Program: Engineering Technology: Manufacturing-Industrial and Operations, AAS - College of Southern Nevada

2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook

Jul 12, 2025

CODE: ETMIO-AAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 60 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

This degree is not intended for transfer to UNLV, UNR, or NSU. Some of the courses may be eligible for transfer depending on the policies of the institution you are transferring to. Students who wish to transfer should consult with their assigned advising unit.

ACADEMIC MAP: Map: CSN AAS Engineering Technology: Manufacturing-Industrial and Operations

SCHOOL: School of Advanced and Applied Technologies

DEPARTMENT: Department of Applied Technologies

AREA OF STUDY: Computing & Engineering Technology

DESCRIPTION

Provides students with classroom and laboratory experiences in electricity, mechanical power transfer, pneumatics/hydraulics, ferrous and non-ferrous material properties, and industrial automation. Focuses on those skills used in manufacturing, industrial, and operation-support settings. Academic skills emphasizing related math, science, and human relations are stressed to prepare students to meet the challenges common in the workplace.

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Student Learning Outcomes

Test, set up, and maintain various electro-mechanical systems and machinery and perform basic system calculations.
Construct, operate, and maintain various electrical motor controllers, mechanical power transmission systems, and high pressure fluid power systems.
Apply various troubleshooting techniques for the identification and correction of faults in electrical, mechanical, and fluid power systems.
Use basic mathematical calculations, communication, and teamwork concepts.

General Education Requirements

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 27

300-level and above courses cannot be used to satisfy GE requirements.

Mathematics (3 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Recommended: MATH 116.

ET 111B - Mathematics for Electronics Applications
or MATH 116 - Technical Mathematics
or MATH 124 - College Algebra
or MATH 124E - College Algebra Expanded
or MATH 126 - Precalculus I
or MATH 126E - Precalculus I Expanded
or MATH 127 - Precalculus II or above
_{REMINDER: If a student does not place into the correct college-level MATH course, they are required to complete a preparatory or prerequisite course(s) or attempt to gain a higher score on the MATH placement exam. Such preparatory or prerequisite courses are not part of the degree, may delay degree completion, and will cause the student to complete more credits than the total listed on this degree.}

English Composition (3-5 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Communications (3 Credits)

Strongly Recommended: COM 115.

Human Relations (3 Credits)

Recommended: ALS 101.

Natural Science (8 Credits)

EGG 131 - Technical Physics I
and EGG 131L - Technical Physics I - Lab
and either
ET 131B - DC for Electronics
or MT 102 - Fundamentals of Electricity

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science (3 Credits)

any AM prefix course
or any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)
or any ART prefix course
or any COM prefix course
or CRJ 104 - Introduction to Administration of Justice
or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
or any ECON prefix course
or ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above
or GEOG 106 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
or HHP 150 - Living Healthy and Well
or HHP 201 - Stress Management
or HHP 213 - Healthy Aging
or any HIST prefix course
or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)
or any PHIL prefix course
or PHO 101 - Beginning Photography
or any PSC prefix course
or any PSY prefix course
or any SOC prefix course
or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)
or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
or World Languages 101B or above course (includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, GRE, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI)

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)

Recommended: HIST 100 or PSC 101.

Four Credit Options
HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Six Credit Options
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
or
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 217 - Nevada History
or
HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
and HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
or
HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
and HIST 217 - Nevada History

Major Requirements

TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 33

Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in an Associate of Applied Science degree program will not count toward graduation requirements.

Core Requirements (28 Credits)

Digital Literacy Requirement (0-3 Credits)

Networking Literacy (3-4 Credits)

Recommended: CIT 119B.

Elective (2-7 Credits)

Recommended: WELD 100B or AC 103B.

AC 103B - Introduction to HVAC Mechanical Theory and Application
or any course from EGG, ET, FMM, MT, or WELD not used in another portion of this degree.