What You’ll Learn

Automotive Technology Program (Certificate and AS)

Objectives

The majority of the Automotive Technology certificate and associate degree programs is devoted to automotive technical specialties, including actual work on live vehicles in the student Automotive Training Center.

In addition to the mechanical technologies, the associate degree program is complemented by the study of mathematics, physics, humanities, and social sciences. Humanities, social sciences, and English courses comprise part of the curriculum to ensure that graduates possess broader social visions and effective communication skills.

Credits from BFIT’s certificate program may be applied toward the associate degree program.

Student Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Automotive Technology programs, the graduate will be able to:

• Demonstrate diagnostic strategies, using electronic/mechanical principles, to effectively repair vehicle management systems in accordance with manufacturers, State and Federal guidelines.
• Demonstrate—through practical example, written and verbal presentation—an understanding of automotive industry safety, emerging technologies, economics, government regulations, and business models.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the internal combustion engine by utilizing diagnostic strategies that effectively repair an internal combustion engine.
• Understand DC electricity and demonstrate diagnostic repair strategies for automotive electrical components and systems that effectively repair electrical components.
• Utilize mathematical calculations, principles, and formulae to perform a variety of tasks related to automotive system repair.
• Effectively diagnose, repair, and adjust various subsystems, including: suspensions, brakes, transmissions, heating and air conditioning, and lighting systems.
• Identify and repair safety-related issues relative to automotive vehicles that concern the operator, passengers, and general public.
• Demonstrate the proficient use of scan tools and other diagnostics test equipment that will aid in repairing the customer’s complaint with precision accuracy.
• Demonstrate specific techniques to determine the different failures between gasoline, diesel, hybrid, and electric vehicles and understanding necessary repairs.