2004-2005 COLLEGE CATALOG - Luzerne County Community ...
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PLUMBING, HEATING AND<br />
AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY<br />
Program of Studies Leading to the A.A.S. Degree<br />
This program provides journeyperson-level training in the plumbing, heating and air<br />
conditioning trades. Instruction is provided in both theoretical and practical aspects of<br />
plumbing, heating and air conditioning, residential and light-commercial maintenance,<br />
various types of plumbing, heating and air conditioning repairs/installation, heat loss and<br />
cooling load calculations, heating and cooling system design and state-of-the-art efficiency<br />
equipment. Included in this curriculum is an intenship co-op program that places students<br />
with local contractors, to gain work experience.<br />
Graduates of the program may gain employment as journeyperson-level tradesperson,<br />
industrial maintenance, sales representative, estimator for a plumbing, heating and air conditioning<br />
systems designer and control trouble-shooting technician.<br />
This program would also allow the graduate to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree at a<br />
four-year institution in a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Technology (HVAC)<br />
program.<br />
First Year<br />
First Semester Sem.-Hrs. Second Semester Sem.-Hrs.<br />
* ENG 101 - English Composition 3 * Humanities or History Elective<br />
*MAT 103 - Mathematics for Industry (Trade) 3 (ENG 261 - Technical Communications 3<br />
PLH 108 - Blueprint Reading and Estimating CEL 103 - Basic Construction Wiring 3<br />
for PLH Trade 3 HAC 101 - Basic Heating and<br />
PLH 112 - Basic Plumbing and Cooling Technology 4<br />
Heating Systems 4 PHY 103 - Physics for Trades 3<br />
PLH 128 - PLH Code 3 PLH 114 - Advanced Plumbing Systems<br />
16 and Designs 4<br />
* Health & Physical Education 1<br />
18<br />
Second Year<br />
First Semester Sem.-Hrs. Second Semester Sem.-Hrs.<br />
* SPE 125 - Fundamentals of Speech 3 PLH 105 - Controls for Heating 4<br />
HAC 103 - Warm Air Heating & Air PLH 222 - Advanced Heating Technology 4<br />
Conditioning Design/Installation 4 PLH 224 - Mechanical (Heating) Code 3<br />
**PLH 118 - Basic Heating Technology 4 PLH 232 - Internship 3<br />
**PLH 120 - Heating System Design Social Science Elective 3<br />
and Installation 4 17<br />
PLH 230 - Internship<br />
* Required General Education Courses.<br />
** Must be taken concurrently.<br />
3<br />
18<br />
PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM<br />
Communications ....................................... 6 credits (ENG 101 and SPE 125)<br />
Humanities or History Elective ............... 3 credits<br />
Social Science ............................................... 3 credits (other than History)<br />
Science ......................................................... 3 credits (PHY 103)<br />
Mathematics ............................................... 3 credits (MAT 103)<br />
Electrical Construction .............................. 3 credits (CEL 103)<br />
Plumbing, Heating and<br />
Air Conditioning Technologies .......... 47 credits (HAC 101, HAC 103, PLH 105, PLH 108, PLH 112,<br />
PLH 114, PLH 118, PLH 120, PLH 128, PLH 222,<br />
PLH 224, PLH 230, PLH 232)<br />
Health and Physical Education or<br />
EMS 207 ..................................................... ________ 1 credit<br />
TOTAL 69 credits<br />
159
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