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Program Info
Minimum credits: 42
Length: 3 semesters, including summer, when suggested full-time course sequence is followed
Division: Career and Technical Education
Contact: 434.797.8475
Award: Certificate
Plan Code: 942 CIP Code: 46.0302
Program Description
The Certificate in Industrial Electrical Principles prepares students to design, draw, construct, analyze, and troubleshoot basic series and parallel AC/DC electrical circuits and understand 3 phase electric power generation.
Program Coordination: This certificate program is generally not taken alone but are usually pursued concurrently with the EEE Technology Diploma, with several overlapping courses and requirements. The Industrial Electrical Principles curricula is designed for full-time or part-time students and allow flexibility for the industrial worker. This program will prepare you for industrial employment and are also designed to aid those who need to keep abreast of occupational changes and requirements.
Program Outcomes: Graduates will be able to:
- Design, draw, construct, analyze, & troubleshoot basic series & parallel AC & DC electrical circuits, including all typical circuit elements, & explain the function of each.
- Identify, select, set up & operate basic electrical test and measuring equipment including ammeters, ohmmeters, voltmeters, clamp-on ammeters, multi-meters, power supplies, function generators, & oscilloscopes & explain the application of each.
- Demonstrate an understanding of commercial 3-phase electric power generation.
- Demonstrate an understanding PLC operation & PLC programming language, including software, communications, and addressing.
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