178 Electronics Technician The curriculum for electronics technician prepares the student for employment at the end of two years of training as a technician in the field of electronics. The student may select either of the electronics areas offered. If he chooses to work in the electronics service area, he should register for the five credit hour laboratory classes to acquire the desired skills. CURRICULUM Course Description Basic Requirements Major Field Requirements Related Requirements Recommended Electives English 1, 2, 3 Health Education 1 Orientation 1 Physical Education Electronics Electronics Mathematics 41, 42, 43 Physics 4, 6 Drafting 10, 11, 12 Speech 1 or 9 Economics 21 Electronics 41, 42, 43 Sociology 21 Psychology 21 Basic Communications Personal Hygiene Industrial Organization Three Approved Activities Trade Technical Laboratory and Shop Practce Credit 9 2 2 Mathematics General Physics Electronics Drafting and Blue Print Reading Basic Speech Industrial Economics Morse Code Social Relations Industrial Psychology 30 18-30 15 10 Electronics Technology The Electronics Technology Curriculum is designed for the student who desires to continue his education in a senior institution. Students transferring from this department who elect an electrical engineering major may require three more years to complete. CURRICULUM Freshman Year A. Electronics 1, 2, 3a—Current and Circuit Fundamentals 5 Electronics 21, 22, 23a—Current and Circuit (Laboratory) 3 Electronics 41, 42, 43—Morse Code (Elective) 1 Health Education—Personal Hygiene Orientation—Personal and Social Orientation 2 Mathematics 4, 3, 10—College Algebra, Trigonometry, Analytic Geometry 5 Drafting (to meet requirements of transfer program) 3 19 W. 17 5 3 19 179 Sophomore Year Electronics 3 b, 4, 9—Circuit Fundamentals, Communications and Industrial 5 5 Electronics 23b, 24, 29—Circuit and Communication Laboratory 3 3 English 1, 2, 3—Basic Communications 3 3 Mathematics 7, 8, 9—Calculus 4 4 Physical Education 1 1 Approved Electives 2 2 18 18 Course of Instruction TECHNICIAN PROGRAM 1. Direct Current Fundamentals. A beginning course dealing with atomic theory, Ohm's Law, Kirchoff's Laws, power, resistance, inductance, capacitance, D.S. motors, and D.C. generators as they apply to direct current circuits used in communications. Prerequisite and/or concurrent: Mathematics 41, or Mathematics 1. Five quarter hours. Autumn. Staff 2. Alternating Current Fundamentals. Fundamental concepts of A.C. circuits containing resistance, inductance, and capacitance will be studied. Phase relationships, complex impedance, circuit Q, resonant circuits, coupled circuits, and transformers will be discussed. Prerequisite and/or concurrent: Electronics 1, Mathematics 42 or Mathematics 3. Five quarter hours. Winter. Staff 3a, 3b. Basic Electronics. Vacuum tube and transistor fundamentals will be discussed. Basic electronic circuits such as rectifiers, audio amplifiers, radio frequency amplifiers, oscillators, detectors, etc. will be considered. Prerequisite: Electronics 2. Five quarter hours each. Autumn, Spring. Staff 4. Communications Circuits. The theory of operation, installation, adjustment, and maintenance of medium and high frequency transmitters, radio-frequency circuits, antennas, and modulation will be discussed. Prerequisite: Electronics 3a. Five quarter hours. Winter. Staff 9. Industrial Electronics. An introduction to some of the many industrial applications of electronic circuits. Fundamental concepts of induction and dielectric heating, magnetic amplifiers, special oscillator and trigger circuits, control circuits, and power rectification will be introduced. Prerequisite: Electronics 3. Five quarter hours. Spring. Staff 21. Direct Current. Laboratory experiments and projects are designed to correlate with Electronics 1 and teach the fundamentals of D.C. and basic construction practices. Three quarter hours. Autumn. Staff