Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall

This course provides students a basic understanding of the properties of materials and how these materials, including plastics, metals, ceramics, and composites, are transformed into finished products. Students study basic and advanced manufacturing processes, including material removal, joining, assembly, casting, surfacing, and finishing. Other topics include numerical control, rapid prototyping, measurement and gaging, geometric dimensions and tolerancing, and statistical methods