Automation Engineering Technology - Systems Specialist Major, Associate of Applied Science
Curriculum Code #6211
Effective May 2024
Division of Engineering, Business and Information Technologies
Integration is a key word in advanced technologies: combining different automated equipment, such as robots, into coordinated systems that complete specific tasks like loading/unloading machines, sorting, inspecting, and assembling parts. The automation engineering technology degree will train students to be a systems specialist. Concentration of abilities for installing and operating robots and other industrial material handling and processing technologies, as well as engineer and program equipment for systems integration. Graduates go on to become a systems design technician, factory sales/service representative, applications engineer, installation supervisor, systems integrator or production supervisor. Lorain County Community College has articulation agreements with colleges and universities including programs offered by Lorain County Community College’s University Partnership.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Hours | |
| AETC 115 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS I | 3 |
| CADD 111 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING 1 | 2 |
| ELCT 111 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS I | 3 |
| MTHM 155 | TECHNICAL MATHEMATICS I | 4 |
| SDEV 101 | INTRODUCTION TO THE LCCC COMMUNITY 3 | 1 |
| TECN 111 | TECHNICAL PROBLEM SOLVING | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| AETC 121 | PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS | 3 |
| ENGL 161 | COLLEGE COMPOSITION I | 3 |
| MTHM 168 | STATISTICS | 3 |
| TECN 121 | FLUID POWER SYSTEMS 1 | 3 |
| TECN 133 | MECHANICAL SYSTEMS | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| AETC 211 | WORKCELL INTERFACING 2 | 3 |
| AETC 223 | PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS II 2 | 3 |
| AETC 287 | WORK-BASED LEARNING I - AETC 2 | 1 |
| PHYC 150 | GENERAL PHYSICS I 2 | 4 |
| TECN 131 | MANUFACTURING PROCESSES I 1 | 3 |
| Arts and Humanities Elective(s) 4 | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| AETC 215 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS II 2 | 3 |
| AETC 231 | FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 2 | 3 |
| AETC 288 | WORK BASED LEARNING II - AETC 2 | 1 |
| ELCT 211 | ELECTRICAL POWER AND DEVICES 2 | 4 |
| ENGL 164 | COLLEGE COMPOSITION II WITH TECHNICAL TOPICS | 3 |
| Social Sciences Elective(s) 5 | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Total Hours | 65 | |
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Indicates that this course has a prerequisite or may be taken concurrently.
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Indicates that this course requires a prerequisite.
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A student must register for the orientation course when enrolling for more than six credit hours per semester or any course that would result in an accumulation of 13 or more credit hours.
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Select any Arts and Humanities Ohio Transfer 36 course.
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Select any Social Science Ohio Transfer 36 course.
Program Contact(s):
Scott Zitek
440-366-7024
rzitek@lorainccc.edu
For information about admissions, enrollment, transfer, graduation and other general questions, please contact your advising team.
More program information can be found on our website.
Credit for Prior Learning (PLA) options may be available for your program. For more information, please visit our website: www.lorainccc.edu/PLA
Program Learning Outcomes
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Demonstrate the programing of robots and programmable controllers to industry standards.
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Program automated systems involving programmable controllers, networking, a human machine interface, and motion control.
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Apply current standards of communication between various industrial equipment (eg. Voltage conversions, isolation techniques...)
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Design, construct, and program a functional flexible manufacturing system.