Machine Technology: Machinist Specialty

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一名机械师生产精密金属零件和millwright or industrial mechanic maintains and installs machinery and heavy equipment used in many industries. These skilled professionals typically work in machine shops, manufacturing facilities and at construction sites.

Brazosport College’s classes offer hands-on training - taught by experienced faculty. An added benefit is the co-op classes that provide valuable on-the job training while you earn a paycheck. Machinist jobs can range from making small parts for car engines to creating gigantic parts for airplanes. They also monitor equipment, replace worn out parts, check the accuracy of parts being produced, and perform maintenance work - repairing or making new parts for existing machinery. Technological advances have brought in machines that cut with lasers, water jets and electrified wires.

Brazosport College offers a two-year degree, a basic certificate and an advanced certificate. Former students have been successful at refineries and manufacturing sites as maintenance mechanics, millwrights, industrial mechanics and industrial mechanical technicians.

Full Time Course Sequence:AAS Degree,Advanced Certificate,Basic Certificate

Basic Certificate: 18 Credit Hours

MCHN 1338 - Basic Machine Shop ICredit Hours:3
MCHN 1341 - Basic Machine Shop IICredit Hours:3
MCHN 1343 - Machine Shop MathematicsCredit Hours:3
MCHN 1302 - Print Reading for Machining TradesCredit Hours:3
MCHN 1380 - Cooperative Education I- Machine TechnologistCredit Hours:3ORProgram Elective
MCHN 1381 - Cooperative Education II - Machine TechnologistCredit Hours:3ORProgram Elective

Advanced Certificate: 33 Credit Hours

In addition to the Basic Certificate, complete the following courses:

MCHN 1352 - Intermediate Machining ICredit Hours:3
MCHN 1354 - Intermediate Machining IICredit Hours:3
MCHN 2341 - Advanced Machining ICredit Hours:3
MCHN 2345 - Advanced Machining IICredit Hours:3
MCHN 2380 - Cooperative Education III - Machine Tool TechnologistCredit Hours:3

Associate of Applied Science: 60 Credit Hours

In addition to the Advanced Certificate, complete the following:

PSYC 1300 - Learning FrameworkCredit Hours:3
MATH 1332 - Quantitative ReasoningCredit Hours:3OR其他college level MATH course.
Elective: Language/Philosophy/Culture OR Creative Arts
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General Education Elective
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ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric ICredit Hours:3
Program Elective - Select from the list below.Credit Hours:3
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Machinist Specialty Electives

Any course from AUMT, CNBT, DFTG, ELPT, ELTN, HART, INTC, MCHN, OSHT, PFPB, PTAC, or WLDG.