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

Entry level salaries average $14,500-$29,000 for Manufacturing Engineering Technology graduates.

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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
ENGL 201	TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS	3
	SOCIAL SCIENCE *	3
	MATHEMATICS **	3
PHYS 112	TECHNICAL PHYSICS I	4
	HUMANITIES *	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	2
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
PHYS 113	TECHNICAL PHYSICS II	4
WELD 119	WELDING PROCESSES	3

Elective Courses

Course	Name	Credit Hours
	TECHNICAL ELECTIVES ***	5

* 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.
*** Technical Electives: NCTK 212, 214; MECTK 251; SCM 220, 231, 232.

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 138; MECTK 115; Mathematics; ENGL 110
Spring Semester 1	MECTK 121 or 125; MECTK 238; Mathematics; PHYS 112; WELD 119
Fall Semester 2	MECTK 204; MECTK 231; PHYS 113; Technical Elective(s); Social Science
Spring Semester 2	MECTK 226; MECTK 232; Humanities; ENGL 201; Technical Elective(s)

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.

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