Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology
In the Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology program students study how to monitor, install, troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate process controls for temperature, level, flow, and pressure in an industrial environment.Graduates of the Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology program find career opportunities in fields such as Aerospace, Agriculture, Energy, Manufacturing, Mining and Refining, Pharmaceuticals, Semi-Conductor Technology, and much more. From retro-fitting and maintaining industrial equipment to installing and upgrading controls systems, your skills and knowledge may help define your key role within the organization.The curriculum includes Programmable logic controllers, transmitters, transducers, recorders, and controllers are used to simulate control techniques. Subjects include basic mathematics for electronics, electricity, solid state, digital devices, applied physics, and calculus. Students study how to monitor, install, troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate process controls for temperature, level, flow, and pressure in the classroom and lab.The Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology program is 24 months in length (eight quarters). The student will earn 159.0 credit hours which are 2,688 clock hours. Tuition is payable on a quarterly basis. There are four quarters in an academic year.This training program concludes with an externship off campus, or with the completion of a capstone project on campus. The student to instructor ratio for the Instrumentation, Automation & Robotics Technology program is no greater than 24:1.