Auto Collision Technology (ABAS1)
Award: Associate in applied science degree
Program location: Applied Technology Center
This degree covers the entire scope of the field, including basic and advanced metal finishing repair, frame repair and alignment, panel replacement, major body repair, and all aspects of automotive painting using the latest technology.
For entry into the Auto Collision program, a written mechanical reasoning test is required.
Graduation Requirements
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General education
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27
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Major requirements
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70.5-78.5
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Total credit hours required
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97.5-105.5
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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 |
Additional
| INFO 1001 | Information Systems and Literacy  | 4.5 credits |
| HMRL 1010 | Human Relations Skills | 4.5 credits |
| | OR | |
| RDLS 1200 | College Success Strategies | 4.5 credits |
Major requirements for Auto Collision Technology (70.5-78.5 credit hrs.)
| AUTB 1040 | Auto Collision Repair Welding | 3.0 credits |
| AUTB 1100 | Structural Repair I | 3.0 credits |
| AUTB 1110 | Structural Repair II | 3.0 credits |
| AUTB 1200 | Nonstructural Repair I | 6.0 credits |
| AUTB 1210 | Nonstructural Repair II | 6.0 credits |
| AUTB 1220 | Nonstructural Repair III | 6.0 credits |
| AUTB 2120 | Structural Repair III | 3.0 credits |
| AUTB 2230 | Nonstructural Repair IV | 6.0 credits |
| AUTB 2240 | Nonstructural Repair V | 6.0 credits |
| | OR | |
| AUTB 2981 | Auto Collision Internship | variable credits |
| AUTB 2241 | Nonstructural Repair VI | 6.0 credits |
| | OR | |
| AUTB 2981 | Auto Collision Internship | variable credits |
| AUTB 2300 | Automotive Refinishing I | 3.0 credits |
| AUTB 2310 | Automotive Refinishing II | 6.0 credits |
| AUTB 2450 | Collision Estimating I | 3.0 credits |
| AUTB 2460 | Collision Estimating II | 3.0 credits |
| AUTB 2550 | Electrical and Mechanical Systems | 3.0 credits |
| RDLS 1200 | College Success Strategies | 4.5 credits |
| | OR | |
| | Elective* | 4.5 credits |
*Elective must be approved by program faculty.
See Curriculum Plan