Manufacturing, Power, and Process Operations Technology – Bio-Processing (MTBPO)

Award: Associate in applied science degree

Program location: South Omaha Campus

Bio-technology generally involves the use of live cells and their molecules to produce useful products. The ethanol and bio-diesel industries are examples where bio-technology is used in the production process. This degree option provides entry-level training in maintaining, monitoring, and controlling equipment and processes used in bio-processing industries.

Graduation Requirements

General education	27.0
Major requirements	33.5
Option requirements	47.0
Total credit hours required	107.5

General education requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1220	Technical WritingONLINE	4.5
ENGL 1240	Oral and Written ReportsONLINE	4.5

Humanities/social sciences

Humanities/social sciences

4.5

See Humanities/social sciences course options

Quantitative/numeracy skills

MATH 1240

Technical Mathematics

4.5

Professionalism and Life Skills

INFO 1001	Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID	4.5
HMRL 1010	Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID	4.5
	OR
RDLS 1200	College and Career StrategiesONLINE	4.5

Major requirements for Process Operations Technology (33.5 credit hrs.)

PROT 1010	Safety Topics for Manufacturing Process and Power Operations	4.5
	OR
INCT 1000	Industrial Safety and Health	4.5
PROT 1100	Process Instrumentation and Control	4.5
PROT 1110	Reading and Understanding Process Diagrams	2.0
PROT 1302	Stationary Engineering I	3.0
PROT 2302	Stationary Engineering II	4.0
ELME 2060	Mechanical Power Systems	4.0
ELME 2070	Hydraulics and Pneumatics	4.0
INCT 2050	Problem-Solving	3.0
WORK 1401	Employability Skills for Process, Power, and Energy-Related Fields	4.5
	OR
PROT 2981	PROT Internship	4.5

Option requirements for Manufacturing, Power, and Process Operations Technology – Bio-Processing (47.0 credit hrs.)

PROT 1250	Basic Electricity for Manufacturing, Power, and Process	6.0
BIOS 1010	General BiologyONLINEHYBRID	6.0
BIOS 1010L	General Biology LabHYBRIDONLINE	0.0
MATH 1315	College AlgebraONLINE	4.5
CHEM 1010	College ChemistryONLINE	6.0
CHEM 1010L	College Chemistry Lab	0.0
CHEM 1510	Chemistry for Bioindustry I	3.0
CHEM 1510L	Chemistry for Bioindustry I Lab	0.0
PHYS 1010	Applied Physics	4.5
PHYS 1010L	Applied Physics Lab	0.0
PROT 2210	Ethanol Process Fundamentals	3.5
PROT 2200	Dynamics of Process Control	4.5
ELME 1212	Motor and Machine Controls	9.0

 

 

The degree option is an area of interest within a program. Although students may complete single or multiple options within this program, only the major degree is awarded.