2022-2023 Catalog

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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Industrial Technology - Concentration: Welding/Metal Fabrication

Accredited by the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)

The Welding/Metal Fabrication program prepares individuals as welders or metal fabricators. The curriculum focuses on the development of knowledge and skills in Oxy-fuel welding, brazing and cutting, plasma arc cutting and carbon arc cutting, Flux-Core Arc Welding (FCAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) (MIG), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) (TIG), and Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW).

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.

Learning Support

Additional courses may be required to overcome deficiencies in English, mathematics, and reading.

Typical Program of Study

Fall

EDUC 1030 - ♦College and Lifelong Learning Credits: 3
MATH 1050 - Trigonometric Applications Credits: 4
WELD 1060 - General Welding Credits: 4
WELD 1070 - Applied Welding Credits: 4
ENGL 1010 - ♦English Composition I Credits: 3

Spring

ENST 1350 - Industrial Safety Credits: 3
PHYS 1030 - ♦Survey of Physics Credits: 4
or
PSCI 1010 - ♦Principles of Physical Science Credits: 4
WELD 1130 - Fabrication Tools and Processes Credits: 3
WELD 2110 - Inert Gas Arc Welding Credits: 3
WELD 1210 - Welding Blueprints Credits: 3

Fall

Elective - Behavioral/Social Science Elective (an approved elective from the general education core) Credits: 3
INTC 1010 - Quality and Inspection Credits: 3
INTC 1030 - Industrial Concepts Credits: 3
WELD 1010 - Pattern Development Credits: 3*
WELD 2120 - Pipe Welding Credits: 4*

Spring

COMM 2025 - ♦Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3
or
COMM 2045 - ♦Public Speaking Credits: 3
Elective - Humanities Elective (an approved elective from the general education core) Credits: 3
WELD 1410 - Metallurgy and Materials Testing Credits: 2*
WELD 2150 - Properties of Special Materials Credits: 2
WELD 2220 - Pipe Welding II Credits: 3*

Total Credit Hours: 63

* See Catalog Addendum

For Further Information

Dustin Simerly
Instructor, Welding/Metal Fabrication
Telephone: 423.354.2599
dasimerly@NortheastState.edu

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