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Course Descriptions
College 101 10890101 Students gain skills that lead to success in college, employment, and life. Students should take this course in their first semester.( Pre-requisite: None.) Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
Digital 1: Logic 10660101 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. Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring
Digital 2: Sequential 10660102 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.( Pre-requisite: 10-660-101, Digital 1: Logic) Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring
Introduction to AC / DC 10660116 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. Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
College Technical Math 1A 10804113 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 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) Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
Fluids 1: Basic Pneumatics 10620100 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. Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
Fluids 2: Basic Hydraulics 10620101 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) Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
Automation 1: Control Logic 10664100 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. Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
DC 2: Circuits 10660105 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, Interim Algebra w Apps OR 10- 804-113, College Tech Math 1A; 10-660-116, Introduction to AC / DC) Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring
Digital 3: Registers 10660103 Analyze and design asynchronous up counters, down counters, presettable counters, ring counters, and Johnson counters, and analyze synchronous counters. Analyze and design various types of shift registers.( Prerequisite: 10-660- 102, Digital 2: Sequential) Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring
Basic Mechanics 10620144 Introduction to basic mechanical devices and tools used for assembly, disassembly and adjustment. Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
Biomedical-Introduction to 10605201 provides an introduction to the biomedical field. The hospital / clinical environment, safety, accepted practices and expectations will be explored. Course Typically Offered: Fall
College Technical Math 1B 10804114 Topics include: performing operations on polynomials; solving quadratic and rational equations; formula rearrangement; solving systems of equations; and oblique triangle trigonometry. Emphasis will be on the application of skills to technical problems.( Prerequisite: 10-804-113, Tech Math 1A with grade C or better) Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring
AC 2: Reactance 10660108 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.( Pre-requisite: 10-660-105, DC 2: Circuits) Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring
Electronics 1: Diodes-Basic 10660110 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: 10-660-106, DC 3: Circuit Theorems) Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring
Electronics 2: Trans-Basic 10660111 Introduction to the characteristics, bias and usage of semiconductor transistors in amplifying circuitry. BJTs and general amplifier characteristics are studied.( Pre-requisite: 10-660-110, Electronics 1: Diodes-Basic) Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring
Automation 2: Motor Control 10664101 Electric motor control components such as sensors, timers and counters.( Co-requisite: 10-664-100, Automation 1: Control Logic) Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring
Intro to Biomedical Instrument 10605102 Introduces the fundamental technical information necessary for work on medical devices in the clinical setting supporting the technology used in patient care. This course provides a working vocabulary and baseline knowledge of clinical technology. It is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of medical equipment sensors and transducers and their application to the clinical setting.( Pre-Requisites: 10-620-100, Fluids 1: Basic Pneumatics; 10-620- 101, Fluids 2: Basic Hydraulics; 10-660-116, Introduction to AC / DC; Co-Requisites: 10-660-108, AC 2: Reactance; 10-660-109, AC 3: RLC Circuits; 10-664-101, Automation 1: Control Logic; 10-664-101, Automation 2: Motor Control) Course Typically Offered: Spring
Biomedical Mechanics 10605221 This course covers maintaining, servicing, and troubleshooting mechanical devices used in healthcare. It includes preventive maintenance, repair, disassembly, diagnosis, replacement of parts, testing, and calibration to keep devices safe and functional.( Corequisite: 10-620-144, Basic Mechanics)
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