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DEGREES,CERTIFICATES,COURSES140DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, COURSESCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSAPPIE 160ELECTRICAL WIRING IIPrerequisite: APPIE 1002 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course is a continuation of Electric Wiring I. It focuses onthe technical skills required to perform electrical installations,including calculating conductor sizes and voltage drops, determiningcircuit requirements, sizing service and grounding procedures.APPIE 170ELECTRICITY NON-ELECTRICAL TRADESPrerequisite: None2 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditElectrical circuits, equipment, devices, practices, fundamentalsand safety are the topics of this course. Students will exploreelectrical circuits, measuring equipment and more as a widerange of electrical topics are studied for both single- and threephasecircuitry. Electrical safety will be addressed, especiallylock-out/tag-out.APPIE 200ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMATION AND RECTIFICATIONPrerequisite: APPIE 103 or equivalent2 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course is a study of changing AC to DC in single- andpoly-phase circuits as typically found in industry. Rectificationcircuits that are primarily for higher current operation will bestudied.APPIE 201DIGITAL FUNDAMENTALS IPrerequisite: None2 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course in digital systems is an introduction to number systemsand codes, logic gate representation and combinatoriallogic circuits.APPIE 202DIGITAL FUNDAMENTALS IIPrerequisite: 201 or equivalent2 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course in digital systems is a continuation of APPIE 201advancing into the study of counters, registers, integrated circuitlogic, logic families, interfacing and memory devices.APPIE 203INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS IPrerequisite: APPIE 1012 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course is a study of the underlying concepts and operationof electronic devices, circuits and systems used in industrialcontrol. Concepts instead of design topics are emphasized.APPIE 204INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS IIPrerequisite: APPIE 1012 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course is a continuation of the study of underlying conceptsand operation of electronic devices, circuits and systemsused in industrial control. Concepts instead of design topics areemphasized.2006-2008 CATALOGAPPIE 206INSTRUMENTATION FUNDAMENTALS IPrerequisite: APPIE 1012 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course is a study of electronic instrumentation with applicationsto the control of the industrial processes.Topics coveredwill be an introduction to process control, transducers,controller principles and control elements.APPIE 207INSTRUMENTATION FUNDAMENTALS IIPrerequisite: APPIE 2062 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course is a continuation of APPIE 206 and covers instrumentationapplications to the process control.APPIE 208PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS IPrerequisite: None2 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis is a course that studies programmable controller operationsas used in industry.This course is based on the principlethat the technician must understand programmable controllerterminology as well as relationships of the input/output, processorsection, programmable devices, memory and interfacing sectionsof the programmable controller.The use of ladder diagrams andprogramming techniques are explained along with the programmablecontroller versatility to control integrated processes.APPIE 209PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS IIPrerequisite: APPIE 208 or equivalent2 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course is a continuation of Programmable LogicControllers I.The student will continue to learn more programmingtechniques as well as manipulation of data, such as datacomparison, connection of peripheral devices and controllerlogic and hardware troubleshooting. Certain brand-name programmablecontrollers will be identified and used. Practicalwiring, troubleshooting and programming of a particular modelprogrammable controller will be emphasized.APPIE 210COMPUTER USE AND APPLICATIONPrerequisite: None2 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course is designed to study computer interfacing, applicationand usage with little computer background necessary.Thestudents will use PCs to do a variety of tasks using both interfacinghardware and software for collecting and analyzing scientificdata.The student will also work within the PC in order tobe able to change mother boards, driver cards, memories, driveunits and connect peripheral devices.APPIE 220PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERSPrerequisite: None4 lectures per week: 4 hrs creditThis course studies programmable controller operations asused in industry.The use of ladder diagrams and programmabletechniques are explained along with programmable versatility tocontrol integrated processes. Students will develop expertise inconnection of peripheral devices, controller logic and hardware,troubleshooting and practical wiring procedures. (equivalent toAPPIE 208 and 209 combined)