State Control Number: 04947
Program Code: WELD.AS
Program Length: 24 months
Approved for Federal Financial Aid: Yes
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.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| WELD 51 | Oxyacetylene Welding, Cutting & Brazing | 4.0 |
| WELD 52 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding Basic | 4.0 |
| WELD 53 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding Advanced | 4.0 |
| WELD 57A | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Basic | 2.0 |
| WELD 57B | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Advanced | 2.0 |
| WELD 58A | Gas Metal Arc Welding Basic | 2.0 |
| WELD 58B | Gas Metal Arc Welding Advanced | 2.0 |
| WELD 59 | Welding Symbols and Blueprint Reading | 1.0 |
| Total Units | 21 | |
Suggested Plan of Study
Career, salary, and labor market data information.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| WELD 51 | Oxyacetylene Welding, Cutting & Brazing | 4.0 |
| ENGL 101.0 | 2 | 4.0 |
| CMST 106 |
Interpersonal Communication or Family Communication or Group Discussion or Public Speaking |
3.0 |
| AUTO 50 |
Introduction to Automotive Technology or Heat and Air Conditioning or Plumbing Repair |
4.0 |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| WELD 52 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding Basic | 4.0 |
| HLTH 102 | Contemporary Problems in Personal And½community Health 2 | 3.0 |
| MATH 132 | The Ideas of Math | 3.0 |
| VVC GE Category IIB – American Institutions | 3.0 | |
| VVC GE Category III – Humanities 4 | 3.0 | |
| Units | 16 | |
| Summer | ||
| Degree Applicable Elective | 3.0 | |
| Units | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| WELD 53 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding Advanced | 4.0 |
| WELD 57A | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Basic | 2.0 |
| WELD 57B | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Advanced | 2.0 |
| WELD 59 | Welding Symbols and Blueprint Reading | 1.0 |
| VVC GE Category IIA – Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3.0 | |
| Units | 12 | |
| Spring | ||
| WELD 58A | Gas Metal Arc Welding Basic | 2.0 |
| WELD 58B | Gas Metal Arc Welding Advanced | 2.0 |
| WELD 60A | Elding Laboratory Shield Metal Arc Weldi | 1-2 |
| Degree Applicable Elective | 9.0 | |
| Units | 14-15 | |
| Total Units | 60-61 | |
- 2
Double counts for General Education and Competency.
- 4
Select a course that also fulfills Global Citizenship competency.