Electrical Systems Technology - Formerly Electronic Technology - Major #8171

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The program map below represents an efficient and effective course taking sequence for this program. Individual circumstances might require some changes to this path. It is always recommended that you meet with your pathway counselor to develop a personalized educational plan.


Electrical Systems Technology provides an opportunity for students to prepare for employment in the electronics/electrical industry. Specific occupational preparation is provided in the following program. The student is advised to complete the Electricity Fundamentals 2 certificate prior.


Upon completion of the program, students will:
  1. 1. Define and apply various numbering systems (i.e. Binary, hexadecimal and Octal).
  2. 2. Develop a motor logic control solution using the defined parameters given.
  3. 3. Demonstrate a comprehension of the basic operation of communication systems for digital signals.
  4. 4. Design and configure a control application using a PLC and PLC software.
  5. 5. Calibrate an instrumentation circuit based on a P&ID diagram and its symbols.
Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester

Term 1

14 units

EST 50
Introduction to Electrical Systems Technology

3 units
Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
This course explores various career paths within the electrical field. In addition, the course introduces robotics and the Electrical Systems Technology program. (A, CSU)
Course Details:

    EST 51
    Direct Current Fundamentals of Electronics

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    Students will explore fundamental principles and applications of Direct Current circuits. Major topics of discussion will be properties of conductors, insulators, and basic components as well as calculations used in the electrical industry. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 53

    EST 52
    Alternating Current Fundamentals

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course teaches the fundamental principles and applications of alternating current circuits with an emphasis on comparing and contrasting direct current and alternating current, power production, and residential, commercial, industrial applications. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 51

    EST 53
    Lab Safety Practices

    2 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course teaches the introduction to the proper and safe use of hand tools, electrical devices and instruments with an emphasis on electrical device setup, component identification, general circuit assembly procedures, and measuring electrical parameters using appropriate test equipment. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 50

    EST 54
    Semiconductor Devices

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course will cover basic semiconductor devices and their uses and applications. Students will also receive instruction on the safe and proper use of laboratory test equipment. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 52

    Term 2

    15 units

    EST 55A
    Digital Concepts

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course will cover digital devices and various digital circuits in which these devices are used. The differences between analog and digital systems will be covered along with the relationships between the various numbering systems used in technology. Digital circuit design using computer software will be utilized along with physical construction of circuits using logic hardware. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 54

    EST 96D
    NFPA 70E - Electrical Safety

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
    This course covers the fundamentals of electrical safety using the document of established standards in NFPA 70E. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
      (
    1. Advisory: EST 55B
      2. AND
    2. Advisory: EST 56A
      3. )

    Major Courses

    9 units

    Select 3 courses from the following list (24 units will be required in total to graduate): 

    EST 55B
    Building Management Systems

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course is designed to teach students the fundamentals of automated systems including lighting automation, access control, security cameras, and fire systems, within a commercial building. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 55A

    EST 55C
    SCADA Systems

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course will introduce students to SCADA (Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition) software and HMI (Human Machine Interface) hardware applications. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
      (
    1. Advisory: EST 56C
      2. AND
    2. Advisory: EST 58
      3. )

    EST 56C
    Variable Frequency Drives & Motion Control

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course teaches the application of electronic principles in the industrial environment with an emphasis on variable frequency drives: operation, common parameters, features, functions, control circuits and electronic components. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
      (
    1. Advisory: EST 56B
      2. AND
    2. Advisory: EST 58
      3. )

    EST 57A
    Analog Communications

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course will cover the underlying concepts of analog communications. Some of these concepts will be the types of modulation used to convey a signal as well as the frequency spectrum, noise, signal strength and attenuation. Additionally, various types of hardware used to transmit and receive analog signals will be covered. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 55A

    EST 57B
    Digital Communications

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course explores modern digital communications systems including network methodologies, optical communications, satellites, cell phones, and high speed digital communications. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 57A

    EST 57C
    Voice and Data Cabling

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course focuses on cabling issues related to data and voice connections and provides an understanding of the industry and its worldwide standards, types of media and cabling, physical and logical networks, as well as signal transmission. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 54

    EST 58
    Programmable Logic Controllers

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course introduces the fundamentals of programming and wiring of programmable logic controllers. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 56B

    EST 59
    Instrumentation Systems

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course introduces the fundamentals of industrial instrumentation and control concepts including calibrating, and Piping and Instrument Diagram (P&ID) symbols as established by the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA). (A, CSU)
    Course Details:
    1. Advisory: EST 56A

