Mike Denum
Department Chair
Director Bus/Industry Programs
D110
217-641-4970
Denum@jwcc.edu
Electrical Technology
Associate in Applied Science
67 Semester Hours
The AAS in Electrical Technology prepares graduates to enter the job market as either residential, commercial, or industrial electricians. Employment opportunities are not limited to a particular type of business or industry as most all companies require electrical service maintenance. The program is extensively hands-on and provides opportunities for work-based training.
NOTE: Only students who do not need additional coursework and who take the number of credits or courses as listed each semester can complete the program in the time given. Others will take longer to complete.
REQUIRED COURSES
| FIRST SEMESTER | |
| EET 100 DC Circuit Analysis | 4 |
| EET 111 AC Circuit Analysis | 4 |
| ELE 100 Survey of Electrical Trade | 2 |
| ELE 101 Blueprint Reading for Electricians | 3 |
| Mathematics Requirement | 3 |
| 16 | |
| SECOND SEMESTER | |
| ELE 125 Electrical Applications I | 3 |
| ELE 130 Residential Electricity | 3 |
| ELE 215 Electric Motors & Control | 3 |
| SAF 110 Occupational Hlth & Safety | 2 |
| Humanities/Soc or Behavioral Sci Requirement | 3 |
| Written Communication Requirement | 3 |
| 17 | |
| THIRD SEMESTER | |
| CAD 230 Intro to Mfg Processes | 3 |
| ELE 135 Programmable Control | 3 |
| ELE 205 Commercial Electricity | 3 |
| ELE 220 Electrical Applications II | 3 |
| Oral Communication Requirement | 3 |
| PSY 123 Career Management | 1 |
| 16 | |
| FOURTH SEMESTER | |
| ELE 225 Industrial Electricity | 3 |
| ELE 230 Specialized Electrical Circuits | 3 |
| ELE 235 Electrical Systems Analysis | 3 |
| QAL 210 Intro to Quality Assurance | 3 |
| Approved Technical Electives* | 3 |
| General Education Requirement | 3 |
| 18 |
*Approved Technical Electives: AGR 171-Introduction to Electricity, BUS 125-Supervisory Techniques, CHM 103-Principles of Chemistry I, ELE 195-Special Topics in Electrical Technology, ELE 199-Work-Based Education in Electrical Technology, ELM 131-Digital Electronic Theory, PHY 103-Fundamentals of Physics I