Manufacturing Systems Technology Overview

Southwestern Michigan College’s Manufacturing Systems Technology program covers a broad range of career topics designed to serve the professional interests and needs of students. Students can earn an associate in applied science degree, which can be used towards a four-year degree in engineering, manufacturing, and industrial technologies.

Through the Manufacturing Systems Technology program, students will learn the fundamentals of electricity and electronics, programmable logic controllers, process control and instrumentation, microprocessors, communications, and more.

The program’s well-equipped labs, located at SMC’s Niles Area Campus, features an Allen Bradley motion control system, which includes programmable logic controllers, servos, displays and software used in today’s industry.

Because Manufacturing Systems Technology program is tailored towards the student’s interest, students can take a number of electives with a broad scope of learning. The program accepts the first 30-33 credits from the following SMC certificate programs:

• Computer Aided Drafting and Design
• Electrical Systems Technology
• Precision Production Technology
• Welding Technology