Metallica Scholars Initiative
Students in Automotive Technology who are selected for the Metallica Scholars Initiative will receive up to $425 in scholarship money, to be applied to the Fall 2024 semester. Students selected may also receive personal protective equipment and/or tools. Submit your application by October 11.
Lowe’s Upskill Scholarship Program
This program is eligible for scholarships offered by the Lowe’s Foundation to fund innovative training programs to community and technical colleges across the U.S. to support skilled trades workforce development initiatives through it’s first-ever round of Lowe’s Foundation Gable Grants.
About the Program
Precision Manufacturing and Machining Technology is an instructional program that prepares individual to shape metal parts on machines such as lathes, grinders, drill presses, and milling machines.
What Students Learn
- Instruction in making computations related to work dimensions, testing, feeds, and speeds of machines
- Using precision measuring instruments such as layout tools, micrometers, and gauges
- Machining and heat-treating various metals
- Laying out machine parts
- Instruction in the operation and maintenance of computerized equipment
Career Opportunities
- Precision Machinist
- General Machinist
- Machine tool operator
- Tool and die maker
Degree Options and Requirements
This program leads to an Associate of Applied Science Degree and is preparatory for employment upon graduation from MGCCC. Where a transfer to four-year college or university is desired, a conference should be scheduled with a MGCCC advisor.
All students completing a career or technical program must complete a MGCCC Board- approved Technical Skills Attainment where applicable. Students should see an advisor for further details.
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Precision Manufacturing and Machining Technology Coursework
For class times, visit the MGCCC class schedules.
Precision Manufacturing and Machining Certificate
Semester One
Semester Two
Total Credits: 34
Precision Manufacturing and Machining Diploma
Semester Three
| Course | Credit(s) |
|---|---|
| MST 2714 - Computer Numerical Control Operations I | 4 |
| MST 2725 - Computer Numerical Control Operations II | 5 |
| MST 1422 - Advanced Blueprint Reading | 2 |
Total Credits: 11
Associate of Applied Science Degree
Semester Four
| Course | Credit(s) |
|---|---|
| ENG 1033 - Technical English or ENG 1113 / 1114 English Composition I | 3/4 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3☨ |
| Social/Behavioral Science | 3+ |
| Math/Natural Science Elective | 3/4# |
| BAD 2533 - Computer Applications in Business and Industry | 3 |
| or CSC 1123 - Computer Applications I |
Total Credits: 15/17
Note:
Please refer to “The Credit by Non-Traditional Means” regarding stipulations for receiving articulated credit.
☨ If a student takes a foreign language as the one humanities requirement, that course must be an advanced foreign language that includes the following: Occupational Spanish (MFL 1203), French II (MFL 1123), Spanish II (MFL 1223), Japanese II (MFL 1423), Italian II (MFL 1723), French III (MFL 2113), Spanish III (MFL 2213), Italian III (MFL 2713), French IV (MFL 2123), Spanish IV (2223), or Italian IV (MFL 2723).
+ SPT 2173- Interpersonal Communication is recommended; economics, psychology, sociology, marriage and family, or human growth and development.
# MAT 1033 – Technical Mathematics, MAT 1313/1314 – College Algebra or Higher; however, MAT 1723 – The Real Number System and MAT 1733 – Geometry, Measurement, and Probability are not applicable or Any Lab Science.