College Catalog Cover Design 2 - Pima Community College

Technology — Associate of Applied Science Degree for
Direct Employment
gain a broad understanding of electronics, optics or hardware computer and networking principles. Each of the concentrations
listed below has an electronics/optics based core to prepare students for working in industry. Complete this
program by taking classes in a combination of weekdays and evenings/weekends.
What can I do with this degree?
Career Options: Entry-level employment in a broad range of general electronics fields.
Academic Options: While this program was not designed to transfer to a 4-year university, it may apply toward Bachelor
of applied science (Bas) or other programs. see Pima’s transfer Partnerships page (www.pima.edu/transfer/partnerships).
Location: West Campus
Department/Contact Information:
Dean: 206-6763
lead faculty: 206-6603
Program/major/Concentration Codes: AASTEK/TEK/**** (see concentration codes below)
General Education Requirements - A grade of C or better is required for graduation.
reading requirement - Please refer to the reading requirement in the general Education section
before enrolling in a general education course.
Course lists for each General Education category listed below can be found starting on page 55.
Communication requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
analysis and Critical thinking requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . †
tEC 101 and tEC 113 fulfill this requirement.
Humanities and social science requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Computer and information literacy requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . †
Core and support courses fulfill this requirement.
special requirement
the C or g requirement should be fulfilled by completing an appropriate course in the above categories.
Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12¥
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
required Core Courses - a grade of C or better is required for graduation.
tEC 100 introduction and overview of Electronics (F-Sp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
tEC 101* Physics for technology (F-Sp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
tEC 103* light and optical systems (Sp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
tEC 113* Problem solving for Electronics and optics (Sp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
tEC 117* optical assembly techniques (Sp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
tEC 121/121lB* Basic Electric and magnetic Properties (F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
tEC 122/122lB* applied semiconductor Devices (n/o). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
tEC 123/123lB* Digital Circuits and Computers (F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
tEC 125/125lB* aC networks with Phasors (Sp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
tEC 126* Electronics Construction and assembly (F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
tEC 128/128lB* Electronic measurements (F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
tEC 130/130lB Computer assembly and testing (n/o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Required Support Course
tEC 160* microcomputers and Programming techniques (n/o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Subtotal for Required Core and Support Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
f= fall | sp= spring | su= summer | n/o= may not be offered this year, check class schedule
tECHnologY
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