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The mission of the Communications Electronics Program is to provide specialized classroom instruction and practical lab experience to prepare students for employment in a variety of jobs in the field of communications electronics or to provide supplemental training for persons previously or currently employed in related communications electronics occupations.  The program generally prepares individuals to assemble, install, operate, maintain, and repair one-way and two-way communications equipment and systems, including AM, FM, and Single-Sideband and other electronic communication devices or systems.

The program includes instruction in using actual equipment or educational trainers for various types of equipment motors, mechanical diagrams/schematics; radar; fiber optics; laser technology; computer applications; telecommunications; microwave; diagnostic and troubleshooting techniques; the use of testing equipment; Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and National Association of Business and Education Radio (NABER) license requirements.
Basic Electronics is required as a PREREQUISITE for Communications Electronics.


CURRICULUM OUTLINE

28 Credit Hours
600 Clock Hours

BASIC ELECTRONICS

58 Credit Hours
1530 Clock Hours

ETRN   1120  Fundamentals of Direct Current Circuits
MATH 1110  Technical Mathematics I
CPTR    1000  Introduction to Computers
ETRN    1130  Fundamentals of Alternating Current Circuits
TCA - Basic Electricity Technician

ETRN  1210  Fundamentals of Semiconductors
ETRN  1220  Transistor Circuits
ETRN  1230  Digital Electronics
ETRN  1240  Microprocessors
JOBS   2450  Job Seeking Skills
CTS - Basic Electronics Technician
Total Required Credit Hours in Core

 

ADMISSIONS PROCEDURE

1.  Register for admissions test in the Student Personnel Services Office.

2.  Schedule to take Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) test and fill complete an application for admissions.

3.  An orientation session will be scheduled by the Student Personnel Services Officer, and/or applicant’s
     name will be placed on a waiting list.

ADMISSIONS INFORMATION

MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must be 16 years or older.

EDUCATION
A high school diploma or GED equivalency is recommended but not required (exception: Health Occupations and Office Occupations Programs). Documentation of high school diploma or GED is required of those students who have earned it. Entering students who do not have a high school diploma or GED may attend GED classes one period daily (exception: Nursing Assistant, Marine Operations, Practical Nursing, and Commercial Diving).

ENROLLMENT
Students are accepted throughout the year for most programs or at the beginning of a school term.

FINANCIAL AID
Qualified applicants may be eligible for financial aid:
Acadiana Works (WIA)
Title III/Dislocated Worker
Louisiana Rehabilitation Services
Vocational Rehabilitation
Project Independence METLA
Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker/Sex Equity
Pell Grant