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Automation Technology

Associate of Applied Science Degree

60 Semester Credit Hours

  •  Fall and Spring
    Course # Course Name Hours
    ICS 1103 Programming I 3
    ICS 1123 Semiconductors I
    (Co-requisites:  ICS 1163 and ICS 1173)    		 3
    ICS 1153  Networking I  3
    ICS 1163  Fundamentals of Electricity I - (DC Circuits)
    (Co-requisite:  ICS 1173)    		 3
    ICS 1173  Fundamentals of Electricity II (AC Circuits)
    (Co-requisite:  ICS 1163)      		 3
    TMAT 1203  Technical Mathematics
    (or higher math)      		3
    Total Hours   18
  •  Fall
    Course # Course Name Hours
    ICS 1143  Introduction to Digital Logic * 3
    ICS 1253 

    Networking II
    (prerequisite: ICS 1153) 

    (Students taking Robotics courses may substitute ICS 2033 Introduction to Industrial Robotics or ICS 2043 Robotics and Motion Control for this requirement.)

    		 3
    ICS 1303  PC Maintenance I   3
    ICS 2203

    Computer System Components

    (Students taking Robotics courses may substitute ICS 2033 Introduction to Industrial Robotics or ICS 2043 Robotics and Motion Control for this requirement.)

    		 3
    ICS 2213 Semiconductors II
    (prerequisite: ICS 1123)      		3
    ENGL 1013  Composition I 3
    Total Hours   18
  •  Spring
    Course # Course Name Hours
    ICS 2123  Industrial Fluid Power
    (Co-requisite:  ICS 2133, ICS 2143, ICS 2153 and ICS 2163)    		 3
    ICS 2133 Introduction to Programmable Controllers
    (Prerequisites:  ICS 1123, ICS 1163 and ICS 1173) (Co-requisites:  ICS 2123, ICS 2143, ICS 2153, and ICS 2163)    		 3
    ICS 2143 Programmable Controllers
    (Prerequisites:  ICS 1123, ICS 1163 and ICS 1173) (Co-requisites:  ICS 2123, ICS 2133, ICS 2153, and ICS 2163)      		3
    ICS 2153 Introduction to Industrial Automation
    (Prerequisites:  ICS 1123, ICS 1163 and ICS 1173) (Co-requisites:  ICS 2123, ICS 2133, ICS 2143, and ICS 2163)      		3
    ICS 2163 Industrial Automation
    (Prerequisites:  ICS 1123, ICS 1163 and ICS 1173) (Co-requisites:  ICS 2123, ICS 2133, ICS 2143, and ICS 2153)      		3
    Total Hours   15
  •  Fall and Spring
    Course # Course Name Hours
    3 hours Any Approved Social Science1  3
    BST 1303
    or
    CIS 1113

    Introduction to Computers
    or
    Fundamental Computer Operation

    (Students taking Robotics courses may substitute ICS 2013 Introduction to Industrial Robotics for this requirement.)

    		 3
    ENGL 1023 Composition II  3
    Total Hours   9

 

(Concurrent students who earn a Certificate of Proficiency in Machining Operations may progress to earn a Technical Certificate in Industrial Electronic Technology then an Associate of Applied Science degree by completing the remaining required courses below.  Students pursuing the machining operations path will actually earn 62 hours.)

  •  Certificate of Proficiency  in Machining Operations
    Course # Course Name Hours
    ICS 2513 Blueprint Reading, Precision Measurements, & Safety 3
    ICS 2514 CNC Milling 4
    ICS 2523 Machining Technology 3
    ICS 2524 CNC Turning 4
    3 Hours Welding Elective 3
    Total Hours   17
  •  Fall
    Course # Course Name Hours
    ENGL 1013 Composition I
    Must pass with a "C" or better    		 3
    ICS 2123 Industrial Fluid Power 3
    ICS 1163 Fundamentals of Electricity I (DC Circuits)
    (Co-requisite:  ICS 1173)    		 3
    ICS 1173 Fundamentals of Electricity II (AC Circuits)
    (Co-requisite:  ICS 1163)    		 3
    TMAT 1203 Technical Mathematics(or higher math)
    Must pass with a "C" or higher    		 3
    Total Hours   15
  •  Spring
    Course # Course Name Hours
    ICS 1123 Semiconductors I
    		 3
    ICS 1143 Introduction to Digital Logic 3
    ENGL 1023 Composition II 3
    BST 1303
    or
    CIS 1113    		 Introduction to Computers
    or
    Fundamental Computer Operation     		3
    3 Hours Approved Social Science 3
    Total Hours   15
  •  Fall
    Course # Course Name Hours
    ICS 2133 Introduction to Programmable Controllers 3
    ICS 2143 Programmable Controllers 3
    ICS 2153 Introduction to Industrial Automation 3
    ICS 2163 Industrial Automation 3
    ICS 2213 Semiconductors II 3
    Total Hours   15