Air Conditioning Technology: Food Service Refrigeration, AAS [ACTFSR-AAS, 61.5 Total Credits]

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DESCRIPTION

This program prepares students to install, maintain, service, troubleshoot, and repair commercial refrigeration systems. The program enables students to learn how to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair walk-in freezers, ice machines, and other related machinery. Instruction includes classroom, laboratory, and hands-on work in the laboratory or in the field.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Incorporate workforce safety principals while performing basic tasks of a Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) technician.
Interpret electrical/mechanical schematics on HVAC/R equipment to diagnose mechanical or electrical problems in a residential or light commercial environment.
Appraise EPA rules, regulations, and refrigerant handling techniques in the performance of HVAC/R duties.
Diagnose and repair electrical or mechanical problems on commercial refrigeration equipment.

General Education Requirements (22 Credits)

Mathematics (3 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level MATH courses MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

MATH 104B - Applied Mathematics
or MATH 116 - Technical Mathematics or above (except MATH 122 and MATH 123)

English Composition (3-5 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level ENG courses MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Communications (3 Credits)

Recommended: COM 115.

Human Relations (3 Credits)

Recommended: ALS 101.

Natural Science (3 Credits)

Recommended: ENV 101.

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science (3 Credits)

Recommended: GEOG 106.

any AM prefix course
or any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L).
or any ART prefix course
or any COM prefix course
or CRJ 104 - Introduction to Administration of Justice
or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
or any ECON prefix course
or ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above
or GEOG 106 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
or HHP 201 - Stress Management
or HHP 213 - Healthy Aging
or any HIST prefix course
or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)
or any PHIL prefix course
or PHO 101 - Beginning Photography
or any PSC prefix course
or any PSY prefix course
or any SOC prefix course
or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275).
or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
or World Languages 101B or above (this includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, GRE, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI).

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)

Recommended: HIST 100 or PSC 101.

Four Credit Options
HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Six Credit Options
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
or
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 217 - Nevada History
or
HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
or
HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
and HIST 217 - Nevada History

Special Program Requirements (39.5 Credits)

Core Requirements (39.5 credits)

AC 100B - Technician Certification Review
and AC 102B - Introduction to HVAC Electrical Theory and Application
and AC 103B - Introduction to HVAC Mechanical Theory and Application
and AC 110B - Intermediate HVAC Electrical Theory and Application
and AC 111B - Heat Pumps
and AC 115B - Troubleshooting
and AC 116B - Copper Fundamentals
and AC 119B - Professionals in Customer Service
and AC 200B - Commercial Refrigeration I
and AC 202B - Commercial Refrigeration II
and FMM 101B - Introduction to Workplace Safety