    EST 60
    A+ PC Maintenance and Repair

    3 units
    Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
    This course provides the skills for computer hardware support; installation, configuration, diagnosing and troubleshooting computer hardware. (A, CSU)
    Course Details:

      EST 61
      Networking Fundamentals

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course teaches the principles and structure of network addressing including applications and equipment operation. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
        (
      1. Advisory: EST 55A
        2. AND
      2. Advisory: EST 57C
        3. )

      EST 62
      Commercial & Industrial Networking

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course teaches the applications of the architecture, components, protocols, routers, and switches used in commercial and industrial networking environments. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
        (
      1. Advisory: EST 57C
        2. AND
      2. Advisory: EST 61
        3. )

      EST 81
      Photovoltaic Systems

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      Students will learn photovoltaic system requirements, design and configurations, installation techniques, and their applications in residential, commercial, and industrial applications. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
        (
      1. Advisory: EST 54
        2. AND
      2. Advisory: EST 56A
        3. AND
      3. Advisory: EST 96D
        4. )

      EST 83A
      Robotics, Industrial - Introduction.

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This is an introduction to the basic operation, programming, and application of industrial robots. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
      1. Advisory: EST 55A

      EST 83B
      Robotics, Industrial - Advanced Application

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course presents advanced industrial robotics programming, system integration, and applications. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
      1. Advisory: EST 83A

      EST 84A
      Introduction to Biomedical Electronics

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      In this course, students will learn about biomedical instrumentation, maintenance, and repair of medical equipment in the healthcare field. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
      1. Advisory: EST 54

      EST 96A
      NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code Part 1

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      In this course, students will learn the application of all rules for engineering, designing, installing, maintaining, and inspecting electrical systems using the document of established standards in NFPA 70. This course is designed for newcomers and professionals seeking preparation for obtaining additional certifications or further knowledge. Topics discussed: branch circuits, electrical services, overcurrent protection and grounding. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
        (
      1. Advisory: EST 56B
        2. )

      EST 96B
      NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code Part 2

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
      In this course, students will learn the application of rules for engineering, designing, installing, maintaining and inspecting installations using the document of established standards in NFPA 70. This class is designed for newcomers to the electrical industry and professionals seeking preparation for obtaining additional certifications or further knowledge. Topics consist of general wiring, motors, controls, transformers, other equipment and grounding. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
        (
      1. Advisory: EST 56A
        2. AND
      2. Advisory: EST 55B
        3. )

      EST 96C
      NFPA 70B - Electrical Equipment Maintenance

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
      This course covers the fundamentals of electrical equipment maintenance using the document of established standards in NFPA 70B. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
        (
      1. Advisory: EST 56A
        2. AND
      2. Advisory: EST 55B
        3. )

      Term 3

      12 units

      EST 56A
      Wiring Methods

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      Students can expect to learn electrical wiring methods as recognized by the National Electrical Code. You will have hands-on wiring methods and procedures for residential, commercial and industrial applications while placing a focus on electrical safety. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
      1. Advisory: EST 54

      Major Courses

      9 units

      Select 3 courses from the following list (24 units will be required in total to graduate): 

      EST 55B
      Building Management Systems

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course is designed to teach students the fundamentals of automated systems including lighting automation, access control, security cameras, and fire systems, within a commercial building. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
      1. Advisory: EST 55A

      EST 55C
      SCADA Systems

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course will introduce students to SCADA (Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition) software and HMI (Human Machine Interface) hardware applications. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
        (
      1. Advisory: EST 56C
        2. AND
      2. Advisory: EST 58
        3. )

      EST 56C
      Variable Frequency Drives & Motion Control

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course teaches the application of electronic principles in the industrial environment with an emphasis on variable frequency drives: operation, common parameters, features, functions, control circuits and electronic components. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
        (
      1. Advisory: EST 56B
        2. AND
      2. Advisory: EST 58
        3. )

      EST 57A
      Analog Communications

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course will cover the underlying concepts of analog communications. Some of these concepts will be the types of modulation used to convey a signal as well as the frequency spectrum, noise, signal strength and attenuation. Additionally, various types of hardware used to transmit and receive analog signals will be covered. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
      1. Advisory: EST 55A

      EST 57B
      Digital Communications

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course explores modern digital communications systems including network methodologies, optical communications, satellites, cell phones, and high speed digital communications. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
      1. Advisory: EST 57A

