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Instrumentation Systems Specialty

The Instrumentation Systems Specialty prepares the student to install, calibrate, maintain, tune, troubleshoot, and repair instrumentation, components, and control loops in such industries as food processing, pharmaceuticals, aluminum, chemical manufacturing, semiconductor manufacturing, petroleum refining, pulp and paper, and power generation.

Sample Job Titles

Instrumentation Technician, Process Controls Technician

Graduation Requirements

  1. Total Credit Hours: 68 credit hours in courses numbered 100 and above
  2. Cumulative Grade Point Average: 2.00 (‘C’) or better for all work applicable toward the degree that was completed at Richland
  3. Residency: 15 credit hours or more at Richland Community College

Curriculum Requirements

Required Courses

COMM 120Business & Professional Speaking

3.0
Or
COMM 101Public Speaking

3.0
DRAFT 103AutoCAD, Introductory

3.0
Or
DRAFT 236Solid Modeling 2

4.0
Or
ENGT 102Blueprint Reading

3.0
ENGL 110Professional & Technical Writing

3.0
Or
ENGL 101Composition 1

3.0
ENGT 100Manufacturing Processes

3.0
ENGT 101Motor Control Fundamentals

4.0
ENGT 103Fluid Power Fundamentals

3.0
ENGT 104CNC Fundamentals

3.0
ENGT 105Occupational Safety (MSSC-1)

3.0
ENGT 111Motor Control Applications

4.0
ENGT 120Process Control Fundamentals

3.0
ENGT 131Maintenance Fundamentals

4.0
ENGT 210PLC Fundamentals

4.0
ENGT 211PLC Applications & Data Acquisiton

3.0
ENGT 212Motor Control Systems

4.0
ENGT 214Motion Control Applications

3.0
ENGT 220Process Control Applications

3.0
ENGT 231Piping Fundamentals

2.0
ENGT 290Work Exp. Practicum & Seminar

3.0
Or
ENGT 295Workplace Simulation & Project

3.0
Or
ENGT 299Systems Integration

3.0
MATH 104Technical Mathematics

4.0
Or
MATH 110Concepts of Mathematics

4.0

Social Science Electives

Number of Credit Hours Required: 3.00

ANTHR 101Introduction to Anthropology

3.0
ANTHR 110Intro to Cultural Anthropology

3.0
ECON 231Macroeconomics

3.0
ECON 232Microeconomics

3.0
ED 102Field Experience in Education

2.0
ED 105Using Technology in the Classroom

3.0
ED 107Art for Elementary School Teachers

3.0
ED 108The Multicultural Classroom

3.0
ED 109Principles of Reading

3.0
ED 200Educational Psychology

3.0
ED 205Foundations of Education

3.0
ED 210Introduction to Bilingual Education

3.0
HIST 101United States to 1877

4.0
HIST 102United States since 1877

4.0
P REL 100Human Relations

3.0
P REL 110Supervision

3.0
POL S 100People & Politics

3.0
POL S 110American National Government

3.0
POL S 120Pol in States and Communities

3.0
PSYCH 110Introduction to Psychology

3.0
PSYCH 145Human Growth & Development

3.0
PSYCH 150Child Psychology

3.0
PSYCH 200Educational Psychology

3.0
PSYCH 210Social Psychology

3.0
PSYCH 250Human Sexuality

3.0
PSYCH 260Theories of Personality

3.0
PSYCH 280Abnormal Psychology

3.0
SOCIO 105Domestic Violence & Intervention Techniques

2.0
SOCIO 110Introduction to Sociology

3.0
SOCIO 125Parenting

3.0
SOCIO 130Criminology

3.0
SOCIO 135The Study of Substance Abuse

3.0
SOCIO 141Introduction to Social Work

3.0
SOCIO 150Social Problems

3.0
SOCIO 200Marriage and the Family

3.0
SOCIO 210Sociology of Deviant Behavior

3.0
SOCIO 225Race, Class & Gender in the United States

3.0
SOC S 280Interdisciplinary Field Experience in the Social Science

3.0

General Education Electives

Number of Credit Hours Required: 3.00. PHYS 101 or PHYS 115 recommended

Suggested Course Sequence

Fall Semester

ENGT 100Manufacturing Processes

3.0
ENGT 101Motor Control Fundamentals

4.0
ENGT 103Fluid Power Fundamentals

3.0
ENGT 104CNC Fundamentals

3.0
MATH 104Technical Mathematics

4.0
Or
MATH 110Concepts of Mathematics

4.0

Spring Semester

DRAFT 103AutoCAD, Introductory

3.0
Or
DRAFT 236Solid Modeling 2

4.0
Or
ENGT 102Blueprint Reading

3.0
ENGT 105Occupational Safety (MSSC-1)

3.0
ENGT 111Motor Control Applications

4.0
ENGT 120Process Control Fundamentals

3.0
ENGT 131Maintenance Fundamentals

4.0

Fall Semester

ENGT 210PLC Fundamentals

4.0
ENGT 212Motor Control Systems

4.0
ENGT 214Motion Control Applications

3.0
ENGT 220Process Control Applications

3.0
Social Science Elective

3.0

Spring Semester

COMM 120Business & Professional Speaking

3.0
Or
COMM 101Public Speaking

3.0
ENGL 110Professional & Technical Writing

3.0
Or
ENGL 101Composition 1

3.0
ENGT 211PLC Applications & Data Acquisiton

3.0
ENGT 231Piping Fundamentals

2.0
ENGT 290Work Exp. Practicum & Seminar

3.0
Or
ENGT 295Workplace Simulation & Project

3.0
Or
ENGT 299Systems Integration

3.0
General Education Elective

3.0

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