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Electronic Measurements   (ELT-241)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Operation & application of basic electronic measuring instruments including meters, oscilloscopes, potentiometers, bridges spectrum analyzers, etc.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Interpret and explain the purpose and operation of oscilloscopes.
  • Elaborate on an application or project when an oscilloscope was used.
  • Illustrate the step-by-step procedure for measuring voltage and current using a Digital Multimeter (DMM).
  • Interpret and explain the purpose and operation of spectrum analyzers.
  • Discuss an application or project when a spectrum analyzer was used.
  • Describe the difference between a potentiometer and a rheostat and explain how both can be helpful when performing electronic measurements.
  • Using a logic probe, illustrate how to troubleshoot electronic circuits.
  • Review the different types of electronic counters and synopsize an application of each.
  • Interpret and explain the purpose and operation of network and logic analyzers.
  • Discuss an application or project when a network and/or logic analyzer was used.

 
Electronic Drawing   (GRA-221)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Students will be able to prepare a set of working drawing of an electromechanical device, utilizing a printed circuit of their own design. In so doing, they will demonstrate their ability to prepare schematic and wiring diagrams, as well as their understanding of the principles and concepts of electronic standardization and miniaturization, including printed and thin-film circuits and wiring harnesses.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Describe and demonstrate the process of lay out and documentation of circuit diagrams.
  • Explain the terminology of electronic drawing and electronic symbology.
  • Demonstrate and explain the theory and practice of reference designators and component sequence numbering.
  • Explain the importance of standards (ASME and ISO) in the modern electronic graphics environment.
  • Identity and create electro-mechanical layout and design factors.
  • Identify and create unit and subassembly design elements.
  • Identify and create assembly drawings of electro-mechanical parts and enclosures.
  • Create dimensioned drawings of electro-mechanical hardware and flat patterns.

 
History of Technology   (HIS-390)   3 credits  
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Course Description
The development of electrical and electronic technology from the mid- nineteenth century to the present, including the impact of electrotechnology on society.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Explain the milestones in development of electrical and electronic technology from the mid- nineteenth century to the present
  • Provide a list of major inventions by inventors.
  • Describe the impact of electro technology on society.
  • Discuss the current research topics on electrical and electronic technology.

 
Creating and Implementing the Electronic Enterprise   (MAR-306)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Creating and Implementing the Electronic Enterprise explores the theories and practices to achieve effective marketing of products and services utilizing the Internet and other related digital technology. The course recognizes that electronically-driven commerce is an evolving realm, one that encourages an approach to the challenges and opportunities of electronic enterprise from a problem-solving viewpoint. The course will use business cases and student-conducted research to explore the dynamic relationships between the electronic enterprise and the e-commerce marketplace. The course will also examine the broad reach of electronic enterprise, covering both public and nonprofit organizations and private corporations.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Examine traditional commerce models and explain their evolution toward digital technology.
  • Evaluate the roles digital technologies play in the management of electronic enterprise.
  • Analyze and evaluate marketing concepts, communications, social contexts, and strategies used to manage product- or service-based electronic enterprises.
  • Explain and evaluate the current state of e-enterprise and its future roles as both business model and process.

 
Electronic Mail Systems   (CAP-306)   3 credits  
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Course Description
The student will learn the various capabilities of e-mail systems. Current concepts in micrographics, records management, prioritizing duties, electronic mail processing, electronic calendar, and repro-graphics are included.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Describe and illustrate with examples the capabilities of email systems.
  • Compare and contrast various email systems.
  • Give examples of current applications in email systems, including calendar and prioritization of tasks, and other features.

