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Student Individual Education Plan

Automotive Technology
Master Certification
Catalog Year 2006-2007

Location Offered: Prescott

Completion of this certificate program will prepare students for the National Automotive Service Excellence Certification examinations to become a Certified Master Automobile Technician and a Certified Engine Machinist. In addition, students will develop troubleshooting and analysis skills that will increase their diagnostic and repair abilities. Applied computer skills and information distribution within repair facilities are incorporated in this certificate. The Automotive Program at Yavapai College is ASE certified by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation, Inc.

Course	Course Title	Credit Hours
AUT 101	Introduction to Automotive Technology	2
AUT 122	Automatic & Manual Trans/Transaxle	5
AUT 123	Brakes	4
AUT 125	Heating and Air Conditioning	3
AUT 126	Suspension & Steering	4
AUT 131	Engine Performance	5
AUT 132	Electrical Systems	5
AUT 151	Engine Repair	5
AUT 253	Advanced Engine Repair	3
AUT 255	Computer Applications in Shop Management	3
	Total Minimum Credit Hours	39

NOTE: National Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certification is essential to individuals preparing for positions in the automotive industry. ASE certification requires hands-on working experience as well as completion of written examinations. Two years of post-high school educational training, such as that offered in the automotive certificate and degree programs at Yavapai College, may be substituted for up to one year of the hands-on work experience requirement of the ASE certification.

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