The AOS degree program will be for students who would like to take a two-year degree program. The first year students will complete AWS Level I standards for an Entry Level Welder. The second year will take students toward AWS Levels II and III - Advanced Welder and Expert Welder. Additional techniques such as high-pressure vessel, high-pressure pipe, and ship fitting will be taught as well as other advanced welding techniques.
The students perform extensive hands-on work in a fully equipped approximately 2,600 square foot welding lab. Every student will have an individual welding booth with adequate ventilation and air replacement equipment. Lecture will be held in a separate facility utilizing the latest instructional techniques.
In their second year, the students will work in a 10,000 square foot fabrication facility located at the nearby Wellsville Dresser-Rand facility. This laboratory was made possible through a commitment from Dresser-Rand and Lincoln-Electric in partnership with Alfred State College.
A student must successfully complete all courses in the prescribed four-semester program and earn a minimum cumulative index of 2.0, which is equivalent to a "C" average. Students are required to earn a grade of "C" or higher in WELD 1723 Welders Calculations to be eligible for graduation. (Articulation is available in this area.)
A typical class day begins at 7:30 a.m. and includes approximately one hour of lecture in the latest welding technology. This is followed by approximately five hours of instructor-monitored lab time. Students receive 750 hours of lab instruction each year (1,400 hours if completing two years) and 200 hours of lecture a year (400 hours if completing two years).
| First Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WELD | 1724 | Gas Welding, Gas Cutting and Plasma Cutting | 4 |
| WELD | 1733 | Weld Metallurgy, Bluepring Reading and Inspection & Testing | 3 |
| WELD | 1728 | Arc Welding, Carbon Arc Cutting and Gouging | 8 |
| WELD | 1723 | Welder's Calculations | 3 |
| 18 | |||
| Second Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WELD | 2715 | Shielded Metal Arc and Flux Cored Arc Welding | 5 |
| WELD | 2725 | Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW I) | 5 |
| WELD | 2735 | Gas Tungsten Arc Weld'g | 5 |
| WELD | 2733 | Tolerancing and Working Drawings | 3 |
| 18 | |||
| Third Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WELD | 3005 | SMAW II, Codes/Insp, Basic CNC | 5 |
| WELD | 3813 | Metallurgy, Code, Certification, Inspection & Testing | 3 |
| WELD | 3025 | GTAW II, Comp of Materials | 5 |
| WELD | 3015 | GMAW II, FCAW II | 5 |
| 18 | |||
| Fourth Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WELD | 4425 | GMAW III, FCAW III, SAW | 5 |
| WELD | 4435 | SMAW III, GTAW III | 5 |
| WELD | 4445 | Welding Fabrication | 5 |
| WELD | 4013 | Senior Project | 3 |
| 18 | |||