Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering - Leading Process and Product Improvement

Manufacturing Technology Minor

The manufacturing technology minor is also available to Haworth College of Business students. It is recommended that students selecting the manufacturing technology minor fulfill their General Education Area VI requirements by taking CHEM 1100 and 1110 or CHEM 1030 and/or PHYS 1130 and 1140 and Proficiency 2 or 4b by taking MATH 1220 or 2000 or 1710. The manufacturing technology minor totals 18-19 semester credit hours including three required courses and three approved elective courses selected in consultation with a student’s major advisor.

Required Courses (9 hours)

Course No. Course Title Credits
IME 1420 Engineering Graphics 3
IME 1500 Introduction to Manufacturing 3
IME 3280 Quality Assurance and Control 3

Approved Electives (9 hours)

Select three (3) courses

Course No. Course Title Credits
ECE 1000 Fundamentals of Circuits and Electronics 3
ECE 1010 Fundamentals of Electronics and Machines 3
ECE 2500 Digital Logic 3
IME 1220 Automobile in Society 3
IME 2460 Introduction to Computer-Aided Design 3
IME 2500 Plastics Properties and Processing 3
IME 2540 Machining Processes 3
IME 3260 Operations Planning and Control 3
IME 3500 Production Thermoplastic Processing 3
IME 3520 Metal Casting 3
IME 3580 Computer-Aided Manufacturing 3
 

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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Kalamazoo MI 49008-5336 USA
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