Prerequisites intc catalog 2014 2015 09272014
INTC 1312 Instrumentation and Safety
Prerequisites:
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
An overview of industries employing instrument
technicians. Includes instrument safety techniques
and practices as applied to the instrumentation
field.
INTC 1343 Application of Industrial
Automatic Controls
Prerequisites: INTC 1441 or Departmental
Approval
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Automatic process control including measuring
devices, analog and digital instrumentation, signal
transmitters, recorders, alarms, controllers, control
valves, and process and instrument drawings.
Includes connection and troubleshooting of loops.
INTC 1441 Principles of Automatic Control
Prerequisites: CETT 1403, INTC 1312, INTC 1456,
MATH 1314 or Departmental Approval
Credit: 4 (3 lecture, 3 lab)
Basic measurements, automatic control
systems and design, closed loop systems,
controllers, feedback, control modes, and control
configurations.
INTC 1456 Instrumentation Calibration
Prerequisites:
Credit: 4 (3 lecture, 3 lab)
Techniques for configuring and calibrating
transmitters, controllers, recorders, valves, and
valve positioners.
INTC 2330 Instrumentation Systems
Troubleshooting
Prerequisites: INTC 1441 or Departmental
Approval
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 4 lab)
Techniques for troubleshooting instrumentation
systems in a process environment. Includes
troubleshooting upsets in processes
INTC 2336 Distributed Control and
Programmable Logic
Prerequisites: INTC 1343 or Department Approval
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 2 lab)
An overview of distributed control systems including
configuration of programmable logic controllers,
smart transmitters, and field communicators.
Functions of digital systems in a process control
environment.
INTC 2370 Linking Process Control
Systems
Prerequisites: INTC 1441,
Credit: 3 (2 lecture, 4 lab)
An introduction to linking controls systems,
including Distributed Control Systems and
Programmable Logic Controllers, using OPC (Ole
for Process Control) server systems.
INTC 2380 Cooperative Education Instrumentation Technology/Technician
Prerequisites: INTC 1343 or Department Approval
Credit: 3 (1 lecture, 14 lab)
Career-related activities encountered in the
student's area of specialization offered through
an individualized agreement among the college,
employer, and student. Under the supervision of
the college and the employer, the student combines
classroom learning with work experience. Includes
a lecture component
RBTC 1301 Programmable Logic
Controllers
Prerequisites: CETT 1425 or INTC 1441 or
Department Approval,
Credit: 3 ( 2 lecture, 4 lab)
A study in programmable logic controllers (PLC).
Topics include processor units, numbering systems,
memory organization, relay type devices, timers,
counters, data manipulators, and programming.
Emphasis will be placed on converting ladder
diagrams into programs; explaining digital/analog
devices used with programmable logic controllers;
and executing and evaluating control system
operation.