Welding, A.A.S.

Print Degree Planner (opens a new window) |

(Code 1336)

This program provides the background, skills, knowledge, understanding and techniques needed to produce quality weldments. Students gain knowledge of various materials and an understanding of the effects that heat and stress have on welded materials. Students should develop sufficient skills for American Welding Society Certification.

Upon completion of this program [CIP: 48.0508], graduates should be able to:

demonstrate use of computer systems used in industry.
demonstrate use of industrial machines (lathes, mills, CNC, and Welding power sources).
create a product using SMAW.
create a product using GTAW.
create a product using MIG.
create a product using Flux Core.

Prerequisite courses may apply to this program. A minimum of 60 unduplicated credits (100 level or higher) are required for all associate degree programs.

General Education Requirements

Life Skills

The following course prepares students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Life Skills (the skills needed to succeed in work-life including critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, professionalism, self-awareness, and self-management) and is required in the students’ first semester at MCC:

GNST 100 - College Success 3 Credit:

Written Communication

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Written Communication, choose one:

ENGL 100 - Freshman English I 3 Credit:
ENGL 101 - Freshman English II 3 Credit:

Oral Communication

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Oral Communication, choose one:

COMM 210 - Speech 3 Credit:
COMM 215 - Introduction to Human Communication 3 Credit:
COMM 220 - Interpersonal Communication 3 Credit:

Laboratory Science

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Application of Scientific Methodologies, choose one:

CHEM 105 - Survey of General Chemistry 4 Credit:
PHYS 230 - College Physics I 4 Credit:
- PHYS 111 3 Credit: also meets this programs science requirement, but may have limited transferability.

Mathematics

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Basic Computational Methods and Mathematical Concepts and Applications, choose one:

MATH 102 - Quantitative Reasoning 4 Credit:
MATH 103 - Quantitative Reasoning with Support 4 Credit:
MATH 159 - College Algebra 4 Credit:
MATH 180 - Precalculus 5 Credit:
MATH 190 - Introductory Statistics 4 Credit:
MATH 250 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I 4 Credit:
MATH 251 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II 4 Credit:
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Mathematics requirement but may have limited transferability.

Social Science

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Local, National, and Global Citizenship, two required:

Take POLI 240 3 Credit:

AND

Choose one:

ANTH 260 - Cultural Anthropology 3 Credit:
ANTH 266 - Indigenous Cultures of North America 3 Credit:
ECON 215 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit:
ECON 216 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit:
HIST 250 - United States History to 1865 3 Credit:
HIST 251 - United States History Since 1865 3 Credit:
PSYC 120 - General Psychology 3 Credit:
SOCI 230 - Sociology 3 Credit:
SOCI 235 - Social Problems 3 Credit:
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Social Science requirement but may have limited transferability.

Humanities and Fine Arts

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Cultural Literacy, choose one:

ARTS 190 - Art Appreciation 3 Credit:
ARTS 215 - Art History-Primitive to High Renaissance 3 Credit:
ARTS 216 - Art History-French Revolution to Contemporary 3 Credit:
ARTS 265 - Introduction to Film 3 Credit:
ENGL 195 - Introduction to Literature 3 Credit:
ENGL 200 - American Thought and Literature: Beginnings - 1865 3 Credit:
ENGL 201 - American Thought and Literature: 1865 - Present 3 Credit:
ENGL 220 - British Literature to 1798 3 Credit:
ENGL 221 - British Literature since 1798 3 Credit:
FREN 120 - Elementary French I 4 Credit:
FREN 121 - Elementary French II 4 Credit:
GERM 101 - German I 4 Credit:
GERM 102 - German II 4 Credit:
MUSI 101 - Music Appreciation 3 Credit:
PHIL 220 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 Credit:
PHIL 221 - Philosophy of World Religions 3 Credit:
PHIL 222 - Bioethics 3 Credit:
PHIL 230 - Death & Dying 3 Credit:
SPAN 130 - Elementary Spanish I 4 Credit:
SPAN 131 - Elementary Spanish II 4 Credit:
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Humanities and Fine Arts requirement but may have limited transferability.

Program Requirements

ATMN 110 - Electrical Circuit Analysis 3 Credit:
INDS 130 - Metallurgy & Heat Treatment 2 Credit:
INDS 220 - Basic Machine Operation 3 Credit:
TDSN 105 - Reading Engineering Drawings 2 Credit:
TDSN 106 - Layout and Precision Measurement 2 Credit:
WELD 101 - Fundamentals of Welding 3 Credit:
WELD 105 - MIG Welding 3 Credit:
WELD 106 - TIG Welding 3 Credit:
WELD 255 - Test Plate Welding 3 Credit:
WELD 265 - Welding Fabrication and Design 3 Credit:
WELD 275 - Welding Automation 3 Credit:
WELD 285 - Pipe Welding 3 Credit:
Students must take additional credits, as needed, in the disciplines ATMN, INDS, or TDSN.

Other programs:

MCC also offers Welding Technology Certificate , and a Welding Job Training Program .