Welding Technology (WEAAS)
Award: Associate in applied science degree
Program location: South Omaha Campus
This degree provides basic to advanced training in the major welding processes. Students completing the program are exposed to standard welding procedures used in construction and industry as well as established safety standards and measures. A fabrication project that requires students to use their welding skills, including the reading of welding blueprints, is required. Students graduating from the Welding Technology program earn the qualification/certification of their choice, which they can transfer from job to job.
Graduation Requirements
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General education
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27.0
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Major requirements
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70.0
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Electives
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11.0
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Total credit hours required
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108.0
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General education requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)
Communications
| | English level I | 4.5 credits |
| | English level II | 4.5 credits |
Humanities/social sciences
| | Humanities/social sciences | 4.5 credits |
Quantitative/numeracy skills
| | Mathematics or Financial Literacy | 4.5 credits |
Professionalism and Life Skills
| INFO 1001 | Information Systems and Literacy  | 4.5 credits |
| HMRL 1010 | Human Relations Skills | 4.5 credits |
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| RDLS 1200 | College and Career Strategies | 4.5 credits |
Major requirements for Welding Technology (70.0 credit hrs.)
Students can establish their own schedule in many welding courses through MCC’s open-entry/open-exit process. Entrance into the program is determined by an Individual Education Plan (IEP) document. Students who are interested need to make an appointment to speak with an advisor at 531-622-4500 or make an appointment with a full-time instructor at 531-622-4567.
| DRAF 1100 | AutoCAD Fundamentals | 9.0 credits |
| WELD 1000 | Print Reading for Welders | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 1100 | Industrial Cutting Processes | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 1200 | Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) - Steel I | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 1300 | Oxy-Acetylene Welding | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 1400 | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Steel I | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 1410 | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Stainless I | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 1420 | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Aluminum I | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 1500 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Flat | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 1510 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Vertical | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 1700 | Introductory Fabrication | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2200 | Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) - Steel II | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2220 | Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) - Stainless | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2230 | Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) - Aluminum | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2240 | Flux-Cored Arc Welding I | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2242 | Submerged Arc and Metal-Cored Welding | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2400 | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Steel II | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2500 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Horizontal | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2510 | SMAW (Stick) - Overhead | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2710 | Industrial Fabrication Project | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2810 | Welder Pre-Qualification | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2820 | Welder Qualification (Certification) | 1.0 credit |
Electives for Welding Technology (11.0 credit hrs.)
Select 11.0 credit hours from the following:
| BSAD 1000 | Introduction to Business | 4.5 credits |
| BSAD 2610 | Labor and Management Relations | 4.5 credits |
| ELME 2070 | Hydraulics and Pneumatics | 4.0 credits |
| ELTR 1200 | Basic Electricity | 8.0 credits |
| INCT 1000 | Industrial Safety and Health | 4.5 credits |
| PRMA 1401 | Machine Tool I | 9.0 credits |
| WELD 2241 | Flux-Cored Arc Welding II | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2410 | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Stainless II | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2420 | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Aluminum II | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2520 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Pipe I | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2530 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Pipe II | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2540 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Pipe III | 3.0 credits |
| WELD 2600 | Gas Shielded Arc Welding - Pipe | 3.0 credits |
Attendance at the first class session is mandatory for all welding lab sections.
See Curriculum Plan