective from the general education core) Credits: 3
• ENGL 1010 - ♦Composition I Credit Hours: 3
• INTC 1010 - Quality and Inspection Credit Hours: 3
• INTC 1030 - Industrial Concepts Credit Hours: 3
• WELD 1010 - Pattern Development I Credit Hours: 3

Spring

• Elective - Humanities Elective (an approved elective from the general education core) Credits: 3
• WELD 1410 - Metallurgy and Materials Testing Credit Hours: 4
• WELD 2010 - Pattern Development II Credit Hours: 2
• WELD 2150 - Properties of Special Materials Credit Hours: 2

Total Credit Hours: 60

For Further Information

Jeremy Maskew
Instructor, Welding/Metal Fabrication
Telephone: 423.354.2599
jjmaskew@NortheastState.edu

or

Jon Cookson
Instructor, Welding/Metal Fabrication
Telephone: 423.354.5212
jjcookson@NortheastState.edu

or

Sam Rowell
Dean, Advanced Technologies 
Telephone: 423.354.2582
ssrowell@NortheastState.edu