Course Outlines
ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS & CONTROLS
This course will give students the fundamentals of basic electrical theory and progresses to alternating current, series and parallel circuit, and resistive, inductive, and capacitive circuits. With this foundation they will better able to become a more rounded technician.
TEXTS:
- Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Textbook
- by Althouse, Turnquist, Bracciano
- Electricity and Control for Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
- by Stephen L. Herman and Bennie L . Sparkman.
- Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Textbook
Evaluation Procedure:
- Tests & Quizzes: 40 %
- Assignments: 20 %
- Final Exams: 40 %
A final letter grade is assigned as follows:
| 95- 100= A+ | 85- 94= A | 80- 84= A- |
| 75- 79= B+ | 70- 74= B | 65- 69= B- |
| 60- 64= C+ | 55- 59= C | 50- 54= C- |
| 45- 49= D+ | 40- 44= D | 0- 39= F |
Class Topics
| Week | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Session 1 | Schematics & Wiring Diagrams |
| 2 | Session 2 | Schematics & Wiring Diagrams |
| 3 | Session 3 | Schematics & Wiring Diagrams |
| 4 | Session 4 | Developing Wiring Diagrams |
| 5 | Session 5 | Developing Wiring Diagrams |
| 6 | Session 6 | Developing Wiring Diagrams |
| 7 | Session 7 | Test |
| 8 | Session 8 | Developing Wiring Diagrams |
| 9 | Session 9 | Safety |
| 10 | Session 10 | Test |
| 11 | Session 11 | Teaching Ends |
| 12 | Session 12 | Examinations Begins |
| 13 | Session 13 | Examinations Ends |
| 14 | Session 14 | Semester Ends |
- Students failing to make 80% attendance for this course will receive a grade F.
- Students arriving to classes more than 10 minutes late without a valid excuse will be considered absent for that session.
- Marks will be deducted from late assignments.
Course Lecturer’s Signature:........................................................
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
This course will give students the fundamentals of the EPA, Environmental Protection Agency rules and regulations regarding ODS, Ozone Depleting Substances and the recommended procedures that are used to comply with these rules and regulations. TEXTS:
- Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Textbook
- by Althouse, Turnquist, Bracciano
- Electricity and Control for Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
- by Stephen L. Herman and Bennie L . Sparkman.
- Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Textbook
Evaluation Procedure:
- Tests & Quizzes: 40 %
- Assignments: 20 %
- Final Exams: 40 %
A final letter grade is assigned as follows:
| 95- 100= A+ | 85- 94= A | 80- 84= A- |
| 75- 79= B+ | 70- 74= B | 65- 69= B- |
| 60- 64= C+ | 55- 59= C | 50- 54= C- |
| 45- 49= D+ | 40- 44= D | 0- 39= F |
Class Topics
| Week | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Session 1 | The Ozone |
| 2 | Session 2 | Recovery, Recycling & Reclaiming Refrigerants |
| 3 | Session 3 | Recycling, Recovery Equipment |
| 4 | Session 4 | Test |
| 5 | Session 5 | Recovery , Recycling Procedures |
| 6 | Session 6 | Recovery , Recycling Procedures |
| 7 | Session 7 | Test |
| 8 | Session 8 | Retrofitting |
| 9 | Session 9 | Safety |
| 10 | Session 10 | Test |
| 11 | Session 11 | Teaching Ends |
| 12 | Session 12 | Examinations Begins |
| 13 | Session 13 | Examinations Ends |
| 14 | Session 14 | Semester Ends |
- Students failing to make 80% attendance for this course will receive a grade F.
- Students arriving to classes more than 10 minutes late without a valid excuse will be considered absent for that session.
- Marks will be deducted from late assignments.
Course Lecturer’s Signature:........................................................
