Page 227 of Delgado Community College 2005-2006 Catalog by Delgado Community College New Orleans Louisiana

230 EDUC 261 Legal Issues in Education 3-0-3 Legal issues that directly affect classroom teachers. EDUC 281 Childrens Literature 3-0-3 Childrens literature and creative methods of storytelling for pre-schools. ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY Technology Division Mr. Genovese, Assistant Professor Mr. Russ, Assistant Professor ELCT 100 Fundamentals of Electricity 3-0-3 Alternating and direct current, series and parallel circuits, magnets and electromagnets, and dynamic electrical energy sources. Same course as MOVH 130. ELCT 101 National Electrical Code 1 3-0-3 National Electrical Code: its purpose, use, authority, enforcement, and limitations. Emphasis on finding information in the code and use of code tables. ELCT 102 National Electrical Code II 3-0-3 Calculations required by National Electrical Code: Box conduit fill, ampacity and temperature correction, voltage drop, motor problems, single and three-phase transformer calculations, and load computations. Focuses on calculations required for license exams (i.e., the Block Exams). ELCT 103 Tools, Materials, and Elementary Circuits Lab 1-6-3 Elementary circuits constructed; wiring procedures practiced, using NM cable. ELCT 104 Circuits Laboratory 1-6-3 Layout, drawing, and execution of basic circuits and combinations of two or more in complex control arrangements. Drawing, layout, and execution of variety of basic communication circuits, and lighting and power circuits. Laboratory assignments concerned with nonmetallic sheathed cable, armored cable, electric metal tubing, and heavy wall rigid conduit methods of wiring circuits. ELCT 108 General Blueprint Reading and Design 1-6-3 Symbols and methods of drawing and interpreting building plans. Covers nomenclature, use of folding rule, and architects scale. May not be used as an ELCT elective in electrical construction program. ELCT 109 Residential Electrical Blueprint and Design 3-0-3 Reading, interpreting, and following plans and drawings made specifically for the electrician; discusses symbols of other tradesmen. Deals primarily with residential work. ELCT 111 Electrical Technology I 3-0-3 Setting up and transposition of electrical formulas, and their selection and use in electrical calculation. Covers static and dynamic electricity, methods of producing a difference of potential, and direction and intensity of circuits, conductors, and insulators. Includes magnets, magnetism, and electromagnetism. ELCT 112 Electrical Technology II 3-0-3 Review of relationship of geometry and trigonometry to alternating current principles, and action and calculation of AC circuits. Covers transformer action, poly-phase circuits, and transformers. Prerequisites: ELCT 111, MATH 114. ELCT 201 National Electrical Code III 3-0-3 Hazardous Locations listed in National Electrical Code. Chemical plants, oil refineries, storage and dispensing areas for volatile materials, and explosion-prone sections of laboratories and hospitals. Includes Code requirements and power equipment for movie, television, and sound studios. Prerequisites: ELCT 100, 102, or permission of associate dean. ELCT 204 Introduction to Communication Circuits 3-0-3 Installing and maintaining telephone, intercommunication systems, public address systems, CATV, fire and security systems, and intercoms. Prerequisite: ELCT 109 or permission of associate dean. ELCT 205 Material Take Off and Estimating 3-0-3 Basic cost estimating for small and medium-size jobs. Includes one small job and one commercial job. Prerequisites: ELCT 104, 109, or permission of associate dean. ELCT 206 Electrical Instruments and Measurements 3-0-3 Permanent magnet-moving coil instrument, electrodynamometer. Includes circuitry for voltmeters, ammeters, and wattmeters. Purposes and uses of oscilloscope, capacitor bridge and Wheatstone bridge rectifiers, carbon pile, copper oxide, selenium, germanium, and synthetic crystals. Basic concepts and uses of transistor. Includes problems in instruments and solid state

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