Curriculum
The Utilities Engineering Technician Associate Degree is a two-year, four-semester program. Upon graduation, a student will have completed 68 credits.
FIRST SEMESTER
10-614-113 2D Essentials
2
10-620-100 Fluids 1: Basic Pneumatics
1
10-620-101 Fluids 2: Basic Hydraulics
1
10-660-101 Digital 1: Logic
1
10-660-102 Digital 2: Sequential
1
10-660-104 DC 1: Introduction
1
10-660-105 DC 2: Circuits
1
10-660-106 DC 3: Circuit Theorems
1
10-664-100 Automation 1: Control Logic
1
10-664-101 Automation 2: Motor Control
1
10-804-118 Interm Algebra w Apps
4
10-809-198 Intro to Psychology
3
SECOND SEMESTER
10-442-100 Metal Fabrication 1
2
10-468-100 Utility Safety
2
10-660-107 AC 1: Properties
1
10-660-108 AC 2: Reactance
1
10-660-110 Electronics 1: Diodes-Basic
1
10-664-102 Automation 3: PLC
1
10-664-103 Automation 4: PLC
1
10-664-104 Automation 5: PLC
1
10-804-196 Trigonometry w Apps
3
10-806-143 College Physics 1
3
THIRD SEMESTER
10-468-101 Utility Power Systems Coor
3
10-468-105 Utility Generation Systems
2
10-605-157 Power Electronics 1: Devices
1
10-605-158 Power Electronics 2: Drives
1
10-620-159 Power Electronics 3: Drives
1
10-620-161 Power Electricity 1: Motors
1
10-620-162 Power Electricity 2: Motors
1
10-660-109 AC 3: RLC Circuits
1
10-664-160 Control 1: Discrete Systems
1
10-664-161 Control 2: Process Systems
1
10-664-162 Control 3: Motion Systems
1
10-801-195 Written Communication
3
FOURTH SEMESTER
10-468-102 Utility Project Execution
3
10-468-103 Utility Systems Maintenance
3
10-468-104 Utility Systems-Natural Gas
3
10-801-197 Technical Reporting
3
10-809-172 Race Ethnic & Diversity
3
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
These courses provide an opportunity for students to develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding required for employment in this field.
10-442-100 METAL FABRICATION 1 ...safety and introduction to basic metal fabrication tools and equipment utilizing precision measuring tools, geometric nomenclature, basic layout and assembly skills along with polygon construction, and triangulation from scale drawings. (Prerequisite: 10-614-113, 2D Essentials)
10-468-100 UTILITY SAFETY ...learn utility system safety terminology, definitions and practices. Define safety responsibility, vehicle laws, rules and regulations. Identify substation components; demonstrate safe work procedures on a simulated energized system using testing tools. (Prerequisite: 10-660-106, DC 3: Circuit Theorems; Corequisites: 10-660-107, AC 1: Properties; 10-660-108, AC 2: Reactance; 10-660-109 AC 3: RLC Circuits)
10-468-101 UTILITY POWER SYSTEMS COORDINATION ...learn utility systems interconnection from generation through distribution. Includes: powerhouse, hydroelectric, wind, solar and nuclear, EHV and HV transmission, the utility grid, device coordination, metering, protective relays, fuses, breakers, and fault current interrupting. (Prerequisite: Completion of 2nd semester coursework; Corequisites: 10-605-157, Power Electronics 1: Devices; 10-605-158, Power Electronics 2: Drives; 10-605-159, Power Electronics 3: Drives)
10-468-102 UTILITY PROJECT EXECUTION ...develop the utility project management skills necessary to manage and execute a construction project from concept through commissioning. Learn project utility planning, design and execution skills with hands-on methods and real world applications. (Prerequisite: 10-468-101, Utility Power Systems Coordination)
10-468-103 UTILITY SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE ...learn utility systems testing methods and hands-on experience with the tools necessary to provide preventive and predictive maintenance services for electrical distribution equipment. Utilize standard utility testing tools, non-destructive testing tools and predictive failure analysis methods. (Prerequisite: 10-468-101, Utility Power Systems Coordination)
10-468-104 UTILITY SYSTEMS-NATURAL GAS ...learn natural gas utility systems configuration from supply sources to local distribution and customer loads. Train on basic gas utility field installation and service practices. (Prerequisites: 10-468-101, Utility Power Systems Coordination; 10-442-100, Metal Fabrication 1)
10-468-105 UTILITY GENERATION SYSTEMS ...learn utility generation systems types, configuration and basic operation and maintenance of generation systems. Includes; powerhouse, gas turbine, hydroelectric, wind, solar and nuclear. Emphasis of coal fired & gas generation systems (Prerequisite: Completion of 2nd semester coursework; Corequisites: 10-605-157, Power Electronics 1: Devices; 10-605-158, Power Electronics 2: Drives; 10-605-159, Power Electronics 3: Drives)
10-605-157 POWER ELECTRONICS 1: DEVICES ...the device characteristics and applications of thyristors, power transistors, and switching devices. (Prerequisite: 10-660-107, AC 1: Properties)
10-605-158 POWER ELECTRONICS 2: DRIVES ...power circuitry of AC and DC drives and basic setup and application of an industrial DC and AC drives to DC and AC motors. (Corequisite: 10-605-157, Power Electronics 1: Devices)
10-606-113 CAD (COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING) ...computer aided drafting using AutoCAD software focusing on template settings; creating and manipulating layers; basic drawing, editing, and inquiry commands; blocks and attributes; and plotting. (Corequisite: 10-607-119, Civil Drafting Technology OR 10-606-119, Technical Sketching OR 10-614-113, 2D Essentials)
10-614-113 2D ESSENTIALS ... an introduction to technical communication, annotation, geometric construction, model, orthographic and pictorial, section and auxiliary views and dimensioning. Knowledge integral to Model Building.
