Engineering Technology: Utilities-Natural Gas, AAS

CODE: ETUNG-AAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 60 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

DESCRIPTION

This Associate of Applied Science degree concentration prepares students for technician jobs with natural gas utility companies.

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Student Learning Outcomes

Recognize basic skills for success in academia and work including applied business communications and writing.
Demonstrate basic safety, first aid, CPR, and construction industry knowledge.
Catalog common procedures in the installation and testing of natural gas systems (which requires an understanding of basic process automation) and demonstrate basic ability to perform the standard pipe joining using the common industry methods.
Differentiate the basics of the common types of welding.
Be prepared to accept management and/or supervisory positions in the Power Utility and other generating plants.
Understand the key aspects of customer problem resolution for service professionals.

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 27

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

ET 111B - Mathematics for Electronics Applications
or MATH 116 - Technical Mathematics
or MATH 124 - College Algebra
or MATH 124E - College Algebra Expanded
or MATH 127 - Precalculus II or above
_{REMINDER: If a student does not place into the correct college-level MATH course, they are required to complete a preparatory or prerequisite course(s) or attempt to gain a higher score on the MATH placement exam. Such preparatory or prerequisite courses are not part of the degree, may delay degree completion, and will cause the student to complete more credits than the total listed on this degree.}

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

Strongly Recommended: COM 115.

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 any ECON prefix course
or ENG 223 - Themes of Literature
or GEOG 106 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
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)

Recommended: HIST 100 or PSC 101.

TOTAL SPECIAL PROGRAM CREDITS: 33