      EST 57C
      Voice and Data Cabling

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course focuses on cabling issues related to data and voice connections and provides an understanding of the industry and its worldwide standards, types of media and cabling, physical and logical networks, as well as signal transmission. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
      1. Advisory: EST 54

      EST 58
      Programmable Logic Controllers

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course introduces the fundamentals of programming and wiring of programmable logic controllers. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
      1. Advisory: EST 56B

      EST 59
      Instrumentation Systems

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course introduces the fundamentals of industrial instrumentation and control concepts including calibrating, and Piping and Instrument Diagram (P&ID) symbols as established by the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA). (A, CSU)
      Course Details:
      1. Advisory: EST 56A

      EST 60
      A+ PC Maintenance and Repair

      3 units
      Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
      This course provides the skills for computer hardware support; installation, configuration, diagnosing and troubleshooting computer hardware. (A, CSU)
      Course Details:

        EST 61
        Networking Fundamentals

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course teaches the principles and structure of network addressing including applications and equipment operation. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
          (
        1. Advisory: EST 55A
          2. AND
        2. Advisory: EST 57C
          3. )

        EST 62
        Commercial & Industrial Networking

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course teaches the applications of the architecture, components, protocols, routers, and switches used in commercial and industrial networking environments. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
          (
        1. Advisory: EST 57C
          2. AND
        2. Advisory: EST 61
          3. )

        EST 81
        Photovoltaic Systems

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        Students will learn photovoltaic system requirements, design and configurations, installation techniques, and their applications in residential, commercial, and industrial applications. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
          (
        1. Advisory: EST 54
          2. AND
        2. Advisory: EST 56A
          3. AND
        3. Advisory: EST 96D
          4. )

        EST 83A
        Robotics, Industrial - Introduction.

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This is an introduction to the basic operation, programming, and application of industrial robots. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
        1. Advisory: EST 55A

        EST 83B
        Robotics, Industrial - Advanced Application

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course presents advanced industrial robotics programming, system integration, and applications. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
        1. Advisory: EST 83A

        EST 84A
        Introduction to Biomedical Electronics

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        In this course, students will learn about biomedical instrumentation, maintenance, and repair of medical equipment in the healthcare field. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
        1. Advisory: EST 54

        EST 96A
        NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code Part 1

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
        In this course, students will learn the application of all rules for engineering, designing, installing, maintaining, and inspecting electrical systems using the document of established standards in NFPA 70. This course is designed for newcomers and professionals seeking preparation for obtaining additional certifications or further knowledge. Topics discussed: branch circuits, electrical services, overcurrent protection and grounding. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
          (
        1. Advisory: EST 56B
          2. )

        EST 96B
        NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code Part 2

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        In this course, students will learn the application of rules for engineering, designing, installing, maintaining and inspecting installations using the document of established standards in NFPA 70. This class is designed for newcomers to the electrical industry and professionals seeking preparation for obtaining additional certifications or further knowledge. Topics consist of general wiring, motors, controls, transformers, other equipment and grounding. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
          (
        1. Advisory: EST 56A
          2. AND
        2. Advisory: EST 55B
          3. )

        EST 96C
        NFPA 70B - Electrical Equipment Maintenance

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
        This course covers the fundamentals of electrical equipment maintenance using the document of established standards in NFPA 70B. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
          (
        1. Advisory: EST 56A
          2. AND
        2. Advisory: EST 55B
          3. )

        Term 4

        12 units

        AT 40
        Preparing for Employment Opportunities

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        Students will learn the importance of human relations competencies and professional workplace communications including written, oral and presentation skills in the work world. Students will develop job-seeking skills including preparing resumes, preparing portfolios and honing job search and interview skills. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
        1. Advisory: AT 10

        EST 56B
        Motor Controls

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        Students will learn various wiring configurations for the implementation of motor controls. This course covers logic and wiring as applied to motor controls and industrial control circuits. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
          (
        1. Advisory: EST 55A
          2. AND
        2. Advisory: EST 56A
          3. )

        Major Courses

        6 units

        Select 2 courses from the following list (24 units will be required in total to graduate): 

        EST 55B
        Building Management Systems

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course is designed to teach students the fundamentals of automated systems including lighting automation, access control, security cameras, and fire systems, within a commercial building. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
        1. Advisory: EST 55A

        EST 55C
        SCADA Systems

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course will introduce students to SCADA (Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition) software and HMI (Human Machine Interface) hardware applications. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
          (
        1. Advisory: EST 56C
          2. AND
        2. Advisory: EST 58
          3. )

