2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Jul 12, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook

Engineering Technology: Entertainment, CA


CODE: ETE-CT     |     TOTAL CREDITS: 30     |     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
The Certificate of Achievement in Engineering Technology-Entertainment is a 12-month program that provides students with classroom and laboratory experience in electricity, mechanical power transmission, fluid power and related repair activities. The emphasis focuses on those skills used in the local entertainment/theater industry or other industries.

COMPUTATION & HUMAN RELATIONS COMPONENTS
  • Computation: ET 111B or MATH 116 or MATH 120/120E or MATH 124/124E or MATH 126/126E or MATH 127or above
  • Human Relations: MT 101B

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. Demonstrate skills required to set-up, maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot the equipment that can be used in an entertainment environment.
  2. Design, assemble and operate various types of fluid power systems that can be used as part of entertainment systems.
  3. Design, assemble and operate various types of industrial electrical circuits that can be used as part of entertainment systems.
  4. Prepare technical reports and effectively communicate the results.
  5. Design, assemble and operate various mechanical power transmission assemblies that can be used as part of entertainment systems.

General Education Requirements


TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 9


Mathematics (3 Credits)


NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.

Recommended: MATH 116.

Major Requirements


TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 21


Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in a Certificate of Achievement program will not count toward graduation requirements.