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Programs of Study 2
Electronics Technology
www.lwtech.edu/electronics
ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE
120 CREDITS
Admission Dates: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Program Mission: The Electronics Technology AAS
degree prepares students to utilize the skills learned
in this program to enter into either the electronics
manufacturing industry as engineering technicians,
electronics specialists, inspectors, managers, and testers,
or into any of the high-tech industry maintaining
multi-million dollar machines and devices utilized
in almost all high-tech fields today.
The Electronics Technology AAS degree exposes students
to a basic core of skills through advanced electronics
principles and applications. By focusing on the idea that
a career in high-tech involves constant and continuing
education, the student learns the importance of
life-long learning. Through this, the program prepares its
graduates for entry level positions in the rapidly growing
high-tech industries of the 21st century.
Electronics Technology AAS degree graduates will:
be prepared to obtain entry-level positions as electronics
technicians, installers, assemblers and troubleshooters
be prepared with the skills to perform standard
workplace functions with minimal supervision
demonstrate critical thinking, teamwork,
communication, intercultural appreciation, and
technical and information literacy skills
meet Social Science, Humanities, Written
Communication, and Quantitative Reasoning
distribution area outcomes
Lake Washington Institute of Technology does not
offer every course each quarter. It is the student’s
responsibility to consult the Class Schedule and work out
an individual schedule with an adviser or counselor. Any
developmental coursework a student may be required to
complete may increase the program length.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
ELEC 110 Introduction to Electronics I. ....................6
ELEC 111 Computer Literacy for
Electronics Professionals. .......................2
ELEC 113 Career Planning & Leadership I. .................2
ELEC 114 Electronic Testing Processes & Techniques I ......2
ELEC 115 Electronics Manufacturing
Testing Techniques I. ...........................5
ELEC 116 Introduction to Programmable
Logic Controllers. ..............................5
ELEC 120 Introduction to Electronics II. ...................6
ELEC 126 Electronics Manufacturing
Testing Techniques II ...........................5
ELEC 130 Electricity & Electronics. ........................6
ELEC 137 Introduction to Semi & Analog. .................5
ELEC 211 Digital Electronics. .............................6
ELEC 213 Career Planning & Leadership II .................2
ELEC 214 Troubleshooting Electronic Circuits. .............4
ELEC 216 Mechatronics. .................................4
ELEC 217 Data Acquisition & Analysis. ....................5
ELEC 221 FCC/CET Preparation ...........................1
ELEC 223 Communication Electronics. ....................5
ELEC 224 Electronic Circuits. .............................5
ELEC 225 Linear Circuits. .................................5
ELEC 226 Introduction to Automation/
Electromechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ELEC 237 Intro to Microprocessors Microcontrollers. .......5
ELEC 239 Printed Circuit Board Layout & Design. ..........6
ELEC 297 Electronic Capstone, Degree Level. ..............4
ACADEMIC CORE REQUIREMENTS – 20 CREDITS
Written Communication. .......................5
Humanities. ...................................5
Quantitative Reasoning. ........................5
Social Science. .................................5
TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS .......................... 120
See page 15 for a list of all applicable courses for each of the
categories listed above.
Programs of Study
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