Department: Engineering and Technology
Discipline: Engineering
Subject Code: IA
Course #: 208
Course Title: PLC’s and Automation
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FORM 335
Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at a
minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]
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Digital Description [§335.2] (Insert the new/revised digital description below):
Credit hours:
Lecture hours:
Lab hours:
2.0
1.0
3.0
Approved Online/Blended Face-to-Face Instruction Ratios:
[__] 25/75% [__] 33/67% [__] 50/50% [__] 67/33% [__] 75/25%
(Note: The first number indicates the percentage of online instruction. The second number indicates the percentage of in-class
instruction.)
2.
Maximum Enrollment (Insert new/revised maximum enrollments below):
In-Class Instruction: 15
Lab Instruction:
(It is assumed that maximum enrollments for blended courses are the same as those identified for In-Class instruction. Maximum
enrollments for Virtual Learning courses are to be 75% of In-Class instruction, as per the SGP on Maximum Class Size):
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4.
Catalog Description [§335.2] (Insert the description in the space below):
Addresses ladder logic and its use in programming industrial programmable logic
controllers (PLC’s). This course covers such topics as the use of using discrete
Input/Output (I/O), timers, counters, and sequencers to control automated systems for
manufacturing applications with the focus of instruction being on Allen Bradley PLC’s
using AB software. A course fee is required.
Minimum Grade Required
Prerequisites [§335.2]: ELEC 100 or ELOC 153
C
Co-requisites:
Other:
5.
Learning Outcomes [§335.2]
[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential
knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
 Log into a PLC system
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Department: Engineering and Technology
Discipline: Engineering
Subject Code: IA
Course #: 208
Course Title: PLC’s and Automation
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Planned Sequence of Instruction [§335.2]
[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]
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Configure PLC communication software
Force I/O in the process of troubleshooting
Search/replace address in a PLC program
Wire PLC I/O modules
Use the process status register information to troubleshoot a faulted process
Clear a faulted processor
Write a program to control external hardware
Number Systems
Memory Organization and PLC Addressing
PLC Hardware and wiring
Configuring communication drivers
Use of Allen Bradley Software to Program
Relay Instructions
Timers and Counters
Search/replace software functions
Forcing I/O
Troubleshooting a faulted system
Sequencers
Application Programming
Assessment of Student Learning [§335.44]
[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed above.]
Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by the Shared
Governance Policy – Assessing Institutional Effectiveness, is part of regular curriculum
maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan has been determined by the pertinent
faculty involved and is maintained in the College’s assessment management system.
8.
List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning Materials
(code each item based on instructional use) [§335.2]: C-Lecture/Laboratory, ALecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online, BL-Blended, DIndependent Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship, F-Cooperative Work-Study, FEField Experience. [These resources must be easily accessible to students.]
BL, C – Petruzella, Frank, Programmable Logic Controllers, McGraw Hill, Third Edition
(ISBN 0-07-829852-0)
BL C – Petruzella, Frank, LogixPro Simulation Lab Manual w/ LogixPro CD ROM,
McGraw Hill, (ISBN 0-07-326922-0)
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Department: Engineering and Technology
Discipline: Engineering
Subject Code: IA
Course #: 208
Course Title: PLC’s and Automation
NAME AND SIGNATURE
1. Discipline Faculty Proponent: Kim Ketelsleger
DATE
8/13/15
2. Curriculum Manager & College Catalog Editor: Erika Steenland
10/2/15
5. Department Chairperson (Discipline Approval): Kazim Dharsi
10/6/15
This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335, subchapters A/B.
This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the policies,
standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is consistent with the
College’s mission.
If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar courses
generally accepted for transfer accredited four-year colleges and universities.
NAME AND SIGNATURE
6. Associate Provost: Kathleen T. Doherty
DATE
10/7/15
7. Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: Cynthia Doherty, Ph.D.
10/9/15
9.
Original Date of course approval by the college: 199820
10.
Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]:
9/12/11 – course fee
7/1/15 – Inserted approved max enrollment numbers & re-approved blended F2F ratios for Fall 15 - ers
8/13/15 – TOI (Removing blended option), catalog description – Fall 16
12/1/04
Form Template Reviewed & Updated: 10/26/07; 1/11/08; 1/16/09; 7/14/09; 7/31/12; 7/30/13; 8/26/13; 1/31/14; 8/18/14