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| ELPW 101 — Basic Computer Skills — 3 Credits |
| This course is designed to give students a general understanding of computers, both hardware and software. Students will learn to access the Internet and navigate through their online courses and utilize the system tools. This course will also include a basic study of MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint. Students must have access to these XP/2003 software applications. || top || |
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| ENRT 102 — Introduction to the Electrical Industry — 3 Credits |
| This course provides students with an overview of the electrical power industry, including its history, development and regulatory environment. Students will learn about the transmission of electricity and the development of regional and national energy grids, including changes in the regulation of the power industry. || top || |
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| ENRT 103 — Applied Math — 3 Credits |
| This course will teach basic math skills and apply those to energy industry situations. Students will learn the metric system, basic volume and area calculations as well as algebra and trigonometry and how they apply to industry specific situations. || top || |
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| ENRT 106 — DC Fundamentals — 2 Credits |
| This course covers basic direct current theories and applies those theories to the electrical system and related equipment. Students will study methods of producing a voltage, such as batteries, magnetic fields, basic series and parallel circuits. Students will also study basic DC circuit calculations. || top || |
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| ENRT 108 — AC Fundamentals — 3 Credits |
| This course covers basic alternating current theories and applies those theories to electrical systems and related equipment. Students will also study basic generator and motor design, construction and operating principles. || top || |
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| ELPW 105 — Electrical System Fundamentals — 3 Credits |
| This course will begin with a look at several types of power generation stations, such as large fossil fired power plants, hydroelectric power plants, gas turbine and combined cycle generating stations and finally a brief look at wind generation. After the introduction to power generation, students will study how the power is delivered from the power station to the consumer. This course will cover transmission lines and related components within a typical transmission system, such as step-up and step-down transformers, circuit breakers, disconnects and protective relaying. || top || |
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| ELPW 109 — Electrical Industry Safety — 3 Credits |
| This course covers the general safety practices and information employees need while working in any segment of the electrical industry, and the Federal Agencies responsible for insuring a safe working environment. Students will also gain an understanding of the Workers Right to Know regulations and awareness of Public Safety issues. || top || |
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| ELPW 110 — Basic Print Reading — 3 Credits |
| This course gives students an introduction to the different schematics used in power plant operations and electrical transmission and distribution systems. Students will gain an understanding of the standard symbols used in the various systems schematics and how to read them. Students learn how to read basic piping and instrumentation diagrams, and how to interpret single line electrical diagrams. Students finish the course by studying electrical system diagrams beginning at the generator and following through to the distribution system. || top || |
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| ELPW 112 — Electrical System Components — 2 Credits |
| This course takes an in-depth look into the components used in the transmission of electricity. Students begin with a study of switchyards and substations, and then learn the operation of transformers, circuit breakers, regulators, capacitor banks, tap changers, disconnects, current and potential transformers and lightning arrestors. Students also study the various types of electrical conductors, structures and insulators used in the transmission of electricity. Finally, students learn the components, which make up a typical substation and how it feeds a distribution network that supplies customers with electricity. || top || |
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| ENRT 115 — Industrial Composition — 2 Credits |
| In this course, students will learn some of the common terminology used in the industry and the proper writing techniques necessary to work within the industry. Students will participate in practical industrial writing scenarios, such as filling out work request orders, electrical switching orders and inter-company memos. || top || |
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| ELPW 118 — Industrial Communications — 2 Credits |
| This course defines the interpersonal skills needed to communicate with co-workers and customers to effectively work within the electrical industry. Students learn the proper methods used to resolve on-the-job conflicts and how to establish positive working relationships with co-workers. Students will evaluate and learn techniques for handling different workplace scenarios. They also will learn what is considered acceptable behavior in the workplace, and how to recognize discrimination and sexual harassment and understand that these behaviors are unacceptable in the industry. || top || |
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| ELPW 200 — Advanced Print Reading — 3 Credits |
This course covers advanced electrical prints used to navigate complex electrical systems and feeder maps. Students also study schematics that are used when working with electronic systems and system instrumentation that is used to control and monitor the flow of electricity through the electrical system. Students also learn to use the diagrams to troubleshoot system problems and to safely isolate sections of the electrical system.
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| ELPW 202 — Advanced Industrial Safety — 3 Credits |
| This course focuses on specific safety practices of the industry. Students begin by studying general practices, such as confined space entry, lock-out tag out procedures, fall protection, fire safety and working with hazardous materials. Students also learn some specific safety procedures used by linemen, such as proper bucket truck operation, and some techniques used when working with electrical conductors. Finally, students learn some of the specific considerations that must be adhered to as an electrical system dispatcher to ensure the safety of line crews and technicians working on the electrical system. || top || |
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| ELPW 204 — Advanced Electrical Systems — 3 Credits |
This course provides students with a complete understanding of the design and operation of an electrical system. Students begin by understanding switchyard construction and the different configurations, and also how different sections of the transmission and distribution system can be safely isolated. Students also learn how storms and conditions can affect the electrical system. In addition, students learn some of the procedures used by system operators and line crews to maintain safe and effective delivery of power during adverse conditions and steps necessary to restore power after outages.
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| ELPW 206 — Electrical System Protection — 3 Credits |
| This course covers protection fundamentals, philosophies and principles used to protect the electrical system, beginning with the generator itself. Various types of relays, input sources and system grounding are also covered. || top || |
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Choose one specialization area or 12 total credits from the areas below.
