You’ll gain the technical expertise necessary to diagnose, repair and maintain today’s high-tech automotive systems.
What is Automotive Technology?
Instruction in systems such a engines, fuel, on-board computers, transmissions, steering, suspension, and brakes is the basis for this program. The Automotive Technology program is located at the Rowan Campus.
The Automotive Technician option provides knowledge of the various systems used to develop skills in troubleshooting, performing preventative maintenance, servicing and repairing automobiles. The program, which is designed to be completed in two years, prepares graduates for entry-level service technician jobs in the auto repair industry. The student may be provided a work-study experience alternating between periods of work on-site and work in a classroom-laboratory setting.
Getting Started
What are my degree, diploma, and certificate options
Upon completion of this program, the graduate can:
- Perform basic automotive maintenance, such as lubrication, battery, cooling system, wheels and tires, spark plugs, wipers, lamps and bulbs, fuses, and other “quick service” items, including vehicle pre-delivery service.
- Diagnose and repair problems such as unusual tire wear, noise, and vibration related to the suspension and steering systems.
- Demonstrate basic hydraulic principles and design.
- Demonstrate the construction and operation of various brake systems.
- Diagnose and repair both drum and disk brakes, master cylinder, wheel cylinder, vacuum power booster, antilock brakes, and related component parts.
- Demonstrate the electronic components of the automobile, including semiconductors, diodes, transistors, and other components.
- Demonstrate how each component of the automobile interacts with the electronic circuit.
- Demonstrate computer basics, actuators, and speed control devices in the automobile.
- Maintain and repair conventional ignition systems, coils, distributors, ignition timing, electronic ignition, and distributorless ignition systems.
- Demonstrate the principles of refrigeration and the refrigeration cycle.
- Diagnose and repair automotive heating and air conditioning systems to produce maximum comfort to passengers.
- Diagnose and repair problems involving power and fuel economy.
- Diagnose and repair faults in electronic controls and circuitry, including how automotive computers receive, convert, process, compare and use various input data to control appropriate systems and components.
- Diagnose, repair and adjust the carburetor, fuel injection, and other parts of the automotive fuel system.
- Communicate the principles of the four-stroke engine.
- Repair internal combustion engines according to manufacturer’s specifications using appropriate equipment, hand tools, and measuring instruments.
- Demonstrate principles of operation, construction, and service of manual transmissions and related drive train components, differentials, clutches, u-joints, rear-wheel drive, and 4-wheel drive.
- Repair and reassemble rear-wheel-drive automatic transmissions and front-wheel-drive automatic transaxle, hydraulic principles and power flow.
How Do I Pay For This?
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What Else Do I Need to Know?
Length of Program
You can earn an associate in applied science degree in two years if you maintain full-time status.
This information should not be considered a substitute for the KCTCS Catalog. You should always choose classes in collaboration with your faculty advisor to ensure that you meet all degree requirements.
