Electronics Fundamentals Diploma (Beginning Fall 2025) (EF12-2)  Diploma

(Prerequisite: None) This course is designed to provide tools to assist students to acquire skills necessary to achieve academic and professional success in their chosen occupational/technical program of study. Topics include: Computer Applications/Technology Skills, Getting off to a Good Start, Learning and Personality Styles, Time and Money Management, Study and Test Taking Skills, Stress Management and Wellness, Communication Skills, and Career Exploration.

(Prerequisite: Provisional Admission) Emphasizes human relations and professional development in today's rapidly changing world that prepares students for living and working in a complex society. Topics include human relations skills, job acquisition skills and communication, job retention skills, job advancement skills, professional image skills, personal finance, problem-solving, and diversity.

(Prerequisite: ENGL 0097 OR Appropriate Placement Test Score AND READ 0097 OR Appropriate Placement Test Score) Emphasizes the development and improvement of written and oral communication abilities. Topics include analysis of writing, applied grammar and writing skills, editing and proofreading skills, research skills, and oral communication skills.

This course introduces the fundamental concepts, terminology, and operations necessary to use computers. Emphasis is placed on basic functions and familiarity with computer use. Topics include introductions to computer and digital terminology and usage, operating systems, Internet and digital communication, word processing applications, spreadsheet applications, database applications, and presentation applications.

(Prerequisites: None) This course introduces electronics and develops the basic skills necessary to perform work in the electronics technology field. Topics include: basic electronic knowledge, safety practices, basic components, schematic symbols and drawings, anti-static grounding, soldering technology, connector technology, and basic math skills.

(Prerequisites: None) (Co-requisites: Instructor Approval or ELCR 1007) This course introduces direct current (DC) concepts and applications. Topics include introduction to safety procedures and regulations, electrical laws and principles, cells and batteries, series, parallel, and series-parallel combination circuits, and test equipment.

(Prerequisites: None) (Co-requisites: Instructor Approval or ELCR 1110) This course introduces alternating current concepts, theory, and application of varying sine wave voltages and current. Topics include introduction to safety procedures and regulations, magnetism, AC wave generation, inductance and capacitance, transformer application, and test equipment.

(Prerequisites: ELCR 1120) This course continues the development of DC and AC concepts with emphasis on constructing, verifying, and troubleshooting complex circuits and reactive circuits. Topics include safety practices, applied algebraic and trigonometry concepts, complex series, parallel, and series-parallel combination circuits, DC theorems, reactive components, RLC circuits, circuit resonance, passive filters, and non-sinusoidal wave forms.

(Prerequisites: Instructor Approval or ELCR 1120) This course provides instruction in the theory and application of solid state devices in the electronics industry. Emphasis is placed on the physical characteristics and uses of solid state devices. Topics include safety practices, semiconductor fundamentals, power supplies and voltage regulation, other diode applications, bipolar junction theory and application, and field effect transistors.

(Prerequisites: Instructor Approval or ELCR 1130) This course provides in-depth instruction on the characteristics and applications of advanced solid state circuits to include linear devices. Topics include safety practices, operational amplifiers, active filters and oscillators, switching circuits and timers, three-terminal voltage regulators, and special transistor applications.

(Prerequisites: Instructor Approval or ELCR 1120) This course is designed to provide coverage of the fundamentals of digital electronics. Topics include safety practices, digital basics, number systems, logic gates and truth tables, combining logic gates, logic families, displays, flip-flops, counters and shift registers, digital systems, and interfacing with analog devices.

(Prerequisites: Instructor Approval or ELCR 1140) This course is designed to provide introductory coverage of Microprocessors and Embedded Systems. An embedded system can be defined as a control system or computer system designed to perform a specific task. Emphasis is placed on the physical characteristics and use of embedded systems. Topics include safety practices, microprocessor based systems, microprocessor instruction set, programming and debugging, applications and troubleshooting, DSP concepts, basic microcontroller, embedded system software, sensors and actuators, basic control system, and embedded systems applications.