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Electronic Technology Classes (ELEC) |
ELEC 20 COMPUTERS FOR TECHNICIANS- 1 Unit (F/S)
Class Hours: 12 lecture/18 lab total
Computers for Technicians is one of five courses designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to pass the Core and DOS/Windows Comp TIA A+ exams, a requirement to become a certified computer service technician. A+ is a nationally recognized certification. The A+ exam measures essential competencies for a microcomputer hardware service technician with six months on-the-job experience. The tropics covered by this module include: Fundamentals of microcomputer architecture, and introduction to personal computer hardware, and basic troubleshooting techniques.
ELEC 21 OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR TECHNICIANS- 1 Unit (F/S)
Class Hours: 12 lecture/18 lab total
Operating Systems for Technicians is one of five courses designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to pass the Core and DOS/Windows Comp TIA A+ exams, a requirement to become a certified computer service technician. A+ is a nationally recognized certification. The A+ exam measures essential competencies for a microcomputer hardware service technician with six months on-the-job experience. The tropics covered by this module include: Introduction to MSDOS and Microsoft Windows installations, configuration, and troubleshooting.
ELEC 22 COMPUTER HARDWARE FOR TECHNICIANS- 1 Unit (F/S)
Class Hours: 12 lecture/18 lab total
Computer Hardware for Technicians is one of five courses designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to pass the Core and DOS/Windows Comp TIA A+ exams, a requirement to become a certified computer service technician. A+ is a nationally recognized certification. The A+ exam measures essential competencies for a microcomputer hardware service technician with six months on-the-job experience. The tropics covered by this module include: System hardware, input and output devices, mass storage devices and video displays.
ELEC 23 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS FOR TECHNICIANS- 1 Unit (F/S)
Class Hours: 12 lecture/18 lab total
Computer peripherals for Technicians is one of five courses designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to pass the Core and DOS/Windows Comp TIA A+ exams, a requirement to become a certified computer service technician. A+ is a nationally recognized certification. The A+ exam measures essential competencies for a microcomputer hardware service technician with six months on-the-job experience. The tropics covered by this module include: Printers and printing technology, introduction to data communications, and multimedia hardware basics.
ELEC 24 COMPUTER MAINTENANCE FOR TECHNICIANS- 1 Unit (F/S)
Class Hours: 12 lecture/18 lab total
Computer Maintenance for Technicians is one of five courses designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to pass the Core and DOS/Windows Comp TIA A+ exams, a requirement to become a certified computer service technician. A+ is a nationally recognized certification. The A+ exam measures essential competencies for a microcomputer hardware service technician with six months on-the-job experience. The tropics covered by this module include: Customer Skills, Safety procedures, ESD prevention, and preventative maintenance procedures.
ELEC 30 AC/DC CIRCUITS- 6 Units (F)
Prerequisite: MATH 102 or concurrent enrollment in MATH 102
Note: Students will be required to provide a calculator, DMM, and basic tools.
Class Hours: 4 lecture/6 lab
Ohm's Law, power laws, resistor color codes, resistive circuit analysis, Thevenin's Theorem, Mesh Analysis, capacitance, inductance, reactance, R-C time constants, magnetism, generation of a wave, resonance, phasors, instrumentation, and electronic simulations are studied.
ELEC 31 SOLID STATE DEVICES- 4 Units (CR/NC Option) (S)
Prerequisite: ELEC 30 or equivalent
Class Hours: 3 lecture/ 3 lab
This class is a study of the characteristics and applications of semiconductor devices and circuits. Devices covered are diodes, zener diodes, bipolar transistors, junction field effect transistors, and silicon-controlled rectifiers. Tropics include rectification, power supplies, AC/DC load lines, biasing techniques, equivalent circuits, single and multi-stage amplifiers, and feedback application in power supplies and amplifiers.
ELEC 32 DIGITAL COMPUTER ELECTRONICS- 3 Units (CR/NC Option) (S)
Prerequisite: ELEC 30 or equivalent
Class Hours: 2 lecture/ 3 lab
Numbering sustems, binary arithmetic, basic gates, Karnough mapping, bubble convention, adders, shift registers, multiplexers, counters, 555 timiers, truth tables and flip-flops are studied, The lab experience is rich in applications and hands-on experiments. Electronic Workbench software is available for student use.
ELEC 33 MICROPROCESSOR TECHNOLOGY- 3 Units (F)
Prerequisite: ELEC 32 or equivalent
Class Hours: 2 lecture/ 3 lab
A continuation of digital electronics beginning with a review of computer systems and architectures, A complete system analysis of the 8086 Intel microprocessor is performed, Chip level analysis of 8086-based microprocessor systems, computer interfacing, assembly language programming, and microprocessor troubleshooting are key topics covered. Structured programming techniques, flow charts, stack usage, interrupts, bus structures, common interface chips, and other related topics are covered.
ELEC 35 ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND DEVICES I - 4 Units (F)
Prerequisite: ELEC 31 or equivalent
Class hours; 3 lecture/ 3 lab
Transistor physics, mathematical and graphical techniques are utilized to study D-C multistage amplifiers and power amplifiers. The Miller Effect is applied to the study of the amplifier frequency response. In addition, the student will write a resume and give an oral, technical presentation.
