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Automotive Technology - Ford Asset
Limited Entry
Associate of Applied Science Degree Program
Catalog Year 2013-2014*
*Information regarding the requirements for this Limited Entry program is available by accessing the Admission Requirements page.
MHCC Faculty Adviser
Jerry Lyons: 503-491-7203 - Room IT 35
Jerry.Lyons@mhcc.edu
The Automotive Student Service Educational Training program (ASSET) provides students with a possibility to earn income while being trained as service technicians for Ford Motor Company's current and future vehicles. Designed as a two-year automotive curriculum to develop the technical competency and professional level of the incoming dealership technician, ASSET is an instructional experience with training taking place at both Mt. Hood Community College and at sponsoring Ford and Lincoln/Mercury dealerships. The curriculum was developed by MHCC in conjunction with Ford Motor Company, and leads to an Associate of Applied Science degree in Automotive Technology from MHCC and factory training credit awarded by Ford.
Aimed at men and women who have a career interest in the automotive industry, ASSET demands a commitment to both work and study for a two-year period, and could include fall, winter, spring and summer terms both years.
The Ford ASSET Student
Ford Motor Company sees the students in ASSET programs across the nation as its “service technicians of the future.” The finest technical schools have been selected as program sites, and all instructional facilities are equipped with the most up-to-date and professional equipment available. ASSET students have not only the assurance that a major corporation is placing stock in them by their selection for training, but may also have employment options for the future. Acceptance into the Ford ASSET program means learning from Ford-certified instructors.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate safe shop practices and hazardous material handling
- Diagnose and repair automotive electrical systems as to NATEF Standard
- Diagnose and repair automotive engine performance systems as to NATEF Standard
- Diagnose and repair automotive emission systems as to NATEF Standard
- Diagnose and repair automotive internal combustion engine systems as to NATEF Standard
- Diagnose and repair automotive automatic transmission and transaxles systems as to NATEF Standard
- Diagnose and repair automotive manual drive train and axles systems as to NATEF Standard
- Diagnose and repair automotive brakes systems as to NATEF Standard
- Diagnose and repair automotive steering and suspension systems as to NATEF Standard
- Diagnose and repair automotive heating and air conditioning systems as to NATEF Standard
- Perform minor vehicle services.
The Sponsoring FORD ASSET Dealer
Ford and Lincoln/Mercury dealerships will screen qualified ASSET applicants and select those they wish to sponsor. Once a student has been selected, he or she will begin working at the dealership based on available student training positions1.
Admission is based on meeting application deadlines and satisfactory completion of criteria. All criteria are described in the application packet. Application packets are available on our website at www.mhcc.edu/LRadmissions. This program is offered once every two years and will begin again, fall 2013. Once you have read the application packet, if you have questions, please call 503-491-7256 or 503-491-7203.
| First Quarter(Fall 2013) |
Cr |
| AMF110 |
Internal Combustion Engine Theory |
4 |
| AMF111 |
Internal Combustion Engine Lab |
2 |
| AMF118 |
Electrical Systems Theory |
4 |
| AMF119 |
Electrical Systems Lab |
2 |
| AMF120 |
Minor Vehicle Services |
2 |
| MTH060 |
Beginning Algebra I2 |
4 |
| 18 |
| Second Quarter (Winter 2014) |
| AMF281 |
Automotive Dealership Experience I 1 |
6 |
| MTH065 |
Beginning Algebra II (or higher)3, 4 |
4 |
| 10 |
| Third Quarter (Spring 2014) |
| AMF132 |
Automotive Electronics I Theory |
4 |
| AMF133 |
Automotive Electronics I Lab |
1 |
| AMF136 |
Brake Systems Theory |
3 |
| AMF137 |
Brake Systems Lab |
1 |
| AMF170 |
Automotive Project I |
1 |
| AMF216 |
Engine Performance I Theory |
4 |
| AMF217 |
Engine Performance I Lab |
2 |
| WR101 |
Workplace Communications I or
WR121 English Composition |
3-4 |
| 19-20 |
| Fourth Quarter (Summer 2014) |
| AMF282 |
Automotive Dealership Experience II1 |
6 |
| 6 |
| Fifth Quarter (Fall 2014) |
| AMF251 |
Engine Performance II Theory |
4 |
| AMF252 |
Engine Performance II Lab |
3 |
| AMF253 |
Steering and Suspension Theory |
3 |
| AMF254 |
Steering and Suspension Lab |
1 |
| AMF256 |
Heating and Air Conditioning Theory |
3 |
| AMF257 |
Heating and Air Conditioning Lab |
1 |
| PSY101 |
Psychology of Human Relations |
3 |
| 18 |
| Sixth Quarter (Winter 2015) |
| AMF283 |
Automotive Dealership Experience III1 |
6 |
| 6 |
| Seventh Quarter (Spring 2015) |
| AMF152 |
Automatic Transmission Theory |
4 |
| AMF153 |
Automatic Transmission Lab |
3 |
| AMF156 |
Power Train Theory |
3 |
| AMF157 |
Power Train Lab |
1 |
| AMF258 |
Automotive Electronics II Theory |
3 |
| AMF259 |
Automotive Electronics II Lab |
1 |
| AMF270 |
Automotive Project II |
1 |
| |
Health and Physical Education requirement‡ |
3 |
| 19 |
| Eighth Quarter (Summer 2015) |
| AMF284 |
Automotive Dealership Experience IV1 |
6 |
| 6 |
| |
Total Credits |
102-103 |
1 Based on availability of sponsorship.
2 Students who placed into MTH065 or higher do not need to complete MTH060 but should instead take MTH065 or higher first quarter.
3 Required only if MTH065 was not completed first quarter.
4 Students may not use demonstrated proficiency on the College Placement Test (CPT) to satisfy this requirement.
‡ See pages 20 of the printed catalog.