Mechatronics - Certificate with Financial Aid Eligibility

Engineering and Building Arts Department

MECH-CT

Effective Catalog Term: Fall 2018 (550) through Present (CIP#0615000013)

The requirements shown below are valid beginning Fall 2018 (550). Course content may have changed to reflect new developments or improvements, even if the overall program structure has not. Current students should visit My SPC and view My Learning Plan to see specific degree requirements for their effective term.

Program Leadership Information

Dr. Natavia Middleton
Dean
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Dr. Mohammed Tamimi
Executive Director
Tamimi.Mohammad@SPCollege.edu
727-614-7271

Program Summary

This 30 credit hour certificate program offers a sequence of courses that provides comprehensive and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in Advanced Manufacturing. Students will be immersed into a hands-on program that will prepare for employment as industrial mechanics. The content includes but is not limited to instruction in maintenance techniques, computer aided drafting/design skills, technical communications, maintenance and operation of various industrial components, robotics and automation systems, pneumatics and hydraulics, and motors and controls.

The Academic Pathway is a tool for students that lists the following items:

the recommended order in which to take the program courses
suggested course when more than one option exists
which semester each course is typically offered
if the course has a prerequisite
courses that may lead to a certificate (if offered in the program)

If you are starting the program this term, click here to access the recommended Academic Pathway.

If you have already started the program, click one of the following for the archived Academic Pathways.

Archive

Please verify the Academic Pathway lists your correct starting semester.

Program Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an understanding of industrial processes and material properties.
Generate and interpret computer-aided drawings.
Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of electricity and electronics.
Demonstrate an understanding of industrial safety, health, and environmental requirements.
Demonstrate proficiency in using tools, instruments, and testing devices.
Demonstrate basic troubleshooting skills.
Demonstrate appropriate communication skills.
Demonstrate appropriate math skills.
Understand, operate, troubleshoot, and maintain pneumatic, hydraulic, and electromechanical components and/or systems.
Understand, operate, and maintain industrial automation systems.
Troubleshoot industrial automation systems.
Apply the principles of robotics to automated systems.
Create and operate human machine interfaces to control automated systems.