Majors at ECC: Engineering and Technologies Division

TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Program Competencies

Upon graduation with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Telecommunications Technology, the graduate of either option will also be able to:

  • Use the various color codes for cable and component recognition
  • Be proficient at terminating wire connections using solderless type connectors
  • Use a curve tracer to check all types of diodes, bipolar transistors, and field effect transistors
  • Demonstrate proficiency in using electronic test instrumentation, such as dual trace osilliscopes, frequency counters, function generators, and alignment generators
  • Be proficient at troubleshooting half-wave, fullwave, bridge power supplies. In addition, student will be able to troubleshoot and repair voltage doublers and triples as well as series-pass regulators
  • Prototype multi-stage analog and digital circuits, check these circuits for normal operation
  • Design, construct, and test digital logic circuits to meet the demands of any 4 input logic circuits
  • Use various software packages to create documents, spreadsheets, graphs, databases and presentations
  • Design voice, data, LAN, and WAN telecommunications networks
  • Specify cabling systems requirements for internal or external communication applications
  • Demonstrate proficiency in the installation of telecommunication end-user equipment; switching and transmission equipment
  • Be proficient in the use of various topologies, transmission media, network interfaces, shared resources to interconnect LANs
  • Present current and emerging technologies in telecommunications to a residential or commercial client

Upon graduation with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Telecommunications Technology, the graduate of the traditional program option will also be able to:

  • Set up document, robotic, and studio color camera(s) for video production and/or teleconferencing
  • Edit a short program on a linear and non-linear video editing system
  • Demonstrate an ability to accomplish with others assigned job tasks in a work environment provided by the internship program