Hands-On Training for Immediate Entry into the High-Tech Job Market
Our Engineering Technology program, offered at Richland College, offers a broad base of hands-on technical skills that will prepare you to go right to work in a number of challenging careers.
Create Your Own Skills Set with Interrelated Courses
Because our program areas overlap in skills sets, many Engineering Technology courses — such as AC and DC Circuits — are common to each track. Depending on the degree plan and specialization you follow, you’ll leave Richland College with a unique set of hands-on skills applicable to a wide variety of career paths.
Engineering Technology Degree and Certificate Options
Engineering Technology offers a variety of associate degree and certificate options in three specialized tracks:
- Engineering Technology – Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
- Engineering Technology – Electronics
- Engineering Technology – Integrated Circuit Layout
Learn more about Engineering Technology degrees and certificates.
Learn about the Mechanical Engineering Transfer Compact.
Because so many of our technical programs are interrelated both in curriculum and skills sets, please review program and course descriptions carefully to see in where your interests and career goals will be best served.
It’s critical that you review your study plan with an academic advisor, who can help you plot a degree plan that will align with your goals, whether it’s to go straight to work or transfer to a four-year university.
Other Degree and Certificate Options
The Dallas County Community College District offers nearly 350 career and technical degrees and certificates, plus nearly 50 academic degrees. For more information, see a chart of our degree plans by location or visit our credit programs home page.