Electrical Construction

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.

DRFT 113 Architect'l Blueprint Reading
3-3-0 (Lecture/Discussion) Architectural Blueprint Reading teaches students to interpret architectural working drawings. Emphasis is placed on reading standard symbols and commercial prints. Topics include sketching, residential construction, commercial structural systems, construction scheduling, specifications, mechanical systems, welding symbols, and electrical plans.

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 110 Residential Wiring and Code
3-2-3 (Lecture/Standard Lab) This course combines wiring theory and actual lab experience. Students will wire various switching circuits, GFCI's, panels, fuse boxes, lamps, and low voltage wiring. Upon completion of this course, the student should have the knowledge and ability to wire a residence according to the National Electrical Code. Comments: Basic hand tools and safety glasses are required for lab work. A list will be handed out the first day of class.

ELT 115 Commercial Wiring and Code
3-3-0 (Lecture/Discussion) This is a lecture course covering the basic components used in commercial and industrial wiring systems. Topics include wire and conduit sizing, grounding, voltage drop, over-current protection, hazardous wiring, fuses, and circuit breakers, raceway systems, short circuit calculations, panel boards and blueprint reading. The latest National Electric Code is used throughout the course. Prerequisites: ELT 102 and ELT 110 or permission of instructor.

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 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.

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.

MSM 102 Basics/Mechanical Technology
2-2-0 (Lecture/Discussion) This course will explore the principles of mechanics and emphasize the practical applications of mechanics in job-related situations. Topics such as science and matter, systems of measurement, mechanics, machines and motion will be discussed.

WELD 120 Introduction to Welding
3-1-6 (Lecture/Standard Lab) This course is the introductory welding course. Designed for welders and non-welders. It covers the basic safe operation of the oxy-fuel welding, cutting and brazing systems along with training in the basic electric arc welding process, SMAW (arc), GMAW (mig), GTAW (tig) and FCAW. These processes provide the skills necessary to select and operate welding equipment safely.