The process option for the Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Technology will prepare you for a manufacturing career. In this option, you’ll take courses that are more centered around manufacturing technology and cover topics such as machine tooling and welding.
The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Manufacturing Technology Major, Process Option, Bachelor of Science (BS)
The manufacturing process option focuses on select areas of technology, science and methods of materials processing. This option prepares the student to enter and progress in industry in a variety of areas including, quality assurance, inventory control, production line supervision or process management.
Note: Including university requirements, the above program requires a minimum of 180 credits, an average of 15 credits per quarter for a 12 quarter, four-year program. The 180 credits are based upon the following assumptions:
Grade Requirements: In order to graduate, students majoring in the department must earn an average GPA ≥2.5 in all courses required for this major (all courses in the list below).
| Required Supporting Outside Department Courses | ||
| CHEM 121 | CHEMISTRY AND ITS ROLE IN SOCIETY | 5 |
| or CHEM 171 & 171L | GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I | |
| MATH 142 | PRECALCULUS MATH II | 5 |
| or MATH 161 | CALCULUS I | |
| or HONS 161 | CALCULUS I | |
| PHYS 100 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE I | 5 |
| or PHYS 110 | ENERGY, SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT | |
| or PHYS 121 | DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY | |
| or PHYS 131 | INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I | |
| or PHYS 151 | GENERAL PHYSICS I | |
| Required Departmental Courses | ||
| MENG 217 | 3D PARAMETRIC COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN | 4 |
| METC 110 | ENGINEERING GRAPHICS | 5 |
| TECH 330 | TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN I | 4 |
| TECH 331 | TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN II | 4 |
| TECH/HONS 393 | TECHNOLOGY WORLD CIVILIZATION | 4 |
| TECH 403 | COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| TECH 452 | ENGINEERING ECONOMICS | 4 |
| TECH 454 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | 4 |
| TECH 456 | ENGINEERING ETHICS, CONTRACTS AND PATENTS | 4 |
| TECH 458 | QUALITY ASSURANCE | 4 |
| TECH 462 | INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ENGINEERING | 4 |
| Required Manufacturing Technology Courses | ||
| MENG 353 | INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS | 5 |
| MNTC 208 | SURVEY OF ELECTRICITY | 4 |
| MNTC 301 | METALLIC PROCESSES | 5 |
| MNTC 320 | NON-METALLIC PROCESSES | 5 |
| MNTC 402 | MACHINE TOOL I | 5 |
| MNTC 404 | COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL | 5 |
| MNTC 406 | WELDING TECHNOLOGY | 4 |
| MNTC 430 | MACHINE TOOL II | 5 |
| Required Senior Capstone Series | ||
| MNTC/APTC/CMTC/DNTC/TECH 490 | SENIOR CAPSTONE: PRODUCTION LAB | 4 |
| MNTC/APTC/CMTC/DNTC/TECH 491 | SENIOR PROJECT (variable credit) | 4-6 |
| MNTC/DNTC/TECH 495 | INTERNSHIP | 1-15 |
| or MNTC 439 | TOPICS IN MANUFACTURING | |
| Total Credits | 107-123 | |
The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.
Courses could be offered in different terms, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| ENGL 101 | 5 | ENGL 201 | 5 | MENG 217 | 4 |
| MATH 142 | 5 | METC 110 | 5 | Humanities & Arts BACR 21 | 5 |
| Humanities & Arts BACR 11 | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 3 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 17 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| MNTC 301 | 5 | CHEM 121 or 171 and 171L (Natural Science BACR 2) | 5 | Social Science BACR 21 | 5 |
| PHYS 100 or 110 (Natural Science BACR 1) | 5 | Diversity - graduation requirement1 | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Social Science BACR 11 | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| MNTC 208 | 4 | MNTC 402 | 5 | MENG 353 | 5 |
| TECH 330 | 4 | MNTC 406 | 4 | MNTC 404 | 5 |
| TECH 403 | 4 | TECH 331 | 4 | TECH 458 | 4 |
| TECH 454 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | 17 | 14 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| MNTC 320 | 5 | MNTC 495 | 6 | MNTC 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement) | 4 |
| MNTC 430 | 5 | TECH 393 (Global Studies - graduation requirement) | 4 | MNTC 491 | 4 |
| TECH 452 | 4 | TECH 462 | 4 | TECH 456 | 4 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | 17 | |||
| Total Credits 180 | |||||
University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.