COURSE CODE: 8442

Computer Integrated Manufacturing (PLTW)

SCED Code: 21022
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: TSA
Non-Traditional?: F

In this specialization course in Project Lead the Way (PLTW), students are taught concepts of robotics and automated manufacturing by creating 3D designs with computer modeling software and producing computer-controlled models of their designs. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

Notes

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) curriculum guides and course competencies are only available to PLTW-affiliated schools through agreement with PLTW. To obtain additional information, contact: Project Lead The Way, 3939 Priority Way South Drive, Suite 400, Indianapolis IN 46240. Toll-free: 877-335-7589. Online: https://www.pltw.org

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Health, Safety, & Environmental Assurance
Logistics & Inventory Control
  • Logisticians
Manufacturing Production Process Development
  • Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
  • Industrial Engineers
  • Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Production Workers, All Other
Production
Quality Assurance

Pathway Occupation
Engineering & Technology
  • Commercial and Industrial Designers
  • Computer Hardware Engineers
  • Computer Programmers
  • Electrical Engineers
  • Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
  • Industrial Engineers
  • Mechanical Engineers
Science & Mathematics
  • Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
  • Technical Writers

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