Electronics, Robotics & Automation, AAS

Emphasis: Electronics, Robotics & Automation

Degree: Associate in Applied Science

Total Units: 91-93

Class Type: Lecture, Lab, Hybrid

Purpose: The goal of this program is to provide a graduate with the skills needed to find a job at a company that uses high-end automation equipment. This equipment ranges from devices controlled by programmable logic controllers (industrial computers) to robotic devices. A successful student will have learned core electronics skills, characteristics, and operation of various types of electric motors, pneumatics and embedded controllers.

Program Outcomes: Upon successful completion, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

• Safely operate equipment and evaluate situations for safety issues
• Work as members of a team in an office or industrial setting
• Determine quantitative solutions to AC/DC electronic circuits
• Apply common theorems and instrumentation to safely troubleshoot complex circuits
• Design, implement and maintain automated systems using Programmable Logic Controllers and industrial sensors
• Integrate modern microcontrollers into robotic systems to retrieve data and produce specified results
• Obtain, process and articulate visualizations of sets of data from industrial equipment, and use that data to propose logical system improvements
• • Think independently to obtain solutions, and to recognize the need to pursue results which exceed the minimum standards whenever possible.