CATALOG - Schenectady County Community College

ELT 121 (3-3-4)Electrical Circuits IIThis course is a continuation of circuits including AC circuits as applicable todigital systems and controls. Basic AC circuits are covered, along with singleand 3-phase AC power and distribution. Series and parallel RLC circuits arecovered, along with the use of an oscilloscope in troubleshooting and measurement.Digital systems are covered, with the examination of three state bussesand the chips needed to interface with them in personal computer applications.PR: ELT 110, MAT 129FELT 123 (2-0-2)Electrical SchematicsThis course offers a broad overview of schematics and diagrams. Topics includeelectrical symbols, component identification, Block diagrams, pictorial diagrams,three- dimensional drawings, and print reading.PR: ELT 121 (Electrical Circuits II)ELT 230 (4-3-5)ElectronicsThis course is an introduction to electronics as applied to digital systems andcontrols. DC power supplies, zener diodes, switching transistors and linear andnon-linear operational amplifier circuits are covered. The course stresses designand prototyping of circuits used in control systems and measurement.PR: MAT 129, ELT 110, ELT 121FELT 231 (3-3-4)ElectronicsThis course is an introduction to the electronic building blocks that are used inall modern silicon based integrated circuitry. Component operations, applications,and the use and troubleshooting of these components is covered. Topicsinclude an overview of semiconductor materials and P-N junction, variousdiodes (rectifier, switching, zener) and their uses, and overview of basic powersupply circuits and uses, the operation and use of mos an cmos field-effecttransistors, inverting and non-inverting operational amplifiers and their use inanalog and digital applications, LC and RC swine-wave oscillators and crystaloscillators, silicon rectified controller SCRs), diac and triac thyristors, andoptoelectronics.PR: ELT 121 (Electrical Circuits II)ELT 241 (3-0-3)RoutingThis course covers the application of routers to internetwork communications.After a brief review of TCP/IP and the OSI model, the course covers networklayer addressing, bridging, static and dynamic routing, router protocols includingRIP, OSPF, and SNMP. Some Netware and Appletalk protocols are introduced,and a brief introduction to layer two and three switching is presented.Students will have the opportunity to work with NORTEL ARN series routers.PR: CIS 240, ELT 120SELT 256 (3-3-4)Process Control and InstrumentationThis course is an introduction to process control fundamentals and the applicationof digital controllers in a process environment. Analog and digitalsignal conditioning interfacing stand-alone computers using signal processingsoftware, and the basics of automatic process control are studied. The coursewill emphasize the application of Programmable Logical Devices (PLD) and theuse of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).PR: ELT 231CR: MAT 129SELT 261 (3-3-4)Programmable Logic ControlsThis course is an introduction to the Logic and Programming of Logical Devicesused in system controls. The course covers Binary, Octal and Hexadecimalnumber systems and introduces the elements of Assembly Programming,Logical gates, and the operations of Boolean algebra using standard digitalwaveforms. This course also includes Shift Registers and Counters, Addersand triggering clocks using specialized softward, Digital-to-Analog conversionmethodology, decoders and multiplexers.PR: CIS 221, ELT 110CR: MAT 129ELT 270 (3-0-3)Power ElectronicsThis course introduces linear integrated power amplifiers, switches, and regulators.Component operations and application and the use and troubleshootingof these components is covered. Topics include power parameter calculations,principles of power electronics prototype and printed circuit board (pcb) layout,linear integrated circuit power amplifiers for intermediate audio signal amplification,discrete linear power amplifiers for signals with higher power requirements,power switches, switching power, thyristor uses in commercial powerline applications, power conversion, and permanent magnet motor drivers.PR: ELT 231Emergency Medical ServiceEMS 210 (2-7-4)Basic EMTThis course is designed to meet New York State Health Department (Bureau ofEmergency Health Services) requirements for Emergency Medical Techniciantraining. This course is updated yearly to include materials appropriate for EMTtraining as included in the New York State EMS program CFR/EMT/AEMTstudent manual. The course will adhere to the SCCC/REMO AMT Sponsor’sagreement and all current New York State regulations for EMT training, includingrequirements for class time and instructor certification. Students shouldnote that some Saturday sessions are required in addition to regularly scheduledclass hours.PR: All students must be at least 18 years old.F,SEMS 220 (2-3-3)Selected Topics in EMTThis course is designed to meet New York State Health Department (Bureau ofEmergency Health Services) requirements for EMT Refresher. New laws andpolicies will be discussed, as well as new technology appropriate to the coursewhich has been introduced during the past three years. The course will adhereto the SCCC/ REMO AMT Sponsor’s Agreement and all current New YorkState regulations for EMT-B training, including requirements for class time andinstructor certification.PR: A student may have a current EMT card that will expirein less than 18months; a student who was certified as a NYS Emergency Medical Technicianmay have a lapsed certification; a student who has previously failed the FinalPractical Skills Exam within one year or has failed the state written certifyingexam after a second attempt may enroll in the refresher course. Proof of failuremust be provided to the CIC by the student; a student who has received writtenpermission from the Bureau of EMS to enroll in an EMT-B refresher course asa result of filing for reciprocity based on EMT training from another state. Thestudent must submit the letter which was provided from the Bureau of EMS asproof of eligibility for enrolling in the refresher.F, SEnglish and LiteratureENG 123 (3-0-3)College CompositionThis course provides a foundation in academic discourse by developing effectivecommunication skills with an emphasis on expository writing. Students useelectronic environments to write multiple essays, including a researched anddocumented paper; they also deliver an oral presentation.PR: Exemption from placement testing as defined by theAcademic Code orsuccessful completion of CSS 123 or CSS 125 or CSS 127F, S99