Electrical Control

CIS 110 PC Operating Systems
3-3-0 (Lecture/Discussion)/3-0-0 (Web) This course provides hands-on projects that advance students' proficiency in managing, maintaining and configuring current PC operating systems. This course prepares students to support users in a business or home environment. Prerequisites: CIS 100 or BUS 103.

ELT 102 Applied Electricity
4-3-3 (Lecture/Standard Lab) This is a lecture/laboratory course in basic electrical theory and practice for the beginning electrician/technician. This course addresses: basic concepts and definitions of electricity and what it is, voltage, current and power, electrical safety, passive circuit components (resistors, inductors, and capacitors), analysis of simple resistive DC circuits, series and parallel combinations of components, Ohm's law, Kirschoff's voltage and current laws, reactance and impedance concepts, and analysis of simple AC circuits. Laboratory experience is utilized to reinforce these concepts. Prerequisites: Minimum ACT Writing Skills score of 18 or COMPASS score of 70 or successful completion of ENG 098 or ENG 099 and minimum ACT Reading score of 14 or COMPASS score of 65 or TRS 096 and TRS 105 or ENG 099 and minimum ACT Math Test score of 18 or COMPASS PreAlgebra Test score of 44 or MATH 092 or 094. Corequisites: Math 106.

ELT 103 Industrial Electronics
4-3-3 (Lecture/Standard Lab) This course discusses the theory and operation of solid state devices used in electrical circuits, including transistors, rectifiers, FETs, and the use of the oscilloscope. Prerequisites: ELT 102. Corequisites: MATH 108.

ELT 120 Electrical Machines
3-3-0 (Lecture/Discussion) This is a basic course in transformers, generators, and both AC and DC motors. It covers the operating principles and characteristics of these machines and the proper installation and maintenance procedures required by each. Prerequisites: ELT 102 or instructor's permission.

ELT 215 Installing Commercial Wiring
3-2-3 (Lecture/Standard Lab) This is a lecture/lab course for students with a knowledge of basic components of a wiring distribution system. Topics of study include installing a variety of raceway systems; power tools; new and innovative techniques, tools and materials including flat cable, splicing systems, lay in lighting, conduit bending; wire pulling and termination; buss duct. The class takes a field trip to visit a construction site. Comments: Basic hand tools and safety glasses are required for lab work. A list will be handed out the first day of class. Prerequisites: ELT 115.

ELT 218 Introduction to AC Drives
2-2-0 (Lecture/Discussion) This course provides a basic introduction to the fundamentals, operations and components of AC variable speed drives. Installation and troubleshooting will be emphasized as well as application considerations to provide the student with a working knowledge of AC drives. Safety and the current National Electrical Code compliance will be stressed. Prerequisites: ELT 103, ELT 120.

ELT 220 Motor Control
3-2-3 (Lecture/Standard Lab) This is a lecture/lab course covering the use of switches, relays, motor starters, and other components to effect the control of motors. Students will wire 2-wire, 3-wire, reversing and sequential motor control circuits plus others and learn to read/draw ladder diagrams for complex control circuits. Comments: Basic hand tools and safety glasses are required for lab work. A list will be handed out the first day of class. Prerequisites: ELT 120 or instructor permission.

ELT 222 Programmable Control
3-2-3 (Lecture/Standard Lab) This is a lecture/lab course designed for the student with a thorough knowledge of mechanical motor starters, motor theory, and wiring practices. Students design circuits and program actual controllers. Programming development and documentation software is used by students to broaden their ability to deal with PLC's. Comments: Basic hand tools and safety glasses are required for lab work. A list will be handed out the first day of class. Prerequisites: ELT 220 or instructor permission.

ELT 224 Machine Panel Design/Fabrica'n
3-2-3 (Lecture/Standard Lab) This is a lecture/lab course for students who have a background in motor control devices and circuits. The student will design a complex machine control circuit, make a master drawing, create a bill of material using manufacturers' catalogs, order all components, and fabricate and wire the complete system. Prerequisites: ELT 220. Corequisites: ELT 222. Comments: Basic hand tools and safety glasses are required for lab work. A list will be handed out the first day of class.

ENG 110 College Writing I
3-3-0 (Composition)/3-0-0 (Web) This college writing course will help students become more competent and confident writers. It will enable students to practice and become more skillful in the different stages of the writing process: generating ideas, planning and organizing, rough-draft writing, revising, refining, and proofreading. Students will write a variety of papers, no less than six, such as papers narrating and describing experiences, summarizing information, explaining an idea or concept, and supporting an opinion. Other assignments may include a journal, a letter seeking employment, a letter to the editor, and answering essay exams. Research skills, such as using the library and following appropriate documentation style in citing sources, will be taught. Students will improve their grammar, style, and thinking skills and learn how to produce writing necessary for success in further academic and employment pursuits. Prerequisites: Minimum ACT Writing Skills score of 18 or COMPASS score of 70 or ENG 098 or ENG 099 and ACT Reading score of 14 or COMPASS score of 65 or TRS 096 and TRS 105 or ENG 099.

MATH 106 Technical Mathematics
4-4-0 (Lecture/Discussion) This course contains the core mathematics common to several technical programs. Topics include operations with real and signed numbers, basic algebraic operations, linear algebra, right angle and oblique trigonometry, applied trigonometry, applied geometry, vectors, graphical representation of equations including slope and distance. Prerequisites: Minimum ACT Math Test score of 18 or COMPASS PreAlgebra Skills Test score of 44 or MATH 092 or MATH 094.