Telecommunications Fiber Optic Engineering Technician - Technical Diploma

Students gain skills that lead to success in college and employment. This course encourages students to develop a growth mindset and make wise choices. Students should take this course in their first semester. (Pre-requisite: None.)

Topics include solving linear equations; graphing; percent; proportions; measurement systems; computational geometry; and right triangle trigonometry. Emphasis will be on the application of skills to technical problems. (Prerequisite: Next Gen Arithmetic score greater/equal to 250 AND Rdg score greater/equal to 250; OR TABE A 9/10 Math greater/equal to 12.7 AND Rdg greater/equal to 8.8; OR TABE 11/12 Math greater/equal to 780 AND Rdg greater/equal to 573; OR ACT Math score greater/equal to 15 AND ACT Rdg score greater/equal to 16; OR preparatory courses-contact an academic advisor 920-498-5444)

Develops the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of AutoCAD by working with templates; creating and manipulating layers; basic drawing, editing, and inquiry commands; and blocks, attributes, and plotting.

Provides the opportunity for the learner to develop the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of basic surveying principles, instruments in the field, making computations, and generating computerized maps. (Co-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering)

Prepares students for the different methods of data collection and data management for Telecommunications projects. (Co-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering)

Learn utility system safety terminology, definitions, and practices. Define safety responsibility, rules and regulations. Demonstrate safe work procedures on a simulated energized system using testing tools.

Develops the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of working with survey data, points, alignments, surfaces, and profile in Civil 3D. (Pre-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering.)

Creates an experience consistent with projects in industry. Students will learn how to field buried cable projects to aerial projects and also learn industry equipment that operates on these projects. (Pre-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering. Co-Requisite: 10-607-114, Civil 3D-Intro)

Focuses on taking the data from field collection and creating the product that a utility crew would use to place the communications facility. Learners will develop plan sets consistent with industry standards. (Pre-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering. Co-Requisite: 10-607-114, Civil 3D-Intro)

Starts from the basics and gives the learner the tools to design and maintain industrial communications systems. You'll learn the underlying principles behind today's industrial communications systems.

Develops the knowledge and understanding of Analog and Digital signals with respect to communications.

Prepares students for the differing telecommunications networks that are utilized in the industry.

Introduces the concepts of AC and DC power and basic circuits. Using a multimeter, students learn about voltage, current, and resistance in both AC and DC circuits.

Provides students with tools to analyze telecommunications policy and regulations and their impacts on the telecommunication markets. We first review telecommunications industry/organizational structure and concepts of telecommunication technologies. We then discuss key elements of information and communication (ICT) policy and discuss ICT policies and national broadband plans from selected countries. Finally we discuss impact of policy on current and emerging topics such as broadband, VoIP and cognitive radio. The course has an emphasis on policies in developing countries and emerging markets but combines other multidisciplinary aspects related to technology, economics, law.

Introduces how power systems work differently in the telecommunications industry.

Covers Microprocessor logic, instruction, and clocked sequential circuits; memory devices; data acquisition, manipulation and transfer circuitry; machine and assembly languages; and microprocessor support devices. (Co-Requisite: 10-451-203, Fiber Optic Splicing & Testing Procedures)