WLD103 — MIG Welding 3 Hours
This course is designed to provide students with a thorough understanding of the Metal Inert gas MIG arc welding fundamentals also referred to as gas metal arc welding GMAW including the following topics welding safety power sources and wire feeders machine setup adjustment and maintenance identification of welding defects and quality welds metal transfer methods wire selection shielding gas selection and testing procedures Training to develop the manual skills necessary to make high quality MIG welds is included with emphasis placed in the areas of various joint configurations single pass multiple pass fillet groove and overlap welds in flat horizontal vertical and overhead positions ELA Placement: No ELA Requirement Prerequisite: None 2026 - 2027 295 Programs Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s) Lecture / Lab Hours: 2 lec, 2 lab/week Third Semester - 15 Hours Course # Course Title Hours ** Emphasis Electives 6 Hours