2024-2025 Catalog 
  
    Apr 28, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

Product Design (PDSN-CT-TE) Certificate

Location(s): Ferris Main Campus


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Undergraduate Certificate

The Product Design certificate focuses on courses in Tolerancing, Model and Prototype, Statistics and Ergonomics, and Advanced Solid Modeling. These will enhance the design capabilities of students within their respective fields of study.

Students with this certificate will potentially be able to transition into careers in the design/engineering departments in their respective fields.

Admission Requirements


New Student Admission Requirements


  • Admitted to Ferris State University and in good academic standing
  • . 2.50 High School GPA (on a 4.00 scale)
  • ACT 17/SAT 900

Transfer Student Admission Requirements


  • Admitted to Ferris State University and in good academic standing.
  • 2.00 College GPA (on a 4.00 scale)

All Certificate Requirements - 8 Credits Required


Certificate Courses - 8 Credits Required


Notes


  • Students who return to the university after an interrupted enrollment, not including summer semester, must normally meet the requirements of the curriculum which are in effect at the time of their return, not the requirements which were in effect when they were originally admitted.
  • Optional courses to replace PDET 322  include: MECH 311 .
  • Optional courses to replace PDET 415  include: PLTS 312  or PDET 122 .
  • Credit Variance - Credits required may vary based on course placement, prerequisites, etc. If you have questions, contact your advisor.

Graduation Requirements


In order to graduate from Ferris State University, students must meet both University and Programmatic Graduation Requirements.

University Graduation Requirements


These are the minimum graduation requirements for an undergraduate certificate at Ferris State University:

  • A GPA of 2.00 or higher must be achieved for the courses within the certificate.
  • A minimum of 6 credits within the certificate must be earned.
  • A minimum of 50 percent of certificate credits must be earned from Ferris State University to meet the Residency requirement.

Programmatic Graduation Requirements


These are the additional graduation requirements mandated by the program:

  • All requirements as specified in the All Certificate Requirements section must be met.
  • A minimum grade of C- must be earned in all certificate courses.

Contact Information


Product Design Engineering Technology Program
(231) 591-2755
[email protected]

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