Courses required for specialization in Line Construction
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| ELPW 250 — Transformers — 4 Credits |
| This course begins with a review of basic transformer design and operation. Students will study 3-phase transformers, single phase loads for 3-phase transformers, and the different connections used in such transformers. The course introduces students to installation procedures and maintenance procedures. || top || |
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| ELPW 230 — Underground Line Construction — 4 Credits |
| This course covers the two basic categories of underground line construction, such as direct burial and those found in vaults and ducts. Students learn the design, conductors and the transformers used in residential direct burial and the factors that affect it. The course includes underground line construction design and the factors that affect this type of installation. || top || |
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| ELPW 210 — Overhead Transmission & Distribution Line Construction — 4 Credits |
| This course covers the design and construction of transmission and distribution overhead lines. This includes structures, conductors, insulators and the factors that influence particular use for both transmission and distribution systems. The course covers guidelines for working safely with poles, conductors, switchgear, transformers, rigging, grounds and more. Students will be introduced to high and low voltage troubleshooting procedures, stringing procedures, and guidelines for live line work. Maintaining good voltage to the customer and street lighting issues also will be discussed. || top || |
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Courses required for specialization in Substations
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| ELPW 251 — Substation Construction & Maintenance — 4 Credits |
This course begins with a review of hand and power tools used during the construction and maintenance of substations and continues with safety procedures and equipment put in place to protect workers within a substation. Students learn the basic construction of a substation, including electrical equipment rigging and installation, cable tray and conduit installation, cable controls & panel wiring, as well as a wide variety of installation procedures for electrical components and protection equipment.
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| ELPW 211 — Substation Relays — 4 Credits |
| This course focuses on testing and calibrating substation equipment, including voltage testing on equipment feeder relays, and circuit breaker relays. Students also learn the various tests that need to be conducted on protective relays, such as overcurrent and voltage relays, directional and line relays, as well as ground and test device testing. || top || |
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| ELPW 231 — Substation Operations — 4 Credits |
| This course will detail the specifics of power electronics as applied in substations for power transmission. It will describe typical functions provided in utility substation automation systems and some important considerations in the interface between substation equipment and the automation system components. Students will look at the availability of information, the analysis of this information, and the subsequent decision making to optimize system operation in a competitive environment. Oil containment, animal issues and security will also be discussed and the requirements necessary to qualify a substation to withstand seismic events. The operation of substation fire protection and substation communications systems such as the SCADA system and SCADA security will be examined. || top || |
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Courses required for specialization in System Design
Classes offered in the Spring semesters
*Students need the ability to apply geometry, trigonometry, and algebra throughout the courses in this specialization track. |
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| ELPW 208 — Advanced Math — 4 Credits |
| This course will cover algebra, geometry, and trigonometry needed for energy technicians working in the electrical system design and metering specialization areas. This course will cover the fundamental concepts of algebra, equations, functions and graphs. This course will also cover trigonometric functions, laws of sines and cosines and vectors. Lastly the course will discuss analytic geometry. || top || |
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| ELPW 212 — System Design Basics — 3 Credits |
| This course covers the basic principles and applications of components that comprise an electric power distribution system. It includes customer requirements, design layout considerations, and apparatuses that work together to provide reliable service to a wide variety of end use customers. Tariffs and new construction permitting requirements for overhead and underground distribution systems will also be covered. || top || |
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| ELPW 232 — System Design Analysis — 3 Credits |
| In this course students will study the process calculations involved with distribution system design. Included is a brief review of fundamental principles and relationships, followed by exercises using phasors in complex coordinate planes, power transformer equivalent circuits, per unit notation, transmission line parameters and steady state operation, symmetrical faults and symmetrical components, unsymmetrical faults and system protection. The course winds up with an overview of system protection principles and settings calculations for various types of protective relays. || top || |
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| ELPW 252 — Civil Design — 2 Credits |
| In this course the student will study the basic principles of civil design in electrical distribution system facilities. It includes site selection and surveying, soils testing and compaction, grounding, grading, drainage and oil catchment requirements, step potential protection, design layouts, line plan and profile development, foundations, trenching and raceway design, and underground distribution cable direct burial, duct bank, manhole and vault design considerations. || top || |
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Courses required for specialization in Metering
Classes offered in the Fall semesters
*Students need the ability to apply geometry, trigonometry, and algebra throughout the courses in this specialization track. |
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| ELPW 208 — Advanced Math — 4 Credits |
| This course will cover algebra, geometry, and trigonometry needed for energy technicians working in the electrical system design and metering specialization areas. This course will cover the fundamental concepts of algebra, equations, functions and graphs. This course will also cover trigonometric functions, laws of sines and cosines and vectors. Lastly the course will discuss analytic geometry. || top || |
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| ELPW 213 — Fundamentals of Metering — 3 Credits |
| This course introduces students to the fundamentals of metering, such as terminology and basic principles of meters. Students learn basic math needed in metering, and review basic electricity and magnetism principles. They are introduced to meter testing equipment, meter diagrams and standards, and learn technical data and how to read watt hour and demand meters. || top || |
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| ELPW 233 — Single-Phase & Polyphase Metering — 3 Credits |
| In this course students learn about single-phase metering and polyphase metering, including meter design, adjustments and compensations, and applications. They also learn about power factor analyzers, high amperage CT cabinets, meter demand theory, demand registers, and testing and maintenance of thermal demands. || top || |
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| ELPW 253 — Advanced Metering Technology — 2 Credits |
| This course will introduce students to various metering system designs and application options. The student will study the metering system components, associated wiring configurations and instrument transformer variations. Topics will include ratio, burden, and correction factor calculations; functional testing, and calibration procedures as well as safe installation procedures. Also included are cogeneration metering, and principles of load management and associated equipment. || top || |
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