10-620-100 FLUIDS 1: BASIC PNEUMATICS ...what fluid power is, differentiate between hydraulics and pneumatics, implement basic pneumatic circuits, utilize schematics, apply Pascal's law, define properties of fluids, implement airflow control and hydraulics cylinder circuits.
10-620-101 FLUIDS 2: BASIC HYDRAULICS ...hydraulic pumps, basic hydraulics actuator circuits, hydraulic schematics, apply Pascal's Law, summarize the effects of fluids friction, define properties of hydraulic energy, design hydraulic circuits with directional control valves. (Corequisite: 10-620-100, Fluids 1: Basic Pneumatics)
10-620-159 POWER ELECTRONICS 3: DRIVES ...power circuitry of AC drives and application of industrial AC drives to AC motors. (Corequisite: 10-620-161, Power Electricity 1: Motors)
10-620-161 POWER ELECTRICITY 1: MOTORS ... DC motors and generator configuration, shunt, compound, and permanent magnet DC motor performance and characteristics.
10-620-162 POWER ELECTRICITY 2: MOTORS ...series DC, Compound DC, AC Induction, and Specialty machine performance and characteristics, and three-phase power systems. (Corequisite: 10-620-161, Power Electricity 1: Motors )
10-660-101 DIGITAL 1: LOGIC ...AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, logic operation using switch logic, ladder logic, and gate logic. Simplification methods using Boolean theorems and Karnaugh Maps, and timing diagram analysis.
10-660-102 DIGITAL 2: SEQUENTIAL ...operation and connection of Latches, RS flip-flops, JK flip-flops, and D flip-flops using timing diagram analysis, and some simple applications are studied. (Prerequisite: 10-660-101, Digital 1: Logic)
10-660-104 DC 1: INTRODUCTION ...introduction to the concepts of DC electricity and simple series circuits. Voltage, Current, Resistance, Ohm's Law, Power and Kirchoff's Voltage Law are defined.
10-660-105 DC 2: CIRCUITS ...analysis of parallel and series-parallel circuits. Application of Kirchoff's Current Law to parallel circuit combinations. Introduction of current sources and source conversions. (Corequisites: 10-804-118, Interm Algebra w Apps OR equivalent; 10-660-104, DC 1: Intro)
10-660-106 DC 3: CIRCUIT THEOREMS ...analysis of circuits using various advanced methods. Branch, loop and node methods are studied. Eight network theorems are presented for the solution of circuit voltages and circuits. (Corequisite: 10-660-105, DC 2: Circuits)
10-660-107 AC 1: PROPERTIES ...introduction to the properties of Capacitors and Inductors including types and behavior in switching circuits. Inductor basics include a study of magnetic fields. (Prerequisite: 10-660-105, DC 2: Circuits; Corequisite: 10-804-196, Trigonometry w Apps)
10-660-108 AC 2: REACTANCE ...study of the way inductive, capacitive and resistive components behave in a circuit excited by a sine waveform. Effective and average values of the sinewave are derived. (Corequisite: 10-660-107, AC 1: Properties)
10-660-109 AC 3: RLC CIRCUITS ...power flow in complex AC circuits based on resistive and reactive components. Description of the power triangle and power factor. Calculation of voltages and currents in complex AC circuits. (Prerequisite: 10-660-108, AC 2: Reactance)
10-660-110 ELECTRONICS 1: DIODES-BASIC ...introduction to the characteristics and usage of semiconductor diodes in rectifiers and linear power supplies. Special diodes and diode circuits are also considered. (Prerequisite: 10-660-105, DC 2: Circuits; Corequisite: 10-660-107, AC 1: Properties)
10-664-100 AUTOMATION 1: CONTROL LOGIC ...electric motor control components such as switches, relays, starters, transformers, and safely mount and install motor and motor control components and perform related wiring and troubleshooting of motor control circuits.
