Ivy Tech Community College has received approval to offer the Associate of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology degree program from the Commission for Higher Education, a 14-member public body created to plan and coordinate Indiana’s state-supported system of postsecondary education. The new program will be offered beginning with the fall semester of 2009.
Graduates of the MET associate degree program will qualify to design, develop, test, and work in the manufacturing of industrial machinery, consumer products, and other equipment. Mechanical engineering technologists may work as engineering assistants in design, instrumentation, testing, robotics, transportation, bioengineering, production operations, maintenance, or technical sales. Many may become administrators or managers.
Students will develop basic mechanical design skills and the appropriate science and math knowledge to enter the workforce and/or transfer to a four-year engineering technology program. Graduates can continue their education at IUPUI, applying their credits toward a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
The AS in MET will invite participation from traditional students, both full- and part-time, who are recent high school graduates; non-traditional adult students who are underemployed or preparing to enter/re-enter the workforce; and students pursuing a baccalaureate degree in engineering technology who want to start at a community college.