Welding & Fabrication Engineering Technology

Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.)

About this program

With job opportunities across industries and around the globe, a degree in welding and fabrication will take you where you want to go. At Penn College, you’ll get hands-on training in specialized learning labs. Work alongside passionate and experienced instructors to hone in-demand technical skills. And learn everything from techniques and methods to problem solving skills.

97%

Overall Placement

55,000+

Square Foot Facility

49%

Hired BEFORE Graduation

Careers

Welding engineer
Designer engineer
Automation engineer

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.

Flux Cored I (WEL132)
Shielded Metal Arc I (WEL114)
Flux Cored II (WEL136)
Shielded Metal Arc II (WEL116)
Occupational Health and Safety (SAF110)
Gas Metal Arc I (WEL120)
Gas Tungsten Arc I (WEL123)
Gas Metal Arc II (WEL124)
Gas Tungsten Arc II (WEL129)
Welding Blueprint and Layout (WEL102)
Advanced Semi-Automatic Processes I (WEL211)
Shielded Metal Arc III (WEL221)
Advanced Semi-Automatic Processes II (WEL212)
Shielded Metal Arc V (WEL223)
Basic CNC Programming (WEL240)
Gas Tungsten Arc III (WEL215)
Shielded Metal Arc IV/Pipe Welding (WEL225)
Gas Tungsten Arc IV (WEL220)
Shielded Metal Arc VI/Pipe Welding (WEL227)
Welding Blueprint and Layout II (WEL252)
Non-Destructive Testing I (QAL241)
Introduction to Metallurgy (MSC106)
Robotic Welding (WEL249)
Parametric Modeling and FEA Applications for Welders (DSG328)
Industrial Project Support Systems (WEL401)
Design Statics and Strength of Materials (DSG323)
Advanced High Energy Density Processes (WEL302)
NDT Quality Assurance (QAL301)
Industrial Weld Design (WEL410)
Fabrication of Alloys (WEL400)
Industrial Electrical Systems (ELT302)
Engineering Ethics and Legal Issues (MET321)
Welding Codes and Procedures (WEL420)
Welding Internship (WEL495)

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.

College Physics I (PHS115)
Core Global and Cultural Diversity Perspective (CDP)
Core Social Science Perspective (SSP)
Core Historical Perspective (HIP)
Core Arts Perspective (ARP)

Foundations are the practical, intellectual, and social skills: communication, collaboration, critical and ethical thinking, quantitative thinking, and technological literacy that are crucial to every student at every stage of education and at every stage of life.

Information, Technology, and Society (CSC124)
College Algebra and Trigonometry I (MTH180)
English Composition I (ENL111)
College Algebra and Trigonometry II (MTH182)
Technical and Professional Communication (ENL201)
Applied Calculus (MTH230) or
Calculus I (MTH240)
Speech Elective (SPC)

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Sculpting Success

Follow along as welding student Erin Beaver crafts an amazing entry for the 2019 SkillsUSA welding sculpture competition.

Student Experience

Her path from foster care to dean's list wasn't easy, but the outcome was worth the hard-fought perseverance.

Destiny Barto

Welding & Fabrication Engineering Technology

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