Technical Design in Manufacturing, A.A.S.

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(Code 1320)

This program is designed to prepare students for employment or advancement in the fields of industrial design, fabrication, and manufacturing with an emphasis on emerging technologies and strategies. Students will be well equipped to compete in today’s job market, as the program combines traditional fabrication tools with new design and fabrication processes. A counselor should be consulted if the student plans to transfer to a four-year institution.

Upon completion of this program [CIP: 15.1301], graduates should be able to:

demonstrate use of computer systems used in industry.
demonstrate use of industrial machines.
demonstrate communication and relationships.
design a tool and die.
create drawings using CAD software.

Please Note:

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 - Success Skills for the 21st Century 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:

PHYS 101 - Physical Science 4 Credit:
PHYS 230 - College Physics I 4 Credit:

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 159 - College Algebra 4 Credit:
MATH 180 - Precalculus 5 Credit:
MATH 250 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I 4 Credit:
MATH 251 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II 4 Credit:
- MATH 101 4 Credit: and MATH 120 3 Credit: also fulfill the requirements for this program, but may have limited transferability.

Social Science

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

POLI 240 - American Political System 3 Credit:

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:
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

INDS 129 - Basic Machine Operations 4 Credit:
INDS 260 - Manufacturing Processes 2 Credit:
TDSN 103 - Industrial Communications 2 Credit:
TDSN 107 - Industrial Documentation and Measurement 4 Credit:
TDSN 115 - Introduction to CAD 4 Credit:
TDSN 125 - Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing 2 Credit:
TDSN 135 - Tool & Die Design Production 2 Credit:
TDSN 136 - Tool & Die Design Forming 2 Credit:
TDSN 235 - Tool & Die Design Transfers 4 Credit:
TDSN 251 - Advanced CAD 4 Credit:
TDSN 285 - Integrated Design for Manufacturing 3 Credit:
Students must take one additional course in the disciplines ATMN, INDS, TDSN or WELD.