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  "college": "el-camino-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Welding",
  "id": "welding-as",
  "name": "Welding",
  "award": "Associate of Science",
  "department": "welding",
  "sourceUrl": "http://catalog.elcamino.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=13&poid=3668",
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      "markdown": "**Design and Applied Technology Division**\nwww.elcamino.edu/academics/divisions/design-and-applied-technology/\n\nThe welding program prepares students for employment in the field and provides opportunities for currently employed personnel to upgrade their skills. By completing the degree or certificate requirements, students gain proficiency in oxy-acetylene cutting, plasma arc cutting, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, and flux cored welding. Students develop skills in welding ferrous and non-ferrous alloys in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions and gain skills in layout, fabrication, reading engineering drawings and pipe welding. The program also provides training for students to prepare for AWS D1.1 certification. Competencies will be assessed regularly in accordance with criteria established by the American Welding Society (AWS), the American Petroleum Institute, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American National Standards Institute.\n\nAt least 50 percent of the major requirements for the Associate in Science degree must be completed at El Camino College.\n\nFor Gainful Employment information, please visit www.elcamino.edu/academics/areas-of-study/welding.php.\n\nFor Gainful Employment program information, please visit www.elcamino.edu/academics/areas-of-study/welding.php\n\n### 13-14 units from:"
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 1A",
          "title": "Introduction to Multi-Process Welding",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 1B",
          "title": "Advanced Welding for Manufacturing",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 10A",
          "title": "Introduction to Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 10B",
          "title": "Intermediate Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 10C",
          "title": "Advanced Certification and Career Preparation Lab",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 29",
          "title": "Blueprint Reading",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 40A",
          "title": "Introduction to Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### 8 units from:"
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 28",
          "title": "American Welding Society (AWS) D1.1 Certification Test Preparation",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 40B",
          "title": "Intermediate Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 45",
          "title": "Structural Fabrication",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### 5-6 units from:"
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 15",
          "title": "Basic Welding for Allied Fields",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 20A",
          "title": "Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 23",
          "title": "Advanced Arc Welding Specialty Lab",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WELD 40C",
          "title": "Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Skills Lab",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "**Total Major Units: 26-28**\n\n### Recommended Electives:\n\nNote: Students granted course credit for WELD 10A or WELD 40A may take an elective to satisfy the unit requirement for the degree and certificate."
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ACR 5",
          "title": "Electrical Applications",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ACR 61",
          "title": "Fundamentals of Automation Systems",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BUS 117",
          "title": "Personal Finance",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CADD 5",
          "title": "Introduction to Mechanical Drafting",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CTEC 100",
          "title": "Building Fundamentals",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MTT 10A",
          "title": "Introduction to CAD/CAM",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MTT 16",
          "title": "General Metals",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MTT 101",
          "title": "Introduction to Conventional and CNC Machining",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### GE Patterns\n\nComplete one of the following:\n\n#### ECC GE: 24 units\n\nRequired for local degrees (AA and AS).\n\n#### Cal-GETC: 34 units\n\nRequired for transfer degrees (AA-T and AS-T).\n\n### Electives\n\nAs needed to reach a minimum of 60 degree-applicable units.\n\n**Minimum Degree Total: 60 units**"
    }
  ]
}