Computer Technologies
Choose this concentration if you’ve learned how to build, test, operate, and maintain computer networks, or install, configure, and update software applications. Credits that count toward this concentration indicate knowledge of analog and digital electronics, computer design, development, troubleshooting, and maintenance of computer hardware, databases, and network systems.
- IT 200 Hardware and Software Essentials
- IT 211 Fundamentals of Programming
- IT 250 Business Data Communication
- CYS 220 Cloud Computing and Virtualization
- Computer Technologies elective
Electromechanical Technologies
This concentration conveys your knowledge of mechanical technology, electrical and electronic circuits, and automated, servo-mechanical, or electromechanical tools, equipment, and processes. Credits that count toward this concentration reflect coursework or training in the design, assembly, testing, maintenance, troubleshooting, and upgrading of electronic and computer-integrated mechanical components and instrumentation systems, such as automated manufacturing tools and engineering service equipment.
- TECH 185 Blueprint Reading
- TECH 225 Applied Instrumentation and Control
- TECH 233 Electrical Power Distribution
- EGR 280 Introduction to 3-D Modeling
- Electromechanical Technologies elective
Electronic/Instrumentation Technologies
Highlight your knowledge of electrical, electronic, and digital circuits, microprocessors, and programmable controllers, and the assembly, testing, maintenance, repair, and upgrading of electrical and electronic components and systems used in medical technology, analytical instruments, and industrial process control equipment. Credits applied to this concentration signify prior training in the operation of continuous and discrete systems and the use of electrical/electronic devices and instrumentation in troubleshooting analog and digital communication systems.
- TECH 185 Blueprint Reading
- TECH 225 Applied Instrumentation and Control
- TECH 240 Job Task and Troubleshooting
- IT 250 Business Data Communication
- Electronic/Instrumentation Technologies elective
Nuclear Technologies/Power Plant Technologies
This concentration features your education in the design, operations, and maintenance of radiation shielding, radiation detection instrumentation, and emergency planning and implementation of radiation protection procedures and regulations pertaining to safe operation of nuclear systems and power generation facilities. Credits applied to these requirements reveal knowledge of the role of control performance, human interface, and quality assurance in nuclear system operation and maintenance; procedures used to record and interpret measurements; protocols of power plant systems equipment start-up, maintenance, and shut-down; and basic operation, testing, and troubleshooting of boilers, turbines, electric generators, pumps, and other auxiliary equipment.
- TECH 250 Renewable Energy Overview I: Solar and Geothermal
- TECH 251 Renewable Energy Overview II: Wind and Water
- TECH 260 Energy Industry Fundamentals
- NUC 210 Health Physics and Radiation Protection
- NUC 240 Atomic and Nuclear Physics