Automotive Technology: Ford ASSET

  What is Automotive Technology: Ford ASSET?

The automotive technology, or Ford Automotive Student Services Education Training (Ford ASSET), program is sponsored by Ford Motor Company and offered as a joint effort through Raymond Walters College and Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development (Scarlet Oaks campus). Its purpose is to supply a trained workforce to deal with the sophisticated automotive equipment of today by preparing graduates to move into responsible positions as managers of tomorrow.

Graduates of the program earn an associate of technical study degree in automotive technology and are certified automotive technicians.

  Success Factors

This program is for service technicians who are currently employed at a Ford dealership and who wish to upgrade their knowledge and skills.

  Career Possibilities

ASSET graduates provide a high level of service competency and efficiency to their employers. In addition, they have acquired the skills necessary for career advancement. ASSET-trained technicians are equipped to be future service managers.

Projections indicate a continuing need for highly trained automotive technicians and service managers.

  Majoring in Automotive Technology: Ford ASSET

More than a vocational training program, the Ford ASSET automotive technology degree provides graduates with three critical components for success: a general education, the foundation for all other learning; technical knowledge, especially understanding of current technology; and practical work experience in the field, a valuable asset to the graduate and the prospective employer.  In addition, graduates of the program earn an associate of technical study degree from an accredited educational institution — Raymond Walters College — that validates their  successful completion of the program. The on-the-job training portion of the program is sponsored by an area Ford/Lincoln-Mercury dealership.  Completion of the degree takes two years.

  Curriculum

This curriculum information is intended as a general information guide for students considering enrollment in this program. These online tools are designed to assist you, but are not a substitute for planning with an academic or faculty advisor.

If you are currently confirmed or enrolled, you can check your degree requirements online. If you are considering transferring to this major from another school use the Course Applicability System (CAS) to see how credits you have earned will apply to this major at UC. For course descriptions by college, click here.

Course Name		Credits
English Composition I, II		6
Intermediate Composition: Writing and the Disciplines		3
Technical Mathematics		5
Electronics		4
Organizational Behavior I, II		6
Customer Service		3
Microcomputer Office Applications		3
Business Enterprise		3
Principles of Management		3
Technical Computations		3
Applied Physics		4
Electives		3
TOTAL		46

  UC Advantages and Special Opportunities

The Raymond Walters College campus of UC is the only site in the state of Ohio to offer this associate degree.   

  Accreditation

The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.