Electrician: Automated Controls

Certificate: Industrial Technology
Credit Requirements: 25 Semester Credit Hours
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The Electrician: Automated Controls certificate program prepares you for employment in industry as an automated controls maintenance technician. Emphasis is placed on electrical/electronic theory, programmable controllers and their applications, and hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

Admission into this program requires qualifying scores on SAT, ACT or TTC’s placement test. High school graduation is not required if you are at least 18 years old.

Recommended Sequence of Courses

First Semester – Fall

 

AC/DC Circuits I

4

 

AC/DC Circuits II

4

 

Solid State Devices

4

Total 12

Second Semester – Spring

 

Programmable Controllers

3

 

Programmable Controllers Applications

3

 

Hydraulics and Pneumatics

4

 

Problem Solving for Mechanical Applications

3

Total 13