Erie Community College, State University of New York

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Program Description

This curriculum can open career paths for recent high school graduates, dislocated workers, and career changers in addition to giving industrial workers the opportunity to upgrade their skills and earn an Associate in Occupational Studies (AOS) degree* while employed. With a core that is generic in design, the opportunity exists to take many technical electives and customize a degree program to fit the required skills for many employee classifications, student needs, and desires.

The program accounts for the trend for local industries to design and request from us course sequences that bring employee skills up to a specific level for given positions, including but not limited to apprenticeship. These employers can have the courses that they have identified become designated electives for current and future employees while still encouraging and supporting attainment of an AOS degree.

A unique program attribute is the capability of granting credit (pending evaluation) for non-credit courses and work place training programs that may not be recognized by other degree programs. The ECC life experience credit program may also be used to obtain credits.

* Precision Machine Tool and Plastic Injection Molding ECC Letters-of Completion Programs (approximately 30 credit hours) are available.

Special Admission Requirements/Prerequisites

All new students must meet all the criteria for admission, including but not limited to holding a high school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) and taking the ACT/ASSET placement test and achieving certain levels of competency. If minimal levels of competency are not demonstrated in math and English, remedial courses may be prescribed to improve the students' chances for success.

Degree: Associate in Occupational Studies
Hegis: 5312
Curriculum Code: 0583
Total Degree Credits: 60.0 - 62.0
Campus Location: North, South