ELEC 37 DIGITAL SYSTEMS- 4 Units (S)
Prerequisite: ELEC 33 or equivalent
Class Hours: 3 lecture/ 3 lab
A continuation of ELEC 33 beginning with a review of the computer architecture and an overview of the IBM PC. Chip level analysis of DMA transfers, PC bus interfacing, communication protocols, CRT displays, floppy and hard disk drive technologies are discussed. Design of hardware circuits to interface microprocessors with industrial equipment and input/output transducers for control systems are also studied, Logical troubleshooting techniques of these microcomputer systems and peripheral equipment are analyzed using low level programming techniques in assembly and "C" languages.
ELEC 39 ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND DEVICES II- 3 Units (S)
Prerequisite: ELEC 35 or equivalent
Class Hours: 2 lecture/ 3 lab
Transistor physics, graphical techniques and mathematical analysis are utilized, regulated power supplies, VMOS Transistors, four layer devices, switching power supplies and selected topics in the field.
ELEC 94 ELECTRONICS WORK SITE LEARNING- 1-4 Units (F/S)
Corequisite: During the first semester only, the student must co-enroll in one of the following: any discipline specific career planning course (i.e. AGRI 1, ENGR 2, GS 90, or GS 92).
Class Hours: 54 hours per unit
Employment on approved jobs related to the students major. All WSL classes are supervised by a faculty member to ensure that the work experience is of educational value. The course stresses good work habits and meeting of SCANS competencies through actual on the job performance. This course may be repeated three times for a maximum of 16 units or four total enrollments since course content varies and skills are enhanced by supervised repetition and practice.
ELEC 128 COMPUTER ASSISTED CIRCUIT DESIGN- 3 Units (S)
Advisory: ELEC 30 or ENGR 29
Class Hours: 2 lecture/3 lab
Designed for Computer Electronics A.A. Degree program students, Computer Repair students, as well as Drafting students who wish to be introduced to computer-aided circuit design techniques. Computer circuit simulation and analysis, computer-aided drawing techniques, computer-aided printed circuit board development, fabrication and assembly techniques and computer-aided data acquisition and analysis methods are studied. Electronic drafting procedures as well as non-destructive soldering techniques are also introduced.
ELEC 136 TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY- 2 Units (S)
Prerequisite: ELEC 31 or equivalent
Class Hours: 2 lecture
This course provides an introduction to the general field of electronic communication. The fundamentals of telecommunication systems are introduced by analyzing the various methods of transmitting data from one location to another using both wireless and wired networks. Wireless topics include noise analysis, modulation and demodulation techniques, antennas, receiver detection and signal to noise (S/N) ratio calculations. Wire communication topics include transmission lines, digital coding techniques, security considerations, error detection/correction, and large scale digital telephonic systems.
ELEC 138 FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONICS- 4 Units (F)
Advisory: MATH 101 and ENGL 270
Class Hours: 3 lecture/ 3 lab
Course is designed for Computer Maintenance Certificate program students, as well as students who wish to be introduced to the basic principles of electronics, Topics include basic theory, semiconductor theory, digital concepts, circuits and systems and their applications.
ELEC 139 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL AND ANALOG ELECTRONICS AND SYSTEMS- 4 Uints (S)
Advisory: MATH101 and ENGL 270
Class Hours: 3 lecture/ 3 lab
Course is designed for Computer Maintenance Certificate program students, as well as students who wish to be introduced to the basic principles of electronics, Topics include basic theory, binary number systems and math, digital and analog devices, and circuits/systems and their applications.
ELEC 144 TEHNICAL DOS AND WINDOWS- 2 Units (F)
Advisory: MIS 19 or equivalent
Class Hours: 1 lecture/ 3 lab
Designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to pass the CompTIA A+ DOS Windows exam, a requirement to become a certified computer service technician. Topics covered include: the function, structure and operation of file management, DOS and Windows Memory Management, installation, configuration and upgrading DOS and Windows, diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures, basic networking configuration.
ELEC 145 PC DIAGNOSTICS, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE- 2 Units (S)
Advisory: MIS 19 or equivalent
Class Hours: 1 lecture/ 3 lab
Designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to pass the CompTIA A+ Core exam, a requirement to become a certified computer service technician. Topics covered include: PC installation, configuration and upgrading, diagnostic and troubleshooting procedutes, motherboards, printers, and basic networking.
ELEC 146 INTRODUCTION TO LAN MANAGEMENT- 1 Unit (F)
Advisory: ELEC 144
Class Hours: 1 lecture
This course provides an introduction to the field of micro-computer and LAN management for computer technicians. Students will study issues and topics related to the installation and maintenance of LAN related hardware and topologies. Specific topics of study include, an introduction to IPX and TCP/IP Networks, Local Area Networks, physical design, configuration and maintenance, and LAN management strategies.
ELEC 147 NOVELL LAN MANAGEMENT- 2 Units (S)
Prerequisite: ELEC 146
Class Hours: 1 lecture/ 3 lab
This course is designed to teach the students the advanced mechanics of Novell Network LAN management. Topics cover both the "how" and "why" of Novell networking systems. Specific topics include: fundaments of networking, installation of NOVELL Netware, organizing and managing users, enhancing network performance, connecting and configuring various workstations and network resources, and installing various application software.