Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology
In this hands-on profession, you can find a career that allows you to build on your intellectual knowledge and apply it to real world prob-lems. Graduates of the Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology program can find career opportunities in fields such as Aero-space, Agriculture, Energy, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Mining and Refining, Robotics, Pharmaceuticals, Semi-Conductor Technology, and much more. From retro-fitting and maintaining industrial equipment to installing and upgrading controls systems, your skills and knowledge can define your key role within the organization.
This 2-year program covers basic mathematics for electronics, electricity, solid state, digital devices, applied physics, and calculus. Programmable logic controllers, transmitters, transducers, recorders, and controllers are used to simulate control techniques. Students learn to monitor, install, troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate process controls for temperature, level, flow, and pressure. The program can qualify graduates for challenging and rewarding career employment as an entry-level Instrumentation, Automation and Controls, and Engineering Technicians and many more.
The Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology program is 24 months in length (eight quarters). The student will earn 159.0 credit hours which are 2,688 clock hours. Tuition is payable on a quarterly basis. There are four quarters in an academic year.
This training program concludes with an externship off campus, or with the completion of a capstone project on campus. The student to instructor ratio for the Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology program is no greater than 24:1.
Program-Outline
Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4
Quarter 5
Quarter 6
Quarter 7
Quarter 8
Total Clock Hours: 2688
Total Credit Hours: 159.0
Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology Book and Tool List
The book and tool list for students in the Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology program is intended to be a minimum requirement to complete the program. The book and tool list will be provided no later than the first day of class. For specifics on cost of books, training materials, uniforms, and tools, please refer to Tuition and Fees.
Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology Equipment List
Students in the Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology program utilize the following equipment:
Computers
Signal generators
Oscilloscopes and related electronic equipment
Digital multi-meter
Analog/digital transmitter
Control valves
Recorders
Variable frequency drives
Motor control stations
Pumps
PLC labs
HMI labs
Hydraulic labs
Smart communication devices
Distributed control system