ACM Degree Requirements
Degree Requirements
The Diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology requires a total of 65 credit hours and a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.00.
- Minimum Technology Core Requirements (32 credit hours):
- Engineering Technology Fundamentals (2 credits)
(2) ET 131 - Linear Circuits Analysis: (8 credits):
(3) ECET 201, (1) ECET 200, (3) ECET 202, (1) ECET 203 - Electronic Circuits (4 credits):
(3) ECET 255, (1) ECET 208 - Digital Logic circuits (4 credits):
(4) ECET 111 - Microcontrollers and System Interfacing (4 credits):
(4) ECET 209 - Electric Power Control (4 credits):
(3) ECET 321, (1) ECET 323 - Engineering Technology Project (3 credits):
(3) ECET 297 - Computer Programming Fundamentals (3 credits):
(3) ENG 200
- Engineering Technology Fundamentals (2 credits)
- Mathematics and Science Requirements (12 credit hours):
- Quantitative Reasoning (8 credit hours):
(4) MA 165 (4) MA 166 - Scientific Ways of Knowing (4 credit hours):
(4) PHYS 218 or (4) CHM 115
- Quantitative Reasoning (8 credit hours):
- Liberal Arts Requirements (21 credit hours):
- English Language and Communication Skills (10 credit hours):
(3) ENGL 100, (3) COM 114, (4) ENGL 107 - General Education Requirement (GEE) (11 credit hours):
Students must satisfy the requirements of General Education as per the following conditions:- Courses must be drawn from the Liberal Arts Department and from the General Education areas below (refer to the Liberal Arts Department section in the ACM Course Catalogue).
- The General Education areas are defined as follows:
- English Language and Communications Skills
- Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
- Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
- Interdisciplinary Ways of Knowing
- Courses may also be drawn from math, science, and professional selective courses as offered by ACM and with the Director’s permission.
- Courses that are already required under a category other than General Education Elective, cannot be considered as a GEE course.
- ACM has the right to advise a student on a specific course under the GEE category.
- ACM has the right to assign some of the credits in the “General Education Requirement (GEE)” which are to be considered as part of the degree requirements in the form of course(s) available in the course catalogue (other than existing courses in the GEE category) with Director’s approval. For example, Professional Selectives and Internship Courses may be offered at ACM discretion as mandatory selective and to be considered as part of the degree requirements.
- English Language and Communication Skills (10 credit hours):