ACADEMIC PLAN: 221-952-05
CIP CODE: 48.0599
AWARD: Career Studies Certificate
LENGTH: Less than 1 Year
Purpose:
Modern manufacturing techniques have created a great demand for highly skilled operators of the machines and tools used in making the many complex parts required by industry. It is the purpose of this curriculum to develop machinists and machinist trainees who are able to skillfully convert the engineer’s blueprint into a precision part. The curriculum encompasses such diverse areas as technical mathematics, technical drafting, machine shop theory and practice, numerical control programming, basic metallurgy and is supplemented by general education courses.
Admissions Requirements:
Individuals are eligible for admission to CVCC if they are high school graduates or the equivalent, or if they are eighteen years of age or older and able to benefit academically from study at the community college, as demonstrated by assessment in reading, writing, and mathematics.
Program Requirements:
All students expected to complete the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate, or career studies certificate must complete an Application for Graduation.
Courses:
The Program Pathway for Machine Technology Fundamentals CSC is a resource for students that lists the following items:
- The recommended order in which to take the program courses
- Suggested course when more than one option exists
- Which semester each course is typically offered
- If the course has a prerequisite
- Courses that may lead to a certificate (if offered in the program)
