What Modesto Junior College’s new technology pathway means for students
Modesto Junior College is launching a pathway called Ignite EmTech Futures with a focus on preparing Modesto Junior College students “for high-growth roles in sustainable industries,” according to the website www.yuda.io/emtechlearner.
The website describes the program as project-driven, offering “hands-on experience by building, programming, and visualizing real-world automation systems,” and teaching students how to use Industry 4.0. That platform allows factories, farms and supply chains to adopt smart technology by “connecting machines, sensors, and computer systems to the internet and to each other.”
The pathway is made possible in partnership with Yuda Ayuda, a company that “provides bilingual, culturally rooted tech education in places big tech has ignored.”
In addition, Beam Circular, Inductive Automation and IO SCADA provided funding, access to industrial software platforms and real-world knowledge to the program, respectively.
The first part of the course focuses on the circular bioeconomy, the intersection of technology and agriculture, a subject Beam Circular is focused on.
“This pilot lays the foundation for a versatile workforce model that will expand into other critical sectors like healthtech, neuroscience, and quantum computing,” the website states. The 15-week course will begin on March 6.
