Industrial Engineering Courses at Penn Foster College
Program Name:
Associate's Degree in Industrial Engineering Technology
| Manufacturing Processes |
| Course Number |
IET 110 |
| Credits |
4.0 |
Cutting tools; machine tools; welding
techniques; magneforming; testing of
materials; nondestructive testing techniques;
micrometers; gauges; basic numerical
control. PREREQ: Technical Mathematics 1 |
| Industrial Safety |
| Course Number |
IET 243 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Procedures for handling various materials;
operating different kinds of machinery;
performing job tasks safely; survey of the
regulations designed to improve industrial
safety. PREREQ: Technical Mathematics 1 |
| Operational Analysis |
| Course Number |
IET 235 |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Operation analysis procedures; selection
of process and tooling; plant layout and
material handling. PREREQ: Technical
Mathematics 1 |
| Materials Management and Inventory Control |
| Course Number |
IET 237 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Production Scheduling, Planning, And Mrp; Capacity Management (crp); Production Activity Control; Demand Forecasting; Inventory Processes; Warehousing And Materials Handling; Just-in-time Planning; Product-quality Control; Total-quality Management (tqm). |
| Technology Orientation |
| Course Number |
MET 100 |
| Credits |
1.0 |
The development of engineering and
engineering technology; technical
mathematics; use of a scientific calculator. |
| Technical Mathematics 1 |
| Course Number |
MAT 110 |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Use of formulas; algebraic operations;
use of determinants; use of exponents;
logarithms. PREREQ: None |
| Computer Applications |
| Course Number |
CSC 104 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Computer and Internet Basics; computer
hardware and software; digital electronics
and file management; introduction to
Windows®
; PC applications in word
processing, spreadsheets, and presentation
software. PREREQ: None |
| Engineering Materials |
| Course Number |
MET 123 |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Composition and properties of metals,
ceramics, concrete, glass, graphite, plastics,
and wood. PREREQ: Technical Math |
| English Composition |
| Course Number |
ENG 100 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
This course teaches the skills and
techniques of effectively developing,
drafting, and revising college-level essays
toward a specific purpose and audience:
active reading, prewriting strategies,
sentence and paragraph structure, thesis
statements, varied patterns of development
(e.g., illustration, comparison/contrast,
classification), critical reading toward
revision of structure and organization,
editing for the standard written
conventions, use and documentation of
outside sources. Students submit three
essays (process analysis, causal analysis,
argumentation) and a course journal.
PREREQ: None |
| Physical Science |
| Course Number |
SCI 167 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Principles that define and govern the
physical universe as we know it; chemistry;
physics, earth and space sciences. |
| Technical Mathematics 2 |
| Course Number |
MAT 122 |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Practical geometry; plane trigonometry;
polygons and solids; angles; trigonometric
functions. PREREQ: Technical Mathematics 1 |
| Readings in World Civilization |
| Course Number |
SSC 105 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Importance of the study of history; major
events of the sixteenth through twentieth
centuries; causal relationships between
events and trends. PREREQ: None |
| Engineering Mechanics |
| Course Number |
MET 170 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Branches of engineering mechanics;
free-body diagrams; kinematics; force-mass
acceleration method; impulse momentum;
collision of two bodies. PREREQ: Technical
Mathematics 1 and 2 |
| Basic Drafting |
| Course Number |
MET 101 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Recognizing and interpreting various types
of drawings; using drafting equipment;
drawing techniques; creating projections;
adding dimensions, sections, auxiliary
views, and breaks to drawings; geometric
drawing systems. |
| Quality Control Systems |
| Course Number |
MET 221 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Establishing quality systems; interpreting
conventional and GD&T system drawings;
setting up and using inspection tools and
equipment; developing part acceptance
procedures; statistical process control (SPC)
fundamentals and practical applications. |
| Organizational Behavior |
| Course Number |
BUS 340 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Management approaches; human
decision-making; conflict management;
communication in groups; power and
influence; organizational environment,
structure and design; fundamental forces
of change. PREREQ: Principles of
Management or similar management course |
| Business and Technical Writing |
| Course Number |
ENG 121 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Writing Styles; Abc Method Of Organizing Material; Grammar (parts Of Speech, Active And Passive Voice, Complete Sentences Vs. Sentence Fragments; Parallel Construction); Using Action Verbs; Constructing Paragraphs; Writing Memos, Business Letters, And Emails; Organizing Material; Conducting Research; Documenting Sources; Outlining; Providing Illustrations; Writing Reports, Proposals, Descriptions, Instructions, Articles, And Manuals. Prereq: None |
| Electro/Mechanical Control Technology |
| Course Number |
MET 240 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Recognizing control system types; various
types of feedback loops, designing digital
and analog systems; operation of
controlled and sensing devices; system
evaluation and troubleshooting. |
| Drafting with AutoCAD® |
| Course Number |
MET 202 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Computer-aided drafting and design systems;
AutoCAD® menus and features; file and entity
creation; drawing organization; displaying
modifying, and annotating drawings; data
exchange and output methods. |
| Music Appreciation |
| Course Number |
HUM 104 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Appreciating music; roles of composer and
listener; principles of music theory and
instrumentation; historical periods; varying
styles of music. PREREQ: None |
| Resident Laboratory Training |
| Course Number |
CET 249 |
| Credits |
3.0 |
Students will be required to complete
a series of comprehensive, practical
experiments using various measuring
instruments. Experiments are designed
to provide familiarization with
instrumentation, equipment, preparation
of data, and laboratory reporting
techniques. Students may earn credit for
this by completing the course at an
approved school or by submitting a
life/work experience portfolio
demonstrating completion of similar skills
to those emphasized in the laboratory
training. PREREQ: Semester 3 |
Program description: The Industrial Engineering
Technology Program is designed
to meet the increased demand for
trained engineering technicians.
The program will prepare technicians
to assist industrial engineers in the
planning, quality control, or
production and operation of
engineering, manufacturing,
or commercial operations.