Welding Technology Articulation

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Academic agreements are used to identify comparable courses or pathways between educational institutions. This allows students to receive credit at a receiving institution without having to duplicate courses recently completed and to continue their education between schools. In order to receive credit for course work included in these agreements, students must provide an official transcript to the receiving institution. Any additional requirements are stated below.

Snow College

AS Engineering Technology

Students who have completed an OTECH certificate may receive up to 30 credits toward an Associate of Science degree at Snow College. This degree can then be transferred to any public university in Utah for further education. For more information, visit Snow College TechConnect.

Weber State University

Manufacturing Engineering Tech – Welding Emphasis (AAS Degree)

*If more than one course is listed, all of them need to be completed in order to receiver credit for the equivalent course.
Course OTECH Title Hours Course WSU Title Credits
WELD 1030 GMAW I 100 MFET 2151 Metal Forming 1
WELD 1410 GMAW II 90
WELD 1040 FCAW 100
WELD 1800 Weld Symbols and Blueprint Reading 60 MFET 2153 Welding (SMAW/GMAW) 1
WELD 1060 SMAW I 79 MFET 2670/L GMA, FCA, GTA, Welding 3
WELD 1600 GTAW I Mild Steel 30
WELD 1220 GTAW Stainless Steel 30
WELD 1230 GTAW Aluminum 30
WELD 1240 GMAW Aluminum 30

TechTransfer

Students who have completed an OTECH certificate may receive up to 21 elective credits toward an Associate of Science in General Studies or any undergraduate degree. For more information, visit WSU Tech Transfer.

Utah Valley University

AAS Business Management – (08/15/2024 to 08/14/2025)

Students must meet current UVU admission requirements and deadlines, provide an official transcript, and pay all application/admission fees associated with the awarding of credit and acceptance into UVU.
*Before admission to UVU, students must meet with the applicable program advisor at UVU.
**Students of the Institution will have five years in which to start an applicable UVU program, at the discretion of the receiving academic department.
OTECH UVU
Course OTECH Title Credits Course UVU Title Credits
Completion of OTECH’s 30-credit Welding Technology program 28 credits for electives in the AAS Business Management degree with certificate in technical area


Utah State University

AAS Degree

The Associates of Applied Science (AAS) degree at USU is a minimum of 63 credits. Upon fulfillment of the AAS degree requirements the student will receive thirty (30) semester hours of credit for their certificate from OTECH. The student must provide an official transcript from OTECH to USU when the apply for graduation. Students must be admitted to USU within 12 months of completing the course(s) at OTECH to apply for higher education credit. Students may apply at www.usu.edu/apply