Academics
Manufacturing Engineering Technology
To pursue a career in manufacturing, you must enjoy solving problems and working with your hands and possess communication, mathematical, physical science, and mechanical abilities. You must be creative, persistent, and able to work independently and with others.
As a Manufacturing Engineering Technology graduate, you work as a technician, engineering aide, or first-line supervisor in production, quality control, purchasing, and industrial relations. You solve manufacturing problems, prepare product specifications, study ways to improve efficiency and supervise production workers.
Career Opportunities
The Manufacturing Engineering Technology program offers you a wide variety of career opportunities such as:
- Facility planning/plant layout
- Industrial relations/training
- Inventory planning/control
- Manufacturing engineering
- Materials testing
- Plant engineering/maintenance
- Process/product development
- Purchasing
- Quality control
- Safety/loss prevention
- Technical sales/service
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Admission to the Program:
Students must complete basic skills placement test before entering the program. Contact the Testing Center at (309) 694-5234.
Degree
Associate in Applied Science (Career Program)
Total Credit Hours: 60
Program Requirements
Select a course number below to see a course description.
Required General Education Courses
Course | Name | Credit Hours |
ENGL 110 | COMPOSITION I  | 3 |
COMMUNICATION * | 3 | |
SOCIAL SCIENCE * | 3 | |
MATHEMATICS ** | 3 | |
PHYSICAL SCIENCE *** | 4 | |
HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS * | 3 |
Required Program Courses
Course | Name | Credit Hours |
MATHEMATICS ** | 3 to 5 | |
MECTK 110 or | INTRODUCTION TO THE TOOLS OF TECHNOLOGY  or | 3 |
MACTR 110 | PRINT READING - MECHANICAL  | 3 |
MECTK 115 | PRINCIPLES OF DIMENSIONAL METROLOGY  | 3 |
MECTK 121 or | INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING USING AUTOCAD  or | 3 |
MECTK 125 | 3-D MODELING WITH PRO-ENGINEER  | 4 |
MECTK 138 | MANUFACTURING PROCESSES I  | 3 |
MECTK 204 | STATICS AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS  | 4 |
MECTK 226 | STATISTICS AND QUALITY CONTROL  | 3 |
MECTK 231 | INDUSTRIAL FLUID POWER  | 3 |
MECTK 232 | MATERIALS SCIENCE AND PHYSICAL METALLURGY  | 3 |
MECTK 238 | MANUFACTURING PROCESSES II  | 3 |
NCTK 110 or | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC) SYSTEMS  or | 3 |
SCM 220 | BASICS OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT  | 2 |
PHYSICAL SCIENCE *** | 4 | |
WELD 119 | WELDING PROCESSES  | 3 |
* See specific requirements for Associate in Applied Science Degree.
** Math Sequence (minimum 6 credit hours); Option 1: (Baccalaureate Sequence-Preferred) MATH 130 and 137; Option 2: (Baccalaureate Sequence) MATH 115 and 120; Option 3: (Non-transfer Sequence) MATH 106 and 130.
*** Must be a physics course.
The college maintains articulation agreements with several universities from which students may pursue a bachelor's degree upon graduating.
Recommended Course Sequence
Semester | Courses |
Fall Semester 1 | MECTK 110 or MACTR 110; MECTK 121 or 125; MECTK 138; Mathematics; ENGL 110 |
Spring Semester 1 | MECTK 115; MECTK 226; MECTK 238; Mathematics; WELD 119 |
Fall Semester 2 | MECTK 204; MECTK 231; Physics; NCTK 110 or SCM 220; Social Science |
Spring Semester 2 | MECTK 232; Humanities; Communications; Physics |
Program Contact Information
Agricultural and Industrial Technologies Department
AIT Building, Room 209
(309) 694-5171 or (309) 694-5510
Illinois Career Cluster
Manufacturing
Career Pathway:
Maintenance, Installation and Repair
Career Pathway
Pathway programs at ICC have a map that shows the courses/degree requirements that will lead students to their desired education and employment goals.
Career Cluster:
Manufacturing If you are a high school junior or senior, you can get a head start on your future by taking college-level courses now! Visit our Dual Credit webpage for a listing of area high schools with courses available Composition I (ENGL 110) | Humanities | Mathematics | Social Science High School Diploma or GED Getting Started: Apply to ICC | Paying for College | Career Information:
Industrial Engineering Technicians
| Student Information Manufacturing Engineering Technology
(60 credit hours) Certified Manufacturing Engineer Manufacturing Engineering Technologist, Manufacturing Production Technicians
$22-33/hr Program transfer guides layout course work to be taken at ICC and the transfer institution to complete specific programs of study or majors Program transfer guides layout course work to be taken at ICC and the transfer institution to complete specific programs of study or majors. Bradley University offers several articulation options for students. Transfer agreements formalize the transfer process from ICC to other colleges and universities. For additional transfer information, including information on transfer partnerships and transfer guides:
Pathway:
Maintenance, Installation and Repair
ICC Pathway: Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Early College
Point of Entry
Associate of Applied Science Degree
Industry Credentials
Employment Information
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