Non-Core Degrees

ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCES DEGREE IN ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Offered at Richland College in conjunction with Texas A&M University (College Station)

Degree Code: AS.TAMU.ELEC.ENGR.11

This is an "Articulated" degree with Texas A&M University (TAMU) - College Station.

Students who complete this degree with a GPA of 2.50 with no grade below that of "C" and who meet all admissions requirements at Texas A&M University (TAMU - College Station) are eligible to apply for admission to TAMU's Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology program. Students who maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 in transferable hours will gain automatic admission into TAMU's College of Engineering/Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department. Students maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0 in transferrable hours will gain preferential review for admission into TAMU's College of Engineering/Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department. Students with a GPA of 2.5 to 2.99 will be reviewed utilizing the standard transfer procedures at Texas A&M University and will be evaluated based upon traditional review. Students should follow this plan only if they wish to transfer to TAMU in Electronics Engineering Technology. Students wishing to transfer to another university should not assume this entire plan will transfer.

In order to be eligible to receive this AS degree in Electronics Engineering Technology, a student must:

  1. Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours indicated in this degree plan;
  2. Earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1301 and the selected college-level mathematics course;
  3. Receive a GPA (2) of at least 2.00 ("C")
    [NOTE: TAMU guarantees admission with a 2.50 GPA with no grade below a "C"]    ;
  4. Give permission to DCCCD and TAMU-College Station to share transcript data in order to evaluate degree program progress and assist in degree completion requirements and reporting;
  5. Meet all Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements and course prerequisites; and
  6. Complete at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction at Richland College.

Students who transfer to Texas A&M University (TAMU-College Station) will not be core complete if he/she complete this degree. This degree does not include all Core course requirements.

Students who plan to transfer must work closely with an advisor/counselor.


Course Requirements for the AS Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology Credit Hours

TIER 1 - CORE FOUNDATIONS

CRITICAL READING AND WRITING
Select EACH of the following:
ENGL 1301 (a grade of "C" or better required)   CB010
HIST 1301     CB060

6

QUANTITATIVE REASONING
Select the following: CB020  
MATH 2413 (a grade of "C" or better required)

Note: This course will not satisfy the Core requirement.

4

WELLNESS AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Select the following: CB090  
PHED 1164

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TIER 2 - CORE DOMAINS

QUALITATIVE REASONING, LITERACY AND RESEARCH
Select the following: CB010  
ENGL 1302    

3

SELF AND SOCIETY

Select ONE of the following: CB070  
ANTH 2302, 2346, 2351; ECON 1301, 2301, 2302, 2311; GEOG 1302, 1303, 2312; GOVT 2304, 2311; HIST 2321, 2322, 2327; PSYC 2301, 2306, 2314, 2316; SOCI 1301, 1306, 2301, 2306, 2319

Select the following: CB060  
GOVT 2305

Select ONE of the following: CB080
HIST 1302, 2301, 2328, 2381

 9

HUMANITY, CREATIVITY AND THE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE
Select ONE of the following: CB050  
ARTS 1301, 1303, 1304; DANC 2303; DRAM 1310, 2361, 2366; HUMA 1311, 1315; MUSI 1306, 1308, 1309, 1310

Select ONE of the following: CB040  
ENGL 2321, 2322, 2323, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2342, 2343, 2351; HUMA 1302, 1305, 2319; PHIL 1301, 1304, 1316, 1317, 2306, 2307, 2316, 2317, 2318, 2321;

FOREIGN LANGUAGE:
ARAB 2311, 2312; CHIN 2311, 2312; CZEC 2311, 2312; FREN 2311, 2312; GERM 2311, 2312; GREE 2311, 2312; ITAL 2311, 2312; JAPN 2311, 2312; KORE 2311, 2312; LATI 2311, 2312; PORT 2311, 2312; RUSS 2311, 2312; SPAN 2311, 2312; VIET 2311, 2312 or
SGNL 2301, 2302

 6

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Select the following: CB030  
PHYS 2425
PHYS 2426

NOTE: This requirement cannot be met using the following combinations: PHYS 1401 and 1405; PHYS 1401 and 2425; PHYS 1405 and 2425.

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TIER 3 - INTEGRATIVE LEARNING

CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONSHIP
Select the following: CB070  
GOVT 2306

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CORE-RELATED CREDIT HOURS FOR THIS AS DEGREE
 40
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED COURSES

Select EACH of the following:

CHEM 1411 General Chemistry I
COSC 1415 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming
ENGR 1172 Introduction to Experimental Techniques
ENGR 2110 Introduction to Digital Systems Laboratory
ENGR 2305 Electric Circuits I
ENGR 2310 Introduction to Digital Systems
MATH 2414 Calculus II

Note: Students must take either of the following course pairs (but not both) to receive credit:
COSC 1415 or COSC 1436;
ENGR 2105 or ENGR 1172;
ENGR 2106 or ENGR 2110;
ENGR 2306 or ENGR 2310.
Only one course of the pair will be accepted for transfer credit at TAMU (College Station).

20
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS FOR THIS AS DEGREE
 60