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Curriculum in Industrial Technology
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Welding Technology Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††IT 100 Introduction to Technology 3
††IT 111 Engineering Drafting with Computer Assisted Design 3
MATH 161G College Algebra 3 
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
Biological
ScienceG		   4
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
CMPS 173 Software for Management of Data    3
MATH 162G Plane Trigonometry 3
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3
CHEM 101G General Chemistry I 3
CLAB 103 General Chemistry Laboratory I 1
PSYC 101 or
SOC 101G		 General Psychology
Introductory Sociology  		 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††IT 242 Materials and Processes 3
††IT 264 Industrial Fluid Power 3
MATH 241 Elementary Statistics 3
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
 3
PHYS 191 General Physics 3
PLAB 193 General Physics Laboratory                                        1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††IT 211 Codes and Other Standards 3
††IT 233 Introduction to Basic Electricity and Electronics 3
††IT 256 Principles and Metallurgy of Welding 3
COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3
Physical
Science1,G		   4
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††IT 221 Nondestructive Testing 3
††IT 241 Manual Welding 3
††OSHE 111 Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health,
and Environment		 3
ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing 3
ECON 201G Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics) 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††IT 322 Materials Science and Metallurgy 3
††IT 341 Automatic and Semiautomatic Welding 3
MGMT 351 Principles of Management 3
ACCT 200 or Introduction to Financial Accounting 3
HIST 101 or
HIST 102 or
HIST 201 or
HIST 202G		 Western Civilization to 1500
Western Civilization since 1500
American History to 1877
American History since 1877		 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††IT 351 Machine Tool Technology 3
††IT 381 Welding Joint Design 3
††IT 407 Six Sigma Industrial Quality 3
Arts2,G   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††IT 403 Senior Project CWI/CWS 3
††IT 405 Work Methods and Measurement                  3
††Technical 
Elective I3		   3
††Technical
Elective II3		   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
††A "C" or better must be earned in all major courses.
1Select Chemistry 102/104 or Physics 192/194.
2Select one course in Art, Dance, Music or Theatre.
3Technical electives should be selected by students in consultation with their advisors. Three hours must be selected from Industrial Technology and an additional 3 hours from Computer Science, Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, Management, Mathematics, or Physical Science. No 100-level course will be accepted without approval of the Department Head.