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Process Control and Automation
Process control is a statistics and engineering discipline that deals with architecture mechanisms for controlling the output of a specific process.  Heating up the temperature in a room and controlling air conditioning are process controls. This concentration will make you aware of process control systems in practice and they will become familiar with sure applications as discrete, batch and continuous.
GENERAL EDUCATION -- 20 CREDITS
    Fundamentals of Public Speaking 3
    English Composition 3
    Life Skills Elective 1
    Intermediate Algebra 3
    Geometry-Trigonometry 3
    Humanities/Social Sciences Elective 3
    Technical Physics 4
    or  
    Physics I 4
PROFESSIONAL / TECHNICAL CORE -- 18 CREDITS
    Introduction to Print Reading 3
    Introduction to the Workplace and Safety 3
    Basic Electricity 3
    Problem Solving and Teamwork 3
    Computer Fundamentals for Technology 3
    Introductory Welding 3
    or  
    Processes and Materials 3
CONCENTRATION -- 12 CREDITS
    Programmable Controllers I 3
    Process Control and Automation I 3
    Process Control and Automation II 3
    Process Control and Automation III 3
REGIONALLY DETERMINED --  (Limit = 12)
TOTAL CREDITS 62
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MIT,  '06
HVAC Service Technician
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Industrial Technology
Concentrations
Electric Line
  Construction
HVAC
Maintenance
Machining
Natural Gas
Process Control and
  Automation
Power Plant
Welding
   
Certificates
Fluid Power
Heating and Air
  Conditioning
Industrial Electrician
Machine Tool
Structural Welding