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Electronics Engineering Technology
Electronics Engineering Technology Course Descriptions
The following are electronics technology course descriptions with links to syllabi in PDF format. Note that in addition to a weekly classroom lecture, four credit courses contain a weekly hands-on lab component delivered to students in the College's Advanced Technology Center. These courses are offered in the 15-week Spring and Fall semesters only. ELEC-101: Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis (3 credits)This course will introduce the student to the hardware and software of an Advanced Personal Computer Workstation, Windows, E-mail, Microsoft Word, and the use of PSpice 9.2, an Electronic Circuit Analysis Program with schematic capture. The student will use the computer to draw various electronic circuits, and perform DC, AC, and Transient Analysis to simulate circuit operation under both normal and extreme operating conditions. Syllabus: elec101.pdf ELEC-103: Electrical Skills and Techniques (4 credits)Students will be able to operate standard analog laboratory instruments including the VOM, oscilloscope, audio generator and frequency counter. They will be able to solder PC board connections for IC chips, sockets and standard components. Students will collect data and display the data using proper graphing techniques on appropriate graph paper. The student will be able to use the scientific calculator utilizing the majority of the scientific functions on the calculator. The student will be able to use Ohm's law to solve series, parallel and series-parallel DC circuits. (Prerequisite or Corequisite: MATH 022, MATH 025 or passing score in algebra on Basic Skills Test). Includes a lab component. Syllabus: elec103.pdf ELEC-111: Electrical Circuits 1 (DC Theory) (4 credits)Students will use basic electrical quantities and analyze series, parallel an series-parallel DC circuits. They will be able to employ Kirchoff's Laws and the various network theorems to simplify and systematically attack complex DC circuit problems. In addition, students will be able to design simple meter circuits and determine the correct type of electrical instrument for a particular application. (Prerequisites or Corequisites: ELEC 103 and MATH 161). Includes a lab component. Syllabus: elec111.pdf ELEC-112: Electrical Circuits 2 (AC Theory) (4 credits)At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to analyze complex AC circuits comprised of resistors, capacitors, and inductors, and use the j operator (complex algebra) to calculate impedance, currents, voltages and phase angles. She/he will be able to use standard laboratory test equipment such as the oscilloscope, VOM, DMM, audio generator, frequency counter, and others to measure and verify calculated values. (Prerequisite: ELEC 111 and MATH 161. Recommended corequisite: ELEC 121) Includes a lab component. Syllabus: elec112.pdf ELEC-121: Introduction to Electronic Devices and Circuits (4 credits)Students will be able to explain the basic fundamentals of the diode, bipolar transistor and FET operation, be able to draw schematic symbols and the schematics for various circuit configuration, and be able to design the bias circuits necessary to operate the devices in the linear region of their characteristic curves. They will be able to interpret OP-AMP specification sheets and apply the information to OP-AMP circuits. They will be able to design, build, test and explain the operation of various OP-AMP circuit configurations such as summing and instrumentation amplifiers. (Prerequisite: ELEC 111) Syllabus: elec121.pdf ELEC-222: Advanced Electronic Circuits (4 credits)The student will be able to apply the principles of semiconductor devices to design filters, audio amplifiers and draw a Bode Plot to show how circuit components affect the operation of various circuits. They will be able to design, build test and explain the operation of various circuit configurations using both discrete and integrated circuits. The student will be able to design, build, test and explain the operation of various active filters, instrumentation amplifiers, integrators and differentiators. (Prerequisite: ELEC 121) Syllabus: elec222.pdf ELEC-241: Introduction to Digital Circuits (4 credits)This course is an introduction to the basic principles of digital electronics. Students will be able to quantitatively identify the fundamentals of computers, including number systems, logic gates, logic and arithmetic subsystems and integrated circuits. The student will gain the practical skills necessary to work with digital circuits through problem solving and hands-on laboratory experience with logic gates, encoders, flip-flops, counters, shift registers, adders, etc. The student will be able to analyze and design simple logic circuits using tools such as Boolean algebra and Karnaugh Mapping and will be able to draw logic diagrams using both the traditional logic symbols and the ANSI/IEEE Std 91-1984 symbols with dependency notation. (Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or higher in ELEC 103) Syllabus: elec241.pdf ELEC-243: Mini/Microcomputer Interfacing (PC Repair) (4 credits)This is a hands-on course which will provide the knowledge a skills needed to test, troubleshoot, repair a upgrade a personal computer. The student will learn to install operating systems such as DOS and Windows. They will learn all the basic commands and peer to peer networking and networking essentials. Syllabus: elec243.pdf ELEC-244: Computer Peripherals - Data Communications and Networking (4 credits)This course is an introduction to computer and local area networking. It will introduce students to the commonly used protocols and their configuration. The students will be able to install all the software and hardware needed to create a LAN. After installation they will be able to configure the LAN for users, groups and printers. NOVELL netware and Microsoft NT are used as operating systems. Syllabus: elec244.pdf
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