Automotive Service Management, AS

State Control Number: 41279
Program Code: ASM.AS
Program Length: 24 months
Approved for Federal Financial Aid: Yes

Upon completion of these courses the student should be prepared to pass the ASE C1 Automotive Service Consultant exam and be prepared for employment as a professional automotive service advisor and or shop manager.

To earn this degree, complete the major coursework with “C” grades or better and all of the following graduation requirements:

• ​60 minimum degree-applicable units (including a maximum 4 units of activity) and 12 degree-applicable units through VVC;
• the VVC General Education pattern; 
• Information Competency; Global Citizenship; Kinesiology; and
• 2.0 minimum overall degree-applicable GPA.

Courses may be double-counted in the major and in a general education category. Courses counted in one AA/AS major may not be used in another AA/AS major.

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Required Courses
AUTO 50	Introduction to Automotive Technology	4.0
AUTO 58	Automotive Lubrication Technician	2.0
AUTO 77	Automotive Service Writing and Shop Management	3.0
AUTO 77L	Automotive Service Writing and Shop Manager Laboratory	2.0
AUTO 77.1	Automotive Leadership and Team Building	3.0
AUTO 77.2	Automotive Safety Training for Managers	3.0
AUTO 77.3	Automotive Workplace Professionalism	2.0
Total Units		19

Suggested Plan of Study

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Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Fall		Units
AUTO 50	Introduction to Automotive Technology	4.0
AUTO 77.3	Automotive Workplace Professionalism	2.0
ENGL 101.0	English Composition and Reading 2	4.0
CMST 109	Public Speaking	3.0
Degree Applicable Elective		3.0
	Units	16
Spring
AUTO 77	Automotive Service Writing and Shop Management	3.0
AUTO 77L	Automotive Service Writing and Shop Manager Laboratory	2.0
HLTH 102	Contemporary Problems in Personal and Community Health 2	3.0
VVC GE Category V - Mathematics		3.0
Degree Applicable Elective		3.0
	Units	14
Second Year
Fall
AUTO 58	Automotive Lubrication Technician	2.0
AUTO 77.1	Automotive Leadership and Team Building	3.0
VVC GE Category IIA - Social & Behavioral Sciences 4		3.0
VVC GE Category IIB - American Institutions		3.0
Degree Applicable Elective		3.0
	Units	14
Spring
AUTO 77.2	Automotive Safety Training for Managers	3.0
VVC GE Category III - Humanities		3.0
Degree Applicable Elective		10.0
	Units	16
	Total Units	60

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Double counts for General Education and Competency.

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Select a course that also fulfills Global Citizenship competency.