10-664-101 AUTOMATION 2: MOTOR CONTROL ...electric motor control components such as sensors, timers and counters. (Corequisite: 10-664-100, Automation 1: Control Logic)
10-664-102 AUTOMATION 3: PLC ...basic programmable logic controller programming and troubleshooting.
10-664-103 AUTOMATION 4: PLC ...troubleshooting a PLC System, applying Event Sequencing, developing PLC applications, applying timer instructions and counter instructions. (Corequisite: 10-664-102, Automation 3: PLC)
10-664-104 AUTOMATION 5: PLC ...application, troubleshooting, and implementation of program control, math and data move instructions, analog I/O modules, and producing a PLC program from specification. (Corequisite: 10-664-103, Automation 4: PLC)
10-664-160 CONTROL 1: DISCRETE SYSTEMS ...applications and utilization of motion feedback devices, force measurement devices, temperature sensors, and fluid measurement devices. (Prerequisites: 10-660-110, Electronics 1: Diodes Basic; 10-664-102, Automation 3: PLC)
10-664-161 CONTROL 2: PROCESS SYSTEMS ...Open-Loop versus Closed-Loop systems, industrial control systems, two-position control and its applications, PID control and its applications, and relationship between process response and proper mode of control. (Corequisite: 10-664-160, Control 1: Discrete Systems)
10-664-162 CONTROL 3: MOTION SYSTEMS ...hydraulic and pneumatic proportional/servo valves, servo motors, configuration and programming of an analog motion control system. (Corequisite: 10-664-161, Control 2: Process Systems )
10-804-118 INTERM ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS ...algebra content with applications. Topics include properties of real numbers, order of operations, algebraic solution for linear equations and inequalities, operations with polynomial and rational expressions, operations with rational exponents and radicals, algebra of inverse, logarithmic and exponential functions. (Prerequisites: Recommendation: Accuplacer Algebra Test = 61 OR Accuplacer (College Level Math) = 40 OR Completion of 10-804-110, Elementary Algebra w Apps OR 10-804-120, Math-Tech Algebra with grade "C" or better). 4 cr.
10-809-198 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY ...survey of theoretical foundations of human behavior such as sensation and perception, motivation, emotions, learning, personality, psychological disorders, therapy, stress, and human diversity in personal, social and vocational settings. 3 cr.
10-804-196 TRIGONOMETRY WITH APPLICATIONS ...topics include circular functions, graphing of trigonometry functions, identities, equations, trigonometric functions of angles, inverse functions, solutions of triangles complex numbers, DeMoivre's Theorem, polar coordinates, and vectors. (Prerequisites: Recommendation: Accuplacer (College Level Math) = 63 OR Completion of 10-804-118, Intermediate Algebra w Apps; 10-804-195, College Algebra with Apps or 10-804-131, Math-Algebra/Inter with grade "C" or better OR Concurrent enrollment in 10-804-195, College Algebra with Apps) 3 cr.
10-806-143 COLLEGE PHYSICS 1 ...presents the applications and theory of basic physics principles. This course emphasizes problem solving, laboratory investigation and applications. Topics include laboratory safety, unit conversions and analysis, kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, power, temperature, and heat. (Prerequisite: Recommendation: 10-804-110 Elementary Algebra with Apps with a grade of "C" or better OR High School level Algebra with a grade of "C" or better) 3 cr.
10-801-195 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION ...the nature and scope of academic and business writing. Develops writing skills which include pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing. A variety of writing assignments are designed to help the learner analyze audience and purpose, research and organize ideas, and format and design documents based on subject matter and content. Also develops critical reading and thinking skills through the analysis of a variety of written documents. 3 cr.
10-801-197 TECHNICAL REPORTING ...principles of report writing and correspondence, proposals, feasibility reports, progress reports, investigation reports, evaluation reports, meeting reports, memos, and correspondence. (Prerequisite: 10-801-195, Written Communication) 3 cr.
10-809-172 RACE ETHNIC & DIVERSITY ...basic American values of justice and equality by teaching vocabulary, history of immigration/conquest, transcultural communication, legal liability, multicultural majority/minority relations, ageism, sexism, gender, sexual orientation, the disabled/ADA. 3 cr.