Welding engineering students at the Big Rapids, Michigan-based Ferris State University study for a bachelor of science in welding engineering technology. Its curriculum consists of core courses such as Controls for Automation, Advanced Resistance Welding and Computer Aided Weldment Design. The general education requirement courses include Advanced Technical Writing, Applied Calculus and Fundamentals of Public Speaking. Students need a minimum of 69 credits to earn the degree. One of the requirements needed to enter the program, however, is an Associate of Applied Science in Welding Technology, which Ferris also offers.
Ohio State University requires its students for the bachelor of science degree in welding engineering to complete a certain combination of math, English, engineering and chemistry courses -- called Technical Electives -- before commencing on the core curriculum. Welding engineering courses at OSU include Welding Metallurgy, Industrial Quality Control, Electricity and Magnetism and Electrical Circuits. In total, students need 193 credits to graduate.
At Montana Tech, students can elect the welding engineering specialization in the bachelor of science in general engineering program. There, students need up to 136 credits to graduate with a degree. Welding engineering courses include Thermodynamics, Microstructure Interpretation, Design of Welding Connections, Industrial Robotics and Physics of Welding. A selection of calculus, writing and humanities electives is also required.
Penn State University offers the bachelor of science in welding and fabrication engineering technology degree to welding engineering students. Before proceeding to the major, each student is tested for English, math and reading deficiencies. Penn State's 138-credit welding engineering program for undergraduates consists of courses such as Fabrication of Alloys, Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Blueprint Welding for Welders, Principles of Macroeconomics and Elementary Statistics With Computer Applications.