Student Handbook and Catalog 2021-22 V2

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Instrumentation Technology*
Instrumentation is the science of measurement and control,
including the variables of process control such as pressure,
level, temperature and flow rates. These variables are used in all
automated processes in power generation, oil refineries, chemical
plants, food processing, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, building
environmental control and more.
Instrumentation is a vital part of any production or manufacturing
plant, and it is the job of an instrument tech to keep these running.
TSTC Instrumentation graduates are field-ready and qualified to go
to work with minimum on-the-job training.
Instrumentation Technology is available at the Waco 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.
*This program is eligible for a Money-Back Guarantee. Visit page 95
for more details.
Instrumentation Technology
Associate of Applied Science
Semester 1
Credits
CETT 1303 DC Circuits 3
DFTG 1313 Drafting for Specific Occupations 3
INTC 1305 Introduction to Instrumentation 1 3
MATH 1316 Plane Trigonometry 3
Semester Totals 12
Semester 2
Credits
CETT 1305 AC Circuits 2 3
ELPT 1341 Motor Control 3 3
INTC 1341 Principles of Automatic Control 3
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3
ENGL 2311 or Technical & Business Writing
Semester Totals 12
Semester 3
Credits
INTC 1355 Unit Operations 4 3
INTC 2336 Distributed Control and Programmable Logic 5 3
RBTC 1301 Programmable Logic Controllers 6 3
PHYS 1310 Elementary Physics 3
PHYS 1315 or Physical Science I (lecture)
Semester Totals 12
Semester 4
Credits
INTC 1350 Digital Measurement and Controls 7 3
INTC 1356 Instrumentation Calibration 8 3
INTC 2333 Instrumentation Systems Installation 9 3
ACGM X3XX Gen Ed Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3
Semester Totals 12
Semester 5
Credits
INTC 1348 Analytical Instrumentation 10 3
INTC 2310 Principles of Industrial Measurements II 11 3
INTC 2350 Fieldbus Process Control Systems 12 3
ACGM X3XX Gen Ed Social/Behavioral Science Elective 3
Semester Totals 12
Program Totals 60
Capstone Course(s):
INTC 2350 - Fieldbus Process Control Systems
Prerequisites
1
CETT 1303 (Prerequisite or Corequisite)
2
CETT 1303 or IEIR 1302 (Prerequisite or Corequisite)
3
AACT 1371 or ELPT 1311 or CETT 1303 or IEIR 1371
4,10
INTC 1341
5
RBTC 1301 (Prerequisite or Corequisite)
6
ELPT 1341
7
RBTC 1301
8,9,11
INTC 1355
12
INTC 2333
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