Student Handbook and Catalog 2021-22 V2

106 | Curriculum
Automation and Controls
Technology
Automation and Controls Technology students learn how to
automate the industrial World. Be on the cutting edge of the
automation technologies to which companies are upgrading their
systems. Through instruction in how to troubleshoot, calibrate,
implement, service, repair and replace analog and electromechanical
instruments, students learn automation basics. Add in computerized
control, robotic control, robotic assembly device and computer
controlled manufacturing systems like Programmable Logic
Controllers (PLC’s) and Human Machine Interface (HMI’s) and
students know how to automate and control most industrial
processes. Students will receive in-depth classroom instruction,
followed by real world, hands-on training in labs, to gain the solid
foundations necessary in this high tech field. Training begins with
basic electrical concepts, motors and motor control application.
Students then advance to solid state electronic principals, electrical
codes, measurements, calibration and automation control schemes.
Enhance your automation skills and knowledge with extensive,
industry-driven, hands-on exercises in PLC concepts, design,
maintenance and troubleshooting on state of the art lab equipment
that includes robotics interfacing. Be a part of our automation nation.
Automation And Controls Technology is offered at the Marshall
campus.
First-Year Seminar Requirement
Students are required to enroll in the First-Year Seminar course,
TSTC 1101, in their first semester attending TSTC unless they
have completed more than 24 credit hours. Please see detailed
information regarding the course and exemptions in the Advising
section under First-Year Seminar course.
Automation and Controls Technology
Associate of Applied Science
Semester 1
Credits
AACT 1371 Electronics Fundamentals in Automation 3
AACT 1372 Automation Safety and Compliance 3
AACT 1373 Administrative Skills for Technicians 3
ACGM X3XX Gen Ed Mathematics Elective 3
Semester Totals 12
Semester 2
Credits
CETT 1341 Solid State Circuits 1 3
ELPT 1341 Motor Control 2 3
INTC 1341 Principles of Automatic Control 3
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3
Semester Totals 12
Semester 3
Credits
AACT 2371 Automation Control Systems Interfacing I 3 3
ELPT 2319 Programmable Logic Controllers I 4 3
INTC 1343 Application of Industrial Automatic Controls 3
ACGM X3XX Gen Ed Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3
Semester Totals 12
Semester 4
Credits
ELMT 2339 Advanced Programmable Logic Controllers 5 3
ELMT 2341 Electromechanical Systems 3
AACT 2372 Automation Control Systems Interfacing II 6 3
INTC 2339 Instrument and Control Review 7 3
Semester Totals 12
Semester 5
Credits
EAACT 2373 Factory I/O 8 3
INTC 2330 Instrumentation Systems Troubleshooting 9 3
ACGM X3XX Gen Ed Math/Natural Science Elective 3
ACGM X3XX Gen Ed Social/Behavioral Science Elective 3
Semester Totals 12
Capstone Course(s):
AACT 2373 - Factory I/O
Program Totals 60
Prerequisites
1
AACT 1371
2
AACT 1371 or ELPT 1311 or CETT 1303 or IEIR 1371
3
ELPT 1341
4
ELPT 1341 (Prerequisite or Corequisite)
5
ELMT 1301 or ELPT 2319
6,8
ELPT 2319
7,9
INTC 1343
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