MATC 2025-26 Catalog

DEGREE/DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Industry 4.0. Portions of this course are online. A computer with a 64-bit operating system and reliable internet are required to complete this course. MFGMNT-102 Credits: 3 Motor Controls for Technicians This course examines the fundamentals of electric motors and motor control. Students will learn to recognize and draw basic symbols, use the language of motor control, and apply these in industry adopted formats. Students will also learn to draw and read ladder and wiring diagrams, and be introduced to the logic used in motor control. Learners will apply this logic to correctly interpret, install, service and wire control circuits. Wiring of panels, machines and systems will also be examined. Portions of this course are online. A computer with a 64-bit operating system and reliable internet is required to complete this course. MFGMNT-103 Credits: 1 MSSC Safety This class prepares the student to successfully complete the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) Safety online assessment. The class will concentrate on the specific content covered in the MSSC Safety module and students that successfully complete the associated national exam will be awarded the nationally recognized MSSC Certified Production Technician Safety credentials. MFGMNT-104 Credits: 1 MSSC – Quality This class prepares the student to successfully complete the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) Quality online assessment. The class will concentrate on the specific content covered in the MSSC Quality module and students that successfully complete the associated national exam will be awarded the nationally recognized MSSC Certified Production Technician Quality credential. MFGMNT-105 Credits: 1 MSSC – Process This class prepares the student to successfully complete the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) Manufacturing Processes online assessment. The class will concentrate on the specific content covered in the MSSC Manufacturing Processes module and students that successfully complete the associated national exam will be awarded the nationally recognized MSSC Certified Production Manufacturing Processes credential. MFGMNT-106 MSSC – Maintenance This class prepares the student to successfully complete the manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) Maintenance online assessment. The class will concentrate on the specific content covered in the MSSC Maintenance module and students that successfully complete the associated national exam will be awarded the nationally recognized MSSC certified Production Maintenance credential. Credits: 1

MEDINT-110

Credits: 3

MEET-178

Credits: 3

Applied Medical Interpretation 2 Continue to develop accurate interpreting skills through practice and analysis. Simultaneous interpretation, managing communication, documentation, legal boundaries and interpreting in healthcare specialty areas are emphasized. MEDINT-111 Credits: 3 Applied Medical Interpretation 3 Through a variety of experiences such as job shadowing, role playing and practice, this course provides students with entry-level experiences in interpreting skills. Expands professional insights as students share and analyze fieldwork experiences. Prerequisite(s): Completion of or currently enrolled in MEDINT-110. MEDINT-112 Credits: 3 Dual Language Enhancement for Healthcare This course highlights fundamental skills of written and oral language for healthcare professionals. Coursework includes composition, public speech and reading comprehension in the English and Spanish language. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Medical Interpreter program (31-538-1). MEET – Meeting and Event Management (Department 109) MEET-108 Credits: 2 Events Budget and Financial Management Establishing a realistic and sound budget is vital to creation of a successful meetings. This course examines the steps in developing a meeting budget. Students learn techniques for projecting and managing budgets including per person methodology, return on investment and break even analysis. Prerequisite(s): Completion of or currently enrolled in MEET-180. MEET-151 Credits: 3 Introduction to Hospitality/Tourism This course introduces the various components of the travel services industry including basic terminologies and tourism vocabulary. The course provides a general orientation to the program and a survey of travel career opportunities. Students learn to integrate current knowledge with ongoing events and trends of the travel and tourism industry. MEET-152 Credits: 3 Fundamentals of Green Meetings This course provides students with a solid foundation of what is a green meeting, commonly used terminology, and how to execute a socially responsible and environmentally responsible meeting or event. Through a green lens, students will explore core strategies and principles in planning a green meeting. Further focus includes green tools and resources available to plan a green meeting.

Meeting and Convention Planning This course introduces students to the meetings industry, including promotional activities, negotiating for meeting services, convention market salesmanship, customer service and convention servicing. Course content includes a study of the planning, marketing, execution and follow-up of meetings, conferences, conventions and package promotions. Facilities and event planning, as well as convention methods and techniques, are explored in depth. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-180 and MEET-181. MEET-180 Credits: 3 Registration and Housing Logistics This course enables the students to identify and develop tools that allow attendees to have a seamless meeting experience. One critical tool the students will learn in this course is to design a functional registration process. Students will also develop a housing process by creating rooming lists, coordinating the housing logistics and managing sleeping guest rooms from blocks. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-151. Completion of or currently enrolled in MEET-181. MEET-181 Credits: 3 Exposition/Special Event Management This course focuses on the planning of special events of all types including expositions, meetings, conventions, trade shows, retail events, festivals and nonprofit events in the hospitality and event management industry. Emphasis is placed on the methodology of event planning including theme setting, building the target sponsorship, contracts, negotiations, site selections, planning event specifications and working with budgets. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-151. MEET-184 Credits: 3 Risk Management and Crisis Planning This course focuses on the art and science of negotiations, crisis planning and risk management, and contract and legal issues in the meetings industry. Students learn to identify issues that are negotiable, the steps in the negotiation process and commonly used negotiation techniques. The course also focuses on basic contract provisions and key clauses of a facility contract as well as the unique elements and differences of hotel and convention center contracts. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-180. MFGMNT − Manufacturing Maintenance (Department 462) MFGMNT-101 Credits: 2 Introduction to Robotics In this course, learners are introduced to programming techniques for industrial robots. The learner examines teach pendant programming including I/O, routines, decision making, six frames of positional operation, and robot communication. Upon completion of the course, learners will be able to operate and program industrial robots commonly used in

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