 
Advanced Electronic Circuits   (ELT-302)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Design of power supplies, amplifiers, and oscillators and their various uses, plus servo systems, switching and timing circuits, and their uses.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Articulate and demonstrate understanding of power supplies, amplifiers and oscillators.
  • Describe the types of electronic circuits you built, analyzed, tested, and/or trouble- shoot involving power supplies, amplifiers, and oscillators.
  • Discuss the design work and/or application(s) you used in developing advanced electronic circuits.
  • Explain how your knowledge/experience of servo systems and/or switching/timing circuits complemented the success of projects and assignments

 
Microcomputers Applications for Business   (CAP-225)   3 credits  
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Course Description
A survey of microcomputer applications that meet business needs. Includes hands-on work with word processing, electronic spreadsheets, file and database management systems.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of basic system software and application software, and identify their uses in applicable business environments;
  • explain and demonstrate how a user can manipulate folders to organize files;
  • create and/or modify document files appropriately through the use of office productivity tools including features of selected applications: word processing, spreadsheet, and database management.

 
Electronic Communication Systems   (ELC-201)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Electronic Communication Systems (ELC-201) is a comprehensive course in AM, FM, and single-sideband communication systems and an introduction to digital transmission. The course is designed to familiarize you with transmitters, receivers, modems, noise analysis, information theory, pulse modulation, sampling, coding, multiplexing, and other signal-processing techniques used in commercial broadcasting and data transmission systems.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Explain how signals are transmitted over various media.
  • Solve basic algebraic equations used in the electronic communications field.
  • Measure electrical quantities using Electronics Workbench™ Multisim.
  • Distinguish between the different methods of transmitting digital information.
  • Describe the different signal processing techniques.
  • Explain how to operate a LAN, both wired and wireless.
  • Describe the operation of a television system, both scanned and digital.
  • Describe a basic fiber-optic communication system.
  • Describe the different types of antennas and their uses.

 
Television II   (RTV-254)   3 credits  
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Course Description
The techniques of single-camera electronic field production. The course emphasizes pre-production planning and single-camera script development, writing for broadcast, and post-production electronic video editing and audio mixing.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Articulate and demonstrate familiarity with TV production tools and techniques
  • Assess effective use of those tools and techniques by providing examples and analysis of the examples provided
  • Create a script, shot list and camera moves list for a TV show to be produced
  • Discuss the process of executing such a plan effectively in a TV studio

 
Digital Electronics   (ELD-302)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Digital Electronics is a course of study in applied digital logic using electronic digital circuits. Students will learn about digital electronic fundamentals including number systems, logic gates, Boolean algebra, logic families circuit design, flip-flops, combinational and synchronous logic circuit design, logic minimization techniques (Karnaugh maps, Quine-McCluskey), counters, shift registers, encoders and decoders, multiplexors and demultiplexors, interfacing, and microprocessors.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Explain the important concepts, components, and tools of digital electronics.
  • Demonstrate the ability to convert from one number system to another and to perform basic arithmetic operations.
  • Demonstrate the ability to convert numbers using specialized codes including Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) code, Gray code, and the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) code.
  • Demonstrate the operation of logic gates and illustrate each logic gate symbol.
  • Construct logic truth table for each logic gate and produce timing diagrams for any specified input waveform.
  • Apply basic laws of Boolean algebra and the Karnaugh map to simplify a Boolean expression.
  • Write a Boolean output expression for any combinational circuit.
  • Utilize full-adders to implement multibit parallel adders.
  • Demonstrate how a comparator can determine if two binary numbers are equal or unequal.
  • Design a logic circuit to decode any combination of bits and apply an encoder to a specific application to convert information to a coded form.
  • Compare and contrast the symbolic symbols for the set-reset, D-type, J-K latches, and flip-flops.
  • Compare and contrast the proper output for each possible input combinations for the set-reset, D-type and J-K latches and flip-flops.
  • Identify and differentiate between synchronous and asynchronous counter circuits.
  • Differentiate between serial in/serial out, serial in/parallel out, parallel in/serial out, and parallel in/parallel out shift registers and how they operate.
  • Identify various memory and storage used in digital electronics.

 
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