Welding Technology - Stainless (A.A.S.)
Welding Technology - Stainless (A.A.S.)
Program Description
A.A.S. Degree: 63 Hours
This hands-on program provides skills-based instruction needed to secure jobs in the local stainless steel and aluminum welding industry. Coursework provides fundamental instruction in the major welding processes including Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) along with training in safety, blueprint reading, oxy-fuel cutting, plasma arc cutting and carbon arc cutting. Advanced welding classes will focus on GMAW and GTAW welding skills along with fabrication and finishing techniques to prepare the graduate for testing and certification for local stainless and aluminum fabrication shops. The Associate of Applied Science degree builds upon either the certificate welding courses or the WLD 230 Industrial Welding Specialist (20-week welding) program through additional instruction in welding inspection, advanced project construction, and general education classes. The lab facility at the Springfield campus is a certified Accredited Testing Facility by the American Welding Society (AWS) https://www.aws.org/, 8669 NW 36 Street #130, Miami, FL 33166-6672, (800) 443-9353.
Welding Technology Program Requirements - 48 Credit Hours
- WLD 105: Welding Safety
- WLD 111: Shielded Metal Arc Welding I
- WLD 113: Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding
- WLD 114: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
- WLD 130: Print Reading for Welders
- WLD 222: Advanced Gas Metal/Flux Cored Arc Welding
- WLD 224: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding II
- WLD 225: Welding Inspection Technology I
- WLD 226: Welding Inspection Technology II
- WLD 227: Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc WLD
- WLD 235: Fabrication and Finishing
- MFG 115: MFG Processes & Materials
- MFG 275: Manufacturing Capstone
- WLD 290: Co-Operative Ed/Internship
or Related Elective Credits: 3
- TEC 285: Occupational Seminar
or
- WLD 100: Careers in Welding
Related Electives: May choose courses from the following program areas: CST, DDT, MEC, MFG, PMT, WLD.
- TEC 285: Occupational Seminar
General Education Requirements - 15 Credit Hours
The Missouri Department of Higher Education has identified a common set of general education courses that have been adopted statewide. These courses are called the "CORE 42." CORE 42 courses are guaranteed to transfer to any Missouri public college or university to satisfy general education requirements.
Courses in knowledge areas below, designated with the CORE 42 logo indicates courses in that area have been evaluated and provided a MOTR number for transfer to all Missouri public institutions of higher education.
Courses that do not have this designation may still transfer to public and private colleges and universities in Missouri and elsewhere, but students are encouraged to check the transfer equivalency website of the institution to which they plan to transfer to confirm.
Please refer to the MDHE Core Transfer Curriculum for detailed information on CORE 42 courses.
Mathematical Sciences - 3 Credit Hours
- TEC 108: Applied Technical Mathematics
- MTH 105: Business Math
- MTH 110: Intermediate Algebra
- MTH 128: Contemporary Mathematics
- MTH 128S: Cont Mathematics with Support
- MTH 129: Introductory Statistics
- MTH 130: Algebra for Calculus
- MTH 131: Trigonometry
- MTH 130S: Algebra for Calculus With Support
- MTH 138: Pre-Calculus Mathematics
- MTH 140: Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
- MTH 141: Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
- MTH 210: Statistical Methods
- MTH 214: Discrete Mathematics
- MTH 215: Algebraic Structures
- MTH 230: Linear Algebra
- MTH 240: Analytic Geometry and Calculus III
- MTH 241: Differential Equations