Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Manufacturing
About This Program
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Manufacturing provides students with advanced manufacturing knowledge and skills required for professional careers in manufacturing engineering while meeting the requirements for a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. The program is accomplished by augmenting core engineering classes with classes and research in specific disciplines relevant to manufacturing. The certificate program recognizes the broad base of engineering sciences that supports manufacturing processes as well as specialized concepts, theories, and enabling technologies used in modern manufacturing operations. Students completing this program will gain knowledge in key disciplines required in manufacturing engineering ranging from the unit process level up to the operational systems level.
Competencies
- Upon completion, the students will be able to apply key scientific principles of common manufacturing processes in mechanical engineering applications and mathematically model key process parameters and capabilities
- Upon completion, the students will be able to apply Design for Manufacturing principles to design mechanical products that satisfy performance, cost, and quality requirements
- Upon completion, the students will be able to apply knowledge in key disciplines required in manufacturing engineering ranging from the unit process level up to the operational systems level
Admissions Criteria
To be considered for admission, applicants must have completed a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or be currently enrolled in an engineering master's program at UTA with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
If enrolled in a UTA graduate engineering degree program, complete an application to the certificate administrator.
If not enrolled in a UTA engineering graduate degree program, applicants must:
- Be admitted to UTA as a non-degree seeking student
- Provide an essay detailing the applicant's background and skills as pertaining to manufacturing, interest in a specific domain, and expected benefit from completing this program.
- Provide two recommendation letters explaining how the applicant will contribute to the certificate program and how the applicant will benefit by completing the program.
Curriculum
| Foundations | 6 | |
| MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS | ||
| DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING | ||
| Specialization | ||
| Select 6 hours with at least 3 hours from the following: | 6 | |
| METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | ||
| ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS | ||
| INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS | ||
| CONTROL SYSTEM COMPONENTS | ||
| COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING | ||
| RESEARCH TRENDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES | ||
| ADVANCED ROBOTICS | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (with prior approval of certificate director when topic is relevant) | ||
| No more than 3 hours from the following: | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS RESEARCH | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING | ||
| QUALITY SYSTEMS | ||
| PRODUCTION SYSTEMS DESIGN | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS | ||
| ADVANCED STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL AND TIME SERIES ANALYSIS | ||
| PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS | ||
| AUTOMATION AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING | ||
| METRICS AND MEASUREMENT | ||
| Total Hours | 12 | |
Program Completion
To earn the certificate, students must complete 12 hours of the required coursework with grades of B or better.
Advising Resources
Advising can be conducted in person or remotely via Teams. Please email your advisor to schedule an appointment. The advising form can be downloaded from the MAE Grad Advising Canvas page. First consult with your advisor if you are planning a Leave of Absence, Grade Forgiveness, or Change of Program.
Location:
306 Woolf Hall
Email:
MAEGradAdvising@uta.edu
Phone:
817-272-2500