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Instrumentation and Controls Engineering Technology - AASYEAR 1

Introduction to Engineering | ENGR | 1201

Introduction to engineering as a discipline and a profession. Includes instruction in the application of mathematical and scientific principles to the solution of

practical problems for the benefit of society.

Instrumentation and Safety | INTC | 1312

An overview of industries employing instrument technicians. Includes instrument safety techniques and practices as applied to the instrumentation field.

Safety !ea"t# and En$ironment I | %TAC | 130&

evelopment of !nowledge and s!ills to reinforce the attitudes and behaviors required for safe and environmentally sound wor! habits. Emphasis on safety" health"

and environmental issues in the performance of all #ob tas!s and regulatory compliance issues.

'C Circuits | CETT | 1(03

A study of the fundamentals of direct current including $hm%s law" &irchhoff%s laws and circuit analysis techniques.

Co""ege A"ge)ra | *AT! | 131(

Topics include quadratics" polynomial" rational" logarithmic and e'ponential functions" system of equations" progression" sequences and series" matrices and

determinants. A departmental final e'amination will be given in this course. Core Curriculum Course.

Instrumentation Ca"i)ration | INTC | 1(+,

Techniques for configuring and calibrating transmitters" controllers" recorders" valves" and valve positioners.

Com-osition I | ENG. | 1301


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Intensive study of and practice in writing processes" from invention and researching to drafting" revising" and editing" both individually and collaboratively.

Emphasis on effective rhetorical choices" including audience" purpose" arrangement" and style. (ocus on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning"

communicating" and critical analysis. Core Curriculum Course.

%"ane Trigonometry | *AT! | 131,

Topics include solutions of triangles" Euler identity" graphing of trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions" identities" trigonometric equations and an

introduction to vector analysis. Core Curriculum Course.

%rinci-"es of Automatic Contro" | INTC | 1((1

)asic measurements" automatic control systems and design" closed loop systems" controllers" feedbac!" control modes" and control configurations.

Com-uter Net/oring Tec#no"ogy | C%*T | 1((

*etwor!ing fundamentals" terminology" hardware" software" and networ! architecture. Includes local and wide area networ!ing concepts and networ!ing

installations and operations.

undamenta"s of Net/oring Tec#no"ogies | ITN | 1(2+

Instruction in networ!ing technologies and their implementation. Topics include the $SI reference model" networ! protocols" transmission media" and networ!ing

hardware and software.

E4-"oration 5 Net/or undamenta"s | ITCC | 1(01

A course introducing the architecture" structure" functions" components" and models of the internet. escribes the use of $SI and TC+ layered models to e'amine

the nature and roles of protocols and services at the applications" networ!" data lin!" and physical layers. Covers the principles and structure of I+ addressing and

the fundamentals of Ethernet concepts" media" and operations. )uild simple ,A* topologies by applying basic principles of cabling perform basic configurations of

networ! devices" including routers and switches and implementing I+ addressing schemes.


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YEAR 2

A--"ication of Industria" Automatic Contro"s | INTC | 13(3

Automatic process control including measuring devices" analog and digital instrumentation" signal transmitters" recorders" alarms" controllers" control valves" and

process and instrument drawings. Includes connection and troubleshooting of loops.

Instrumentation Systems Trou)"es#ooting | INTC | 2330

Techniques for troubleshooting instrumentation systems in a process environment. Includes troubleshooting upsets in processes.

%rogram 6 Re"ated E"ecti$e


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Co""ege %#ysics I | %!YS | 1(01

*on-calculus based course for medical related ma#ors" architecture ma#ors" technology ma#ors" and other non-engineering and non-science ma#ors. Topics include

motion and forces" wor! and energy" momentum and collision" and the thermal properties of matter. ,aboratory e'ercises include selected related e'periments on

these topics. Core Curriculum Course.

!umanities7ine Arts Genera" Education E"ecti$e

Socia"78e#a$iora" Science Genera" Education E"ecti$e

%rogramma)"e .ogic Contro""ers | R8TC | 1301

A study in programmable logic controllers +,C/. Topics include processor units" numbering systems" memory organi0ation" relay type devices" timers" counters"

data manipulators" and programming. Emphasis will be placed on converting ladder diagrams into programs e'plaining digital1analog devices used with

programmable logic controllers and e'ecuting and evaluating control system operation.

.ining %rocess Contro" Systems | INTC | 2390

An introduction to lin!ing controls systems" including istributed Control Systems and +rogrammable ,ogic Controllers" using $+C $le for +rocess Control/

server systems.

'istri)uted Contro" and %rogramma)"e .ogic | INTC | 233,
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An overview of distributed control systems including configuration of programmable logic controllers" smart transmitters" and field communicators. (unctions of

digital systems in a process control environment.

Coo-erati$e Education 5 Instrumentation Tec#no"ogy 7 Tec#nician | INTC | 23&0

Career-related activities encountered in the student%s area of speciali0ation offered through an individuali0ed agreement among the college" employer" and student.

2nder the supervision of the college and the employer" the student combines classroom learning with wor! e'perience. Includes a lecture component.

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