Mechatronics - Associate in Applied Science – T Degree
Mechatronics focuses on the convergence of mechanical, electrical and computer controls in complex systems and automation. It is a multidisciplinary approach combining mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, process control engineering, and software engineering into an integrated skill set for construction, repair, and optimization of complex industrial equipment. This makes it applicable to a wide range of growing industries including automation and robotics, advanced manufacturing, aerospace and transportation systems, process control, logistics and supply chain management, and agriculture. Modern life is filled with mechatronic systems: they clean the water you drink, manage the car you drive and are involved in the creation of nearly everything you see around you. Every industry employs some level of mechatronics.
Clover Park Technical College’s AAS-T Mechatronics degree provides the skills needed to succeed in this exciting field. The program begins with courses that establish a solid base of technical skills and an understanding of the various disciplines that make up mechatronics as well as lean manufacturing and quality standards. Courses are taught with an eye toward linking disciplines together for larger mechatronic systems. Subsequent courses then build expertise in the foundational skills while increasingly integrating all skills into the design, construction, optimization, maintenance, and repair of full mechatronics systems. Students who complete the Mechatronics AAS-T Degree will also have the option to further their education by enrolling in our BAS in Mechatronics Engineering Technology and Automation (BAS- META), which is the first Bachelor’s degree in mechatronics to be offered anywhere in the Pacific NW.
Students pursuing an AAS-T degree must complete all college degree requirements prior to graduation.
Program Length
The program is approximately seven quarters long, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements.
Admission Dates
Summer, fall, winter, and spring quarters.
Program Outcomes
• Employ safe practices while using fluid power, electrical, mechanical and control equipment.
• Analyze the transmission of power between electrical, mechanical and fluid power.
• Use digital and analogue controls on mechanical, electrical, fluid power, and hybrid systems.
• Construct complex machinery involving multiple forms of power and control.
• Troubleshoot mechatronic systems, including the complex interplay between different power and control variables.
• Analyze technical documentation typical for mechatronic systems.
• Prioritize social, economic, and environmental sustainability in mechatronic systems and processes.
Completion Requirements
Prerequisite(s)
To enter the program, a student must be eligible to take college-level English and college-level psychology, or another social science or humanities course.
This program assumes that students will be able to enroll in, or will have passed, MATH& 141 by the start of the third quarter of the program. Any developmental coursework that a student may be required to take to achieve this may increase the program length and is not reflected in credit counts as shown below. Math sequences to meet this requirement must be planned with your advisor prior to program enrollment.
Quarter 1: Intelligent Machine Operator
The following equivalent courses are cross listed in MET:
MET 111 for MEC 201
MET 112 for MEC 120
MET 113 For MEC 202
Quarter 2: Mechatronics Fundamentals
| MEC 151 | Mechanical Systems Build | 5 |
| MEC 152 | Panel Systems Build | 5 |
| MEC 153 | Mechatronics Programming Methods | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Program Core
Mechatronics Applications: at least 4 credits in one or more of the following courses
| MEC 285 | Mechatronics Applications I | 2-12 |
| MEC 286 | Mechatronics Applications II | 2-12 |
| MEC 287 | Mechatronics Applications III | 2-12 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Optional Program Electives:
Mechatronics Elective Options (may be taken at discretion of student or advise of instructor)
General Degree Requirements
AAS-T Degree General Education Requirements (23 credits)
All AAS-T degrees must have a minimum of 20 credits of transferable general education. Required credits include:
COLL 102 *must be taken in first 2 quarters
5 credits in communication
5 credits in quantitative reasoning
5 credits in social science
5 credits in social science, humanities, or science
Choose one from the following:
3 credits in College Success: