Facilities
Modern Fully-Equipped Labs
Get hands-on experience in specialized labs using industry-standard equipment, just like you’ll see in the real world.
Automotive Technology: Honda PACT
Associate of Applied Science Degree (A.A.S.)
About this program
Next steps...
You're on your way to becoming a tomorrow maker.
Careers
- Service technician
- Service equipment representative
- Rebuilding shop assembler
- Repair shop operator
- Parts & inventory control
Courses
At Penn College, we believe your educational experience should go beyond specialized skills. Real-world ready means taking a broader approach that builds communication skills, inspires collaboration, and encourages exploration of arts, history, and science.
Specialization requires in-depth knowledge and high-level proficiency. Students learn and apply major-specific concepts, skills, and methods.
- Manual Transmission & Transaxle Principles (AMT111)
- Brake Systems (AMT112)
- Steering & Suspension (AMT113)
- Fundamentals of Automatic Transmissions (AMT119)
- Automotive Electrical Fundamentals (AMT109)
- Automotive Fuel & Emission Control Systems (AMT121)
- Engine Principles (AMT122)
- Engine Electrical Systems (AMT126)
- Honda Automotive Fundamentals & Dealership Operations (HAD111)
- Honda Dealership Internship I (HAD160)
- Honda Electrical Systems (HAD211)
- Honda Automotive Powertrain (HAD251)
- Honda Heating & Air Conditioning (HAD240)
- Honda Gasoline, CNG & Hybrid Fuel & Emission Systems (HAD230)
- Honda Steering, Suspension & Advanced Safety Systems (HAD221)
- Vehicle Safety Inspection (AMT242)
Perspectives are points of view, offering a variety of ways of understanding, interacting, and influencing the world. Students identify, explain, and utilize the approaches used by academics and professionals to study, analyze, or understand problems, and offer solutions.
Your Path
Automotive Degrees
Interested in a career in automotive? Explore the possibilities with Honda PACT students Shawn and Mark. In this video, you’ll learn why they chose Penn College and what they like most about their program. They’ll also show off the labs, explain the various degree options, and talk about the ease of leveling up from certificate to associate’s to bachelor’s.
Maker Profiles
Student
Shawn Simmons
Automotive
After spending three years training in automotive at his CTC, Shawn knew a college degree would take him where he wanted to go.
Faculty
Joe Tavani
Automotive
Seemingly impossible mechanical issues? No worries. Joe loves a challenge.
Student
Mark Bierly
Automotive
After one semester at his previous school, he said ‘good-bye’ to large lecture halls and ‘hello’ to hands-on learning.
Tour Schedule
Seeing is believing.
Think Penn College might be a good fit for you? Make plans to visit and discover what hands-on learning is all about.
Feb 24
Undergraduate Open House
Saturday, February 24 8:30 AM - 3 PM
Apr 7
Undergraduate Open House
Sunday, April 7 8:30 AM - 3 PM
Internship
Your knowledge in practice
Internships are key for career preparation. Apply your knowledge to the workplace and learn about the industry first-hand with paid internships.
Industry Partners
Work with experts to become an expert
Penn College's strong partnerships impact every step of your journey – from your first day in the classroom and labs, to career placement (oftentimes before graduation) and beyond.
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Student Life
Lead and put your skills to the test
Penn College Motorsports Association
Student Organizations at Penn College
Your college experience is about more than the classroom. Join one of 65+ clubs and organizations, or create your own.
Penn College News
10.31.2023
WNEP sees where today's students meet next-generation vehicles
WNEP's Chris Keating visited Penn College's Parkes Automotive Technology Center on Tuesday afternoon, interviewing an instructor and student about the automotive program's expanded EV curriculum. The ABC affiliate's Central Pennsylvania Bureau reporter talked with Charles F. Probst, the faculty member teaching the college's new Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology course, and Sheldon C. Fleming, of Allensville, an automotive technology student who just completed its first session this semester.
10.26.2023
Penn College faculty members among pioneers in EV instruction
As the automotive industry moves away from the internal combustion engine and toward the era of electric vehicles, Pennsylvania College of Technology has adapted its already-visionary curriculum and empowered faculty members to deliver that instruction.
10.18.2023
PPG instructor shares airbrush finesse in return visit
A PPG Industries Inc. training instructor, renowned for his custom paint artistry, shared decades' worth of expertise this week with Penn College students, faculty and career and technical education instructors. Paul Stoll – who last visited campus during the Air Affair East showcase in May 2007 – began Wednesday with a basic airbrush class.
Study Abroad
Gain global experience
See the world via Williamsport. Take your education abroad and get hands-on experience learning about your industry on a global scale.
Student Experience
The community as their classroom
Students supplement lab work with Honda field trip
Students in the automotive technology: Honda PACT program recently visited the Honda Heritage Center and Honda manufacturing facility in Marysville, Ohio, learning about the history of the Honda Motor Co. and its various technologies, as well as how the manufacturing process relates to their curriculum at Penn College.
More Information
Master Automobile Service Technology accredited by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF).
Students in this major will gain valuable experience through an internship with a Honda/Acura dealership. This relationship with the dealership is vital to successful completion of the major and must be established prior to enrollment. Therefore, we ask that prospective students contact us immediately after submitting their application so that we may explain the options available to them.
This major is subject to the transfer standards established by the College. Exceptions must be approved by the school dean.
View the Automotive Technology: Honda Tool List
Uniforms and tools are available for purchase through The College Store.
Alternative Credit refers to academic credits earned through means other than traditional college course completion, including: credit by exam, articulation, proof of competency gained in high school, work/life experience, and advanced placement.
Visit the Alternative Credit Options page for requirements and procedures and for information on credit through Advanced Placement.
- Mr. Kyler Bender, '16, '18, Service Manager, Hazleton Honda
- Mr. Anthony J Goff, Jr., Service Manager, Rohrich Honda
- Mr. Alain Johnson, '15, '20, Field Technical Specialist, American Honda Co.
- Mr. Andrew Knorr, Parts Manager, Ciocca Dealership
- Mr. Matt Marchiori, '06, '08, Executive Staff for Fixed Operations, Ciocca Dealerships
- Ms. Brooklynne Morse, '15, Automotive Technician, Scott Honda
- Mr. Joseph Mudlock, Service Manager, Motorworld Honda/Acura
- Mr. Nick Rieber, '08, '10, Service Manager, Faulkner Honda
- Mr. Harold Stone, Service Manager, Ciocca Honda of Williamsport
- Mr. Jon J Yetter, '98, Honda Service Manager, Ciocca Dealerships