Miles Community College - Biofuels & Energy Technology AS / AAS

http://milescc.edu/DegreesPrograms/BiofuelsEnergy/

Miles City, MT
(800) 541-9281 • (406) 874-6100

A.A.S. Energy Technology
Miles Community College has collaborated with The University of Montana College of Technology in Missoula to offer an online degree in Energy Technology. The Energy Technology Program introduces students to the full suite of energy technologies—traditional, emerging, renewable, and alternative—and prepares them for careers in the energy industry. Graduates of the program are best described as general practitioners who possess a wide variety of essential skills: a specialized knowledge of the design, application, installation, operation, and maintenance of diverse energy technologies and systems, including troubleshooting, sales, management, regulatory compliance, site identification, economic assessment, efficiency and conservation assessment, storage and distribution, research and development, and project management.

A.S. Biofuels Emphasis
This two year program is designed to allow students to attain employment upon graduation in biofuels production and other related endeavors such as feedstock production and procurement and co-product marketing and use. Students may also transfer to a four-year institution to complete higher degrees in science, engineering, agriculture, or business needed for non-entry level positions in the biofuels industry.

A.A.S. Biofuels
This two-year program is designed to allow students to attain employment upon graduation in the alternative energy field or related endeavors. This is designed to be a terminal degree to provide students the skills necessary for entry level employment or enhancement of current employment.

Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

* Demonstrate an understanding of systems perspectives in industry
* Apply basic scientific processes in bioenergy production
* Perform and describe basic mechanical functions pertaining to biofuels production
* List bioenergy feedstocks and co-products and describe their benefits and uses
* Explain the similarities and differences of wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and biofuels technologies

Retrieved from Miles Community College website on 1/2/2010.