Electrical Engineering Technology: Associate of Science Degree
Concord, CA Campus

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Objectives

This program exposes students to a variety of fundamental skills utilized in entry-level electrical and electronics technician positions. Students are exposed to the theory of various electronics and electrical circuitry in a classroom environment and to various techniques and applications in a laboratory environment.

Career Opportunities

This program offers graduates an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills that can help them pursue careers in a variety of entry-level electrical and electronics engineering technology positions, such as electronics technician, service technician, telecommunications technician and engineering technician.

Graduates who have difficulty distinguishing colors may not be able to perform the essential functions of various positions involving electrical engineering technology.

Admission Requirements

Refer to the Admission section of this catalog for information relating to the Admission Requirements and Procedures for this program.

School Equipment

In laboratory, students typically work in teams. Students will have the opportunity to use the following school equipment as required throughout the program: computers, applications programs relevant to the field, standard hand tools and various pieces of test equipment which include the multimeter, power supply, oscilloscope and signal generator. Refer to Student Equipment in the Online Course Information section of this catalog for information relating to the student equipment requirements for the distance education courses that are taught online over the Internet.

Class Size

Classes generally range in size from 20 to 40 students. Depending on the course subject matter, certain classes may contain a greater or lesser number of students.

Program Outline

Course Number	Course	Credit Hours
Program Total 93.0
Core Courses Subtotal 49.5 ET1210 DC-AC Electronics+ 4.5 ET1220 Digital Fundamentals+ 4.5 ET1310 Solid State Devices+ 4.5 ET1410 Integrated Circuits+ 4.5 ET2530 Electronic Communications+ 4.5 ET2560 Introduction to C Programming+ 4.5 ET2640 Microprocessors and Microcontrollers+ 4.5 ET2750 Programmable Logic Controllers+ 4.5 ET2799 Electrical Engineering Technology Capstone Project+ 4.5 NT1110 Computer Structure and Logic+ 4.5 NT1210 Introduction to Networking+ 4.5
Elective Courses ---------- Unspecified Elective course+* 3.0
General Education Courses Subtotal 31.5 CO2520 Communications+ 4.5 EN1320 Composition I+ 4.5 EN1420 Composition II+ 4.5 MA1210 College Mathematics I+ 4.5 MA1310 College Mathematics II+ 4.5 PH2530 Physics+ 4.5 SP2750 Group Theory+ 4.5
General Studies Courses Subtotal 9.0 GS1140 Problem Solving Theory+ 4.5 GS1145 Strategies for the Technical Professional+ 4.5

+In this program, this course may be taught either completely in residence at the school, completely online over the Internet as a distance education course or partially in residence and partially online, as determined by the school from time to time in its discretion. Refer to the Online Course Information section of this catalog for additional information relating to the courses that the school decides to teach all or partially online over the Internet. In order to help students become familiar with fundamentals of taking courses online over the Internet, the school may determine that a portion of the first online course that a student takes in this program must be taken online at the school in a supervised setting.



*Courses offered at this school that satisfy the Unspecified Elective course requirement are ET2760, GS2745 and NT2710. The course descriptions for these courses are in the Course Descriptions section of the catalog