Official Title of Major: Electronics Engineering Technology, A.A.S.
Award: Associate of Applied Science degree, A.A.S.
Code: AAS.EGR.ELECTRONICS
Total Credit Hours: 61
About the Engineering Department
Purpose: Electronics technicians assemble, install, maintain, calibrate, and repair electronic devices and equipment. Positions available for Electronics Technology program completers are vast and wide including: defense contractors, biomedical equipment companies, electronic component assemblers, and home automation companies, to name a few.
Graduates of the program are fully-prepared to enter the workforce as an entry-level electronics technicians. Topics covered in the coursework include the fundamentals of AC and DC circuits, semiconductors, digital logic, and electronic communication circuits. Students are introduced to the topics via lecture and reinforced through hands on labs utilizing various electronic equipment necessary for the trade including: oscilloscopes, digital multi-meters, function generators and spectrum analyzers.
Range of Occupations Include:
- Electronics communications technician
- Electronics technician
- Field service technician
- Instrumentation and control technician
- Electronics assembler
- Biomedical equipment technician
- Calibration technician
