Description
This program is designed to prepare graduates for employment in the advanced manufacturing industry, with an emphasis on precision metal working. It will provide graduates with the academic course work, hands-on skills, and advanced manufacturing expertise required by business. The graduates will have a working knowledge of advanced manufacturing techniques that will make them more valuable to an employer. Completion of the Precision Machining track will enable graduates to enter or advance in such fields as mold making, machine building, tool making, die making, CNC machinist, etc., or employment in other related manufacturing areas.

Program Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate necessary soft skills to acquire a job within a manufacturing industry.
2. Perform manual machine part production to industry standards.
3. Perform computer numerical machine part production to industry standards.
4. Demonstrate measurement techniques necessary for successful employment.
5. Compose machine tool programs necessary for successful employment.
6. Demonstrate written technical communication skills.
7. Apply mathematical skills to solve industrial problems.
8. Interpret engineering models for part production.
9. Follow standard safety practices used in industry.

Employment Potential
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Distribution Requirements	Credit Hours
FIRST SEMESTER
TAM 101 Machine Shop Theory I	3
TAM 105 Machine Project Laboratory	3
TAM 121 Advanced Manufacturing Math	3
TAM 131 Machine Shop Print Reading I	3
TAM 141 Machine Shop Laboratory	3
First Semester Total:	15
SECOND SEMESTER
TAM 132 Machine Shop Print Reading II	3
TAM 138 Dimensional Metrology	3
TAM 139 CNC Vertical Machine Tool Programming I	3
TAM 142 CNC Mill Setup OR TAM 143 CNC Lathe Setup	3
TAM 205 CNC Machine Project Laboratory OR PROGRAM ELECTIVE*	2-3
ENG 101 College Composition OR ENG 200 Advanced Composition	3
Second Semester Total:	17-18
THIRD SEMESTER
TAM 245 Computer Aided Manufacturing	3
TAM 255 Computer Aided Manufacturing Project Laboratory OR PROGRAM ELECTIVE*	3
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (SUNY-DVRS) ELECTIVE	3
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION NATURAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING (SUNY-NSCI) ELECTIVE	3-4
SPC 141 Interpersonal Speech Communication OR SPC 142 Public Speaking OR SPC 143 Small Group Communication	3
Third Semester Total:	15-16
FOURTH SEMESTER
TAM 155 Tool and Fixture Design	3
TAM 241 Advanced Machine Shop Laboratory OR PROGRAM ELECTIVE*	3
SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS (SUNY-WHGA) OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD LANGUAGES (SUNY-WLNG) ELECTIVE	3-4
ANY SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION THAT ALSO SATISFIES SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING (SUNY-CTRN) ELECTIVE	3
ANY SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE THAT SATISFIES SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION COMMUNICATION ORAL (SUNY-COMO) OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION COMMUNICATION WRITTEN (SUNY-COMW) OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION DIVERSITY: EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (SUNY-DVRS) OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION HUMANITIES (SUNY-HUMN) OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION MATHEMATICS (SUNY-MATH) OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION NATURAL SCIENCES (and Scientific Reasoning) (SUNY-NSCI) OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUNY-SOCS) OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION U.S. HISTORY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (SUNY-USCV) OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL AWARENESS (SUNY-WHGA) OR SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION WORLD LANGUAGES (SUNY-WLNG) ELECTIVE	3-4
Fourth Semester Total:	15-17
TOTAL CREDITS:	62-66

*Program electives choose from: CRC 101, TAM 142, TAM 143, TAM 241, TAM 245, TAM 255, TAM 271, and TAM 275.
Revised 8/7/2026