DEGREES & PROGRAMS
As technology continues to evolve, the knowledge and skill sets necessary to install, operate, repair, and provide preventive maintenance to advanced systems and equipment is an increasing need within the manufacturing, facility management and industrial process industries. Learn to operate and maintain the operational efficiencies of industry 4.0 smart equipment and systems while managing each of these activities. Whatever the job may be, BSC can help train you to do it! With education from BSC, you’ll be able to land an important career in a booming industry, using your hands-on abilities to do crucial work.
ASSOCIATE DEGREES
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Enter the workforce in a variety of fields using artificial intelligence, including information technology, automotive, healthcare, agriculture and business, industrial, and manufacturing with the two-year Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning degree. In partnership with Intel, you will focus on building machine learning models that can be used for predicting, making decisions and enhancing human capabilities.
CAREERS $97.9K AVERAGE SALARY
AI Engineer Machine Learning Engineer
Data Scientist Data Mining and Analysis
Electronics Technology
Your education will apply directly to the job market. You’ll learn in BSC’s modern laboratory and apply classroom theory. Coursework contains two semesters of digital electronics and classes in alternating current and direct current analysis, solidstate devices and active devices.
CAREERS $72K AVERAGE SALARY
Business Owner Network Technician
Repair Specialist Calibration Technician
Industrial Automation and Robotics
Prepare to install, maintain, repair, operate and troubleshoot physical machines and control systems used to automate tasks within an industrial process. Using project-based learning, you will complete a solid foundation of electronic, electrical, mechanical, control systems, robotic systems, and their integration to increase the productivity and efficiencies of industrial facilities. Working in industrial automation provides a high-paying career and exciting opportunities for employment throughout the world. (Select courses available online.)
CAREERS
Service Technician
Technician
$66.7K AVERAGE SALARY
Automation Engineer Technician
Mechatronics Technician
Instrumentation and Control Technology
This program combines theory and hands-on training with state-of-the-art instruments, working processes and computerized control systems. You’ll learn to install, test, calibrate, and maintain instruments that measure, indicate, and control a range of variables. A limited number of students will be accepted to both the online and oncampus programs in August.
CAREERS $60.6K AVERAGE SALARY
Instrument Technician Electronics Technician
Environment Technician
Mechanical Maintenance Technology
Are you interested in the installation, maintenance and repair of various types of mechanical equipment, including turbines, compressors, pumps and valves? If yes, consider enrolling in the Mechanical Maintenance Technology program. This program is the first of its kind in the region and will prepare you for an exciting hands-on career at a power plant, refinery, ethanol facility, manufacturing company or any other place that uses complex, industrial machinery.
CAREERS $58.2K AVERAGE SALARY
Maintenance Technician Industrial Mechanic Machinery Mechanic Maintenance Engineer
Welding
Technology is creating more uses for welding in the workplace and expanding employment opportunities. In this degree program, you will learn to bond dissimilar materials and nonmetallic materials, such as plastics, composites and new alloys. You will also discover how laser beam and electron beam welding, new fluxes, and other new technologies and techniques are improving welding results, making it more widely useful.
CAREERS $50.4K AVERAGE SALARY
Iron Worker Machinist
Brazer Inspector
Electrician Technician
Prepare for a career as an electrician in either a residential or industrial environment. You will gain practical skills working with wiring, conduits, hand tools, electrical testing devices and other pieces of electrical equipment.
CAREERS
$77.2K AVERAGE SALARY
Electricians Security and Fire Alarm
First-Line Supervisors Systems Installers of Mechanics
BACHELOR’S DEGREES
Operations Management
Take your current industrial skill set or previous associate degree and improve them by earning a bachelor’s in Automation Management! Courses are delivered through online formats, providing greater flexibility for students and their work obligations. Upon completion of this program, students will be equipped to plan, direct, or coordinate the industrial work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications. These abilities are essential when managing various facilities.
CAREERS $85.1K AVERAGE SALARY
Production Manager Operations Manager Assembly Supervisor Manufacturing Manager
CERTIFICATES
Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
Obtain a solid foundation to enhance your current career and create new opportunities with skills in 3D Printing through a short-term certificate. Areas of study will incorporate a foundational understanding of the technology, equipment and printing materials, design applications and related software in addition to business applications.
Select programs receive funding from the U.S. Department of Labor; therefore, veterans and eligible spouses receive priority of service over non-covered persons. (20 CFR 1010)
Mechatronics Engineering Technology
Prepare to work with smart devices that incorporate mechanical, electrical, computer and software components, such as robots, automated guided systems and computerintegrated manufacturing equipment. As industry advances and the complexity of technical systems continues to evolve, there is a need for qualified individuals to design and develop components and parts to produce safe and efficient automated equipment.
CAREERS $84.2K AVERAGE SALARY
Production Design Tech Reliability Engineering Tech Plant Engineering Tech Engineering Field Tech
I love the Industrial Automation program at BSC. When I picked it, I didn’t know how to do anything electrical. I have learned so much so quickly—one week I didn’t know anything, the next week I’m writing logic. The hands-on learning and internship has given me a head start on experience for employment. It’s been a great program and experience. -Seth Fjeldahl, Berthold, ND, Industrial Automation
The Fast Track program at BSC encompasses the non-traditional ways students may have earned college credit, including:
DUAL CREDIT & EARLY ENTRY
Dual Credit students enroll in a college course to receive both college and high school credit. These courses are usually taken at the high school or via interactive video.
Early Entry students enroll in a college course to receive college credit. These courses are usually taken at the BSC campus or online.
MILITARY
BSC awards credit for Military Training Programs as outlined by the American Council on Education (ACE).
CLEP/AP
With CLEP (College-Level Examination Program), a student can earn college credit for what they already know on any of 34 CLEP examinations. AP (Advanced Placement) courses are taken in high school. Students can receive college credit if they earn a 3 or higher on the exam.
PRIOR LEARNING
Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) provides an opportunity for adults to earn college credit for knowledge and competencies they’ve gained outside the classroom.