2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Jul 13, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook

Air Conditioning Technology: Critical Systems, CA


CODE: ACTCS-CT     |     TOTAL CREDITS: 40     |     FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

This certificate is not intended for transfer to NSU, UNLV, or UNR.  Some of the courses may be eligible for transfer depending on the policies of the institution you are transferring to.  Students who wish to transfer should consult with their assigned advising unit.


GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
Important information about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rates of students who attended this program are located at www.csn.edu/gainful-employment.

DESCRIPTION
This program prepares students to install, maintain, service, troubleshoot, and repair critical systems such as in data process centers and hospitals. The program enables students to learn how to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair HVAC equipment for equipment cooling and other related machinery. Instruction includes classroom, laboratory, and hands-on work in the laboratory or in the field to help students prepare to meet challenges commonly found in the workplace.

COMPUTATION & HUMAN RELATIONS COMPONENTS
  • Computation: AC 103B
  • Human Relations: AC 102B

NEED HELP WITH THIS DEGREE OR SELECTING A COURSE?
  • For advising assistance, log into MyCSN, and access your advising unit’s information from the advising notice in the communication center.
  • If you are on academic warning, probation or suspension, or financial aid warning or suspension, please see an Academic Counselor by visiting Counseling and Retention Services.

 

Student Learning Outcomes


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

General Education Requirements


TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 3