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Overview

The mission of the Engineering Department is to provide a sound experiential education in engineering and technology while instilling professionalism, ethics and teamwork. There are three distinct yet complementary fields and programs: Engineering (EGR), Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) and Design and Drafting Technology (ENT).

Engineers design safe solutions to practical problems by applying mathematics, science and ingenuity while considering economic and technical constraints. AACC offers a way to prepare students for a university engineering program:

• Associate of Science (A.S.) in Engineering Transfer - First two years of the most common engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, aerospace, environmental, bioengineering and chemical). Transfers to all universities in Maryland and to most nationally.
• Associate of Science in Engineering Electrical Engineering degree - This degree was developed to facilitate the transfer of students from two-year to four-year engineering programs by transferring as a degree, rather than on a course-by-course basis, into parallel four-year engineering programs in Maryland.

Frostburg State University is a member of the AACC University Consortium, allowing AACC engineering graduates to take classes toward a bachelor’s degree in engineering at AACC without leaving the county through an AACC-Frostburg articulation agreement.

Electronics Engineering Technicians are not engineers although many of the electrical courses cover similar topics. Technicians build, test and repair equipment containing electronics, motors or computers. The Electronics Option is always in demand and Telecommunication Option is especially attractive with expected growth in cyber communications in the future. With the A.A.S. degree, an EET graduate is immediately employable.

Design and Drafting Technology is known by most people by the more common name computer-aided design or just CAD. Many engineers and technicians are required to use CAD applications such as AutoCAD and SolidWorks, both taught at AACC. The certificate qualifies the CAD operator to work in varied situations where detailed specifications, drawings and models are required.

Program Names

• Engineering Transfer (A.S.)

• Electrical Engineering (A.S.E.)

• Electronics Engineering Technology (A.A.S.)
• Mechatronics Engineering Technology (A.A.S.)

• Electronics Technology (certificate)
• Mechatronics Technology (certificate)

• Solid Modeling and Rapid Prototyping (lor)
• Wiring Technician (lor)

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