Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Technician - Undergraduate Certificate
Program Overview
Kent State's Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Technician undergraduate certificate provides students with a foundation in high-tech manufacturing, with a focus on semiconductor fabrication, cleanroom operations, and electronic systems design. The certificate prepares graduates for careers as semiconductor manufacturing technicians, operating and maintaining equipment in fabrication plants and designing circuit boards. Graduates may continue their education with the articulation agreement to Kent State's Associate of Applied Science in Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology or Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Technician undergraduate certificate provides students with a core of high-tech, manufacturing-related courses with a focus on semiconductor fabrication, clean room, vacuum technology, manufacturing and maintenance, digital and electronic systems and the design and development of electrical and electronic circuits. Advanced semiconductor manufacturing technicians help engineers to manufacture semiconductor chips in the fabrication plant, operate and maintain the vacuum pumps and systems in manufacturing facility, design and develop circuit boards for computers, electrical and electronic equipment. They often work in product evaluation and testing, using measuring and diagnostic devices to adjust, test and repair equipment. The certificate articulates with the Kent State's Associate of Applied Science in Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology and Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology.
Outline:
Program Requirements:
- Course List:
- ATS 11001 INTRODUCTION TO VACUUM SYSTEMS (3 credit hours)
- EERT 11000 INTRODUCTION TO SEMICONDUCTOR AND CLEANROOM (4 credit hours)
- EERT 12000 ELECTRIC CIRCUITS I (4 credit hours)
- EERT 12001 ELECTRIC CIRCUITS II (3 credit hours)
- EERT 12010 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONICS (4 credit hours)
- EERT 22004 DIGITAL SYSTEMS (4 credit hours)
- IT 11000 INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY APPS (3 credit hours)
- MATH 10041 INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS (KMCR) (3-4 credit hours) or MATH 10051 QUANTITATIVE REASONING (KMCR) or MATH 11010 ALGEBRA FOR CALCULUS (KMCR)
- MERT 12000 ENGINEERING DRAWING (3 credit hours)
- Minimum Total Credit Hours: 34
Graduation Requirements:
- Minimum Certificate GPA: 2.000
- Minimum Overall GPA: 2.000
Roadmap:
- Semester One:
- ATS 11001 INTRODUCTION TO VACUUM SYSTEMS (3 credit hours)
- EERT 11000 INTRODUCTION TO SEMICONDUCTOR AND CLEANROOM (4 credit hours)
- EERT 12000 ELECTRIC CIRCUITS I (4 credit hours)
- IT 11000 INTRODUCTION TO OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY APPS (3 credit hours)
- Total Credit Hours: 17
- Semester Two:
- EERT 12001 ELECTRIC CIRCUITS II (3 credit hours)
- EERT 12010 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONICS (4 credit hours)
- EERT 22004 DIGITAL SYSTEMS (4 credit hours)
- MATH 10041 or MATH 10051 or MATH 11010 INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS (KMCR) or QUANTITATIVE REASONING (KMCR) or ALGEBRA FOR CALCULUS (KMCR) (3-4 credit hours)
Careers:
- Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries:
- Calibration technologists and technicians and engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other
- Projected Employment Growth: 2.1% slower than the average
- Number of Jobs: 91,600
- Potential Earnings: $64,190
- Semiconductor processing technicians
- Projected Employment Growth: 0.7% little or no change
- Number of Jobs: 30,800
- Potential Earnings: $40,500
- Additional Careers:
- Field Service Technician - Semiconductor Equipment
- Industrial Maintenance Mechanic
- Packaging Technician
- Production Associate
- Production Packaging Associate
- Quality Technician
- Semiconductor Process Equipment Technician
- Semiconductor Manufacturing Technician
- Senior Equipment Maintenance Technician - Semiconductors
Other:
- Program Delivery: Mostly online, In person
- Location: Trumbull Campus
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