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2025-2026 General Catalog

Technical Studies, Welding Concentration, AAS

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Freshman Year

First Semester: 14 Credit Hours (Fall)

WELD 100: Welding Orientation and Safety Credit Hours: 3
TEED 142: Print Reading for Engineering and Manufacturing Credit Hours: 3
WELD 102: Welding Inspection & Testing Credit Hours: 2
WELD 104: Oxyfuel Syst & Cutting Process Credit Hours: 3
MATH 129: Applied Technical Mathematics Credit Hours: 3
♦ CAREER AND TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE: THERMAL CUTTER

Second Semester: 15 Credit Hours (Spring)

WELD 106: SMAW Basic Beads & Fillet Weld Credit Hours: 3
WELD 108: SMAW V-Groove BU/Gouge Credit Hours: 3
WELD 110: SMAW V-Groove Open Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 101: Composition and Rhetoric I Credit Hours: 3
♦ CAREER AND TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE: TACK WELDER/PIPE FITTER HELPER

Sophomore Year

Third Semester: 16 Credit Hours (Fall)

WELD 114: GTAW Basic Fillet Weld/V-Groov Credit Hours: 3
WELD 116: GMAW Basic Fillet Weld/V-Groov Credit Hours: 3
WELD 118: SMAW Pipe Credit Hours: 4
Humanties Elective Credit Hours: 3 **
Social Sciences Elective Credit Hours: 3**
♦ CERTIFICATE OF TECHNICAL STUDIES: ARC WELDER- SMAW

Fourth Semester: 15 Credit Hours

WELD 120: GTAW Pipe Credit Hours: 4
WELD 122: GMAW Pipe Credit Hours: 4
WELD 124: FCAW Pipe Credit Hours: 4
Natural Sciences Elective Credit Hours: 3**
♦ CERTIFICATE OF TECHNICAL STUDIES: ARC WELDER- GTAW, GMAW, FCAW

♦ TECHNICAL DIPLOMA: WELDING

Total Credit Hours for the Associate of Applied Science in Technical Studies, Welding Concentration: 60

The combination of required courses and approved electives must total at least 60 credit hours.

**Approved general education elective courses can be found at http://catalog.bpcc.edu/content.php?catoid=17&navoid=2163#general-education-courses. For a full list of course descriptions with prerequisites see: http://catalog.bpcc.edu/content.php?catoid=17&navoid=2138.

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