Are you interested in how things function?

Do you enjoy working with your hands, fixing technical problems and finding better solutions?

This Career Community leads to careers in advanced manufacturing, automation, automotive, civil engineering, electric power utility, electrical engineering, electrical maintenance, environmental, HVACR (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration), industrial technologies, welding and engineering transfer programs.

Critical skills and abilities

• arm-hand steadiness
• control precision
• critical thinking
• operation monitoring
• problem sensitivity

Technical skills and knowledge

• computer aided design (CAD) software
• engineering and technology
• mathematics
• mechanical

Exploratory major

If you know this Career Community is the right fit for you but you’re unsure of your major, choose the engineering technology, industrial, advanced manufacturing and automotive technologies exploratory major to get started in the right direction. Your first 15 credit hours are applicable to all majors within this career community and you’ll get the experience to know which major is right for you. See admissions to apply.

If you are unsure if this Career Community is right for you, connect with career services to explore your options.