The Certificate in Automotive Technology is a one-year, fifty-week, thirty-credit program for students who do not wish to pursue a degree, but would prefer to enter the work force as soon as possible. Each specialized subject is dealt with in the classroom and the hands-on laboratory. Students need no prior automotive skills to begin the program. The student may start in any semester. The courses in this certificate program are the same credit bearing courses offered in the degree program and are applicable should the student decide at a later date to pursue the AAS degree in Automotive Technology at MCC. Monroe Community College is offering this program to students in the western region of New York State (Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo).
(Housed in the Applied Technologies Department)
| Distribution Requirements | Credit Hours |
| FIRST SEMESTER: (Fall) 6 Credit Hours | |
| LIBERAL ARTS ELECTIVE | 3 |
| ATP 151 Integrated Automotive Systems | 3 |
| Total | 6 |
| SECOND SEMESTER: (Spring) 8 Credit Hours | |
| LIBERAL ARTS ELECTIVE | 3 |
| ATP 102 Automotive Electrical Systems | 3 |
| ATP 171 Automotive Co-op I | 2 |
| Total | 8 |
| THIRD SEMESTER: (Fall) 2 Credit Hours | |
| ATP 172 Automotive Co-op 2 | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
| FOURTH SEMESTER: (Summer) 14 Credit Hours | |
| ATP 153 Schematic Reading | 3 |
| ATP 155 Brakes and Welding | 3 |
| ATP 156 Steering and Suspension Systems | 3 |
| ATP 158 Power Plant Overhaul | 3 |
| ATP 173 Automotive Co-op 3 | 2 |
| Total | 14 |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 30 |