Associate Degree Requirements
The Automotive Technology program is designed to prepare its graduates to enter the rapidly changing automotive repair industry. The student will study each automobile system where he/she will learn the theory of operation along with the proper diagnostic procedure to repair a system problem. Each course will have a laboratory session where each student will have an opportunity to practice the concepts and procedures studied in the classroom.
Students are required to furnish a prescribed hand-tool set and be prepared to upgrade the required tools as the program progresses. All tuition, fees and textbook costs are the responsibility of the student.
| First Semester | Credit |
| AUMT 1405—Automotive Technology | 4 |
| AUMT 1407—Automotive Electrical Systems | 4 |
| AUMT 1419 Automotive Engines | 4 |
| TMTH 1313 Technical Mathematics | 3 |
| PHED Activity | 1 |
| 16 | Second Semester |
| AUMT 1380 Cooperative Education-Auto/Automotive Mechanic/Technician or Free Elective | 3 |
| AUMT 2417 Engine Performance Analysis I | 4 |
| AUMT 1410 Automotive Brake Systems | 4 |
| ENGL 1301 Composition I | 3 |
| Speech | 3 |
| 17 | |
| Post-Year 1 Summer Semester |
|
| AUMT 1416 Steering and Suspension | 4 |
| AUMT 1445 Automotive Heating and Air Conditioning | 4 |
| AUMT 2434 Engine Performance Analysis II | 4 |
| 8 | |
| Third Semester | |
| AUMT 2413-Manual Drive Train and Axles | 4 |
| AUMT 2455-Automotive Engine Machining | 4 |
| Behavioral or Social Sciences | 3 |
| ENGL 2311-Technical Report Writing | 3 |
| 12 | |
| Fourth Semester | |
| AUMT 2425-Automatic Transmissions and Transaxle | 3 |
| AUMT 1380-Cooperative Education-Auto/Automotive Mechanic/Technician |
3 |
| PHED Activity | 3 |
| **Humanities or Fine Arts | 3 |
| 13 | |
| Associate of Applied Science Degree Total | 70 |
Capstone Experience: AUMT 1380 or National A.S.E. Certification Exams
* Remedial courses (those courses beginning with 0) do not apply toward the associate degree.
** Courses which satisfy this requirement are listed in the Humanities and Visual/Performing Arts section of the transfer Core Curriculum.