Engineering Technologies and the Trades

College Seminar is an opportunity for students to develop the skills necessary to improve the chances for success in the college environment. General College procedures, the fundamental notions of time management and study skills, and the specific responsibilities of today's students in a variety of local and global environments are discussed. One or more collaborative projects will be an integral part of the course. Corequisites: The course must be taken in the student's first thirty hours of study. General first year courses would usually be taken at the same time.

English 1 is a composition course. By focusing on several kinds of writing--self expressive, informative, argumentative/persuasive, and others--it teaches the student to produce the clear, correct and effective prose required in a wide variety of professions and occupations. Class meetings are a blend of lecture and discussion with frequent in-class writing activities. Conferences may be required. Readings are studied as models of good writing and for the ideas they contain. There are eight writing assignments altogether, including an in-class essay, a research-based assignment, and a business writing assignment. Prerequisites: Appropriate evaluation on the placement test writing sample, or successful completion of EN099 Introduction to College English, or successful completion of SL116 ESL4 Advanced Composition, or permission of Humanities Department Head or course instructor.

This course introduces probability and statistics. Topics include graphs, tables, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, normal distribution, correlation and regression, probability, and inferential statistics. This course is available in two formats: lecture only, or lecture plus laboratory using technology. Prerequisite: An appropriate placement test result or MA045 Basic Math Skills or MA050 Introductory Mathematics.

This web-based course introduces construction and facility plans and blueprints necessary for a construction or maintenance project, including how to interpret information from plans and blueprints.

This web-based course provides the rationale for an occupationally safe and healthy work environment in an education facility. Skills include working effectively in the area of school emergencies, safe internal and external facility environments, and safety inspections. This course does not satisfy the course requirements in the Civil Engineering Technology programs.

A wide variety of credit courses including but not limited to swimming, fitness center, badminton, tennis, golf, bowling and aerobic dance.

This course seeks to deepen the students' understanding of human nature and the human condition through the study of ideas and values expressed in both imaginative literature and a full-length book of non-fiction. To this end, students use and develop critical thinking and language skills. They do so mainly in their attempts to raise and answer questions in their readings, discussions, and expository writing tasks, which may include exploratory writing, an academic journal, reports and essays. A library-oriented research project is required. Prerequisite: EN101 English 1: Composition or EN105 English Composition for Speakers of Other Languages

This course develops an understanding of the basic functions of management as well as the social and economic responsibilities of those people engaged in management. Emphasis is placed on the problem of decision-making under conditions of uncertainty.

This web-based course provides the rationale for an occupationally safe and healthy work environment in an educational facility. Skills include working effectively with school emergencies, safe internal and external facility environments, and safety inspections.

This web-based course is a continuation of ET115. It covers topics in AC electrical theory and investigates sine wave generation, mutual inductance, inductive and capacitive resistance, and instantaneous values of voltage and current as well as real and apparent power. This course does not satisfy the requirements for any courses in the electrical Service Technician programs. Prereqisite: ET115 Basic Electricity 1 or permission of instructor.

This web-based course provides a review of basic electricity and electronics followed by a study of drawings and diagrams being used in industry: pictorial, schematics, wiring, and ladder diagrams. Process controllers and applicable sensors are investigated. This course does not satisfy the requirements for any courses in the Electrical Service Technician programs. Corequisite: ET116 Basic Electricity 2 or permission of instructor.

This web-based course covers the basic physics as applied to the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning industry. Topics include history, fundamentals of refrigeration, safety and refrigerant controls, and compressor construction, as well as characteristics of automatic controls applied to commercial, industrial, and domestic refrigeration. . This course does not satisfy the requirements for any courses in the Electrical Service Technician programs. Prerequisite: ET115 Basic Electricity 1 or permission of instructor.

A wide variety of credit courses including but not limited to swimming, fitness center, badminton, tennis, golf, bowling and aerobic dance.

This web-based course emphasizes the understanding, analysis, and application of law to school districts and the management of their facilities. A broad conceptual basis is supplemented by an examination of case law, current articles, Federal and State statutes, and regulations and school district policy.

This course introduces economic theory and its relevance to daily life in a market economy. Topics include scarcity, supply and demand, choice, economic growth, taxation, and the role of government in the economy. Attention is given to current economic issues and their impact upon everyday life.

This course provides a working knowledge of supervisory skills necessary for dealing with human problems within the organization. It covers elements such as communications, motivation, discipline, negotiations, and conflict management. Prerequisites: BM250 Principles of Management.

This web-based course focuses on the principles of commercial construction using a sustainable methodology. Green building principles such as energy efficiency, environmental impacts, resource conservation, indoor air quality, renewable energy sources, and community issues are studied. National and International programs for design as well as building rating systems are investigated. Codes and building standards are reviewed with emphasis on the LEEDS standards. Current building ratings and standards are reviewed.

This web-based course focuses on the planning, scheduling, and tracking, as well as execution of capital projects using Primavera Software. Gantt and Pert charts/diagrams are used as well as spreadsheets and other tools to schedule and track a project.

A wide variety of credit courses including but not limited to swimming, fitness center, badminton, tennis, golf, bowling and aerobic dance.

This web-based course provides a basic understanding of NYS public school budgeting and accounting fundamentals, including financial statements and cost and managerial relationships. An introduction to the regulatory authorities of public school accounting is included.

This course introduces the functions involved with managing the human resources within an organization. Topics include job design and analysis, recruitment and selection, performance appraisals, training, compensation administration, benefits, and employee rights.

This course studies the features of mechanical and electrical systems typically included as part of the utility or service grouping in modern buildings, including design principles, materials and equipment, installations, operation, and maintenance. Prerequisites: CT121 Statics and PH151 General Physics 1 or permission of instructor.

This web-based course covers components of refrigeration for commercial and industrial systems, including requirements and component applications to develop and build up systems. This course does not satisfy the requirements for any courses in the Electrical Service Technician programs. Prerequisite: ET118 Topics of Refrigeration 1 or permission of instructor.

A wide variety of credit courses including but not limited to swimming, fitness center, badminton, tennis, golf, bowling and aerobic dance.