        EST 56C
        Variable Frequency Drives & Motion Control

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course teaches the application of electronic principles in the industrial environment with an emphasis on variable frequency drives: operation, common parameters, features, functions, control circuits and electronic components. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
          (
        1. Advisory: EST 56B
          2. AND
        2. Advisory: EST 58
          3. )

        EST 57A
        Analog Communications

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course will cover the underlying concepts of analog communications. Some of these concepts will be the types of modulation used to convey a signal as well as the frequency spectrum, noise, signal strength and attenuation. Additionally, various types of hardware used to transmit and receive analog signals will be covered. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
        1. Advisory: EST 55A

        EST 57B
        Digital Communications

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course explores modern digital communications systems including network methodologies, optical communications, satellites, cell phones, and high speed digital communications. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
        1. Advisory: EST 57A

        EST 57C
        Voice and Data Cabling

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course focuses on cabling issues related to data and voice connections and provides an understanding of the industry and its worldwide standards, types of media and cabling, physical and logical networks, as well as signal transmission. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
        1. Advisory: EST 54

        EST 58
        Programmable Logic Controllers

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course introduces the fundamentals of programming and wiring of programmable logic controllers. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
        1. Advisory: EST 56B

        EST 59
        Instrumentation Systems

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course introduces the fundamentals of industrial instrumentation and control concepts including calibrating, and Piping and Instrument Diagram (P&ID) symbols as established by the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA). (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
        1. Advisory: EST 56A

        EST 60
        A+ PC Maintenance and Repair

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
        This course provides the skills for computer hardware support; installation, configuration, diagnosing and troubleshooting computer hardware. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:

          EST 61
          Networking Fundamentals

          3 units
          Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
          This course teaches the principles and structure of network addressing including applications and equipment operation. (A, CSU)
          Course Details:
            (
          1. Advisory: EST 55A
            2. AND
          2. Advisory: EST 57C
            3. )

          EST 62
          Commercial & Industrial Networking

          3 units
          Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
          This course teaches the applications of the architecture, components, protocols, routers, and switches used in commercial and industrial networking environments. (A, CSU)
          Course Details:
            (
          1. Advisory: EST 57C
            2. AND
          2. Advisory: EST 61
            3. )

          EST 81
          Photovoltaic Systems

          3 units
          Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
          Students will learn photovoltaic system requirements, design and configurations, installation techniques, and their applications in residential, commercial, and industrial applications. (A, CSU)
          Course Details:
            (
          1. Advisory: EST 54
            2. AND
          2. Advisory: EST 56A
            3. AND
          3. Advisory: EST 96D
            4. )

          EST 83A
          Robotics, Industrial - Introduction.

          3 units
          Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
          This is an introduction to the basic operation, programming, and application of industrial robots. (A, CSU)
          Course Details:
          1. Advisory: EST 55A

          EST 83B
          Robotics, Industrial - Advanced Application

          3 units
          Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
          This course presents advanced industrial robotics programming, system integration, and applications. (A, CSU)
          Course Details:
          1. Advisory: EST 83A

          EST 84A
          Introduction to Biomedical Electronics

          3 units
          Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
          In this course, students will learn about biomedical instrumentation, maintenance, and repair of medical equipment in the healthcare field. (A, CSU)
          Course Details:
          1. Advisory: EST 54

          EST 96A
          NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code Part 1

          3 units
          Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
          In this course, students will learn the application of all rules for engineering, designing, installing, maintaining, and inspecting electrical systems using the document of established standards in NFPA 70. This course is designed for newcomers and professionals seeking preparation for obtaining additional certifications or further knowledge. Topics discussed: branch circuits, electrical services, overcurrent protection and grounding. (A, CSU)
          Course Details:
            (
          1. Advisory: EST 56B
            2. )

          EST 96B
          NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code Part 2

          3 units
          Effective Term: 2025 Spring Semester
          In this course, students will learn the application of rules for engineering, designing, installing, maintaining and inspecting installations using the document of established standards in NFPA 70. This class is designed for newcomers to the electrical industry and professionals seeking preparation for obtaining additional certifications or further knowledge. Topics consist of general wiring, motors, controls, transformers, other equipment and grounding. (A, CSU)
          Course Details:
            (
          1. Advisory: EST 56A
            2. AND
          2. Advisory: EST 55B
            3. )

          EST 96C
          NFPA 70B - Electrical Equipment Maintenance

          3 units
          Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
          This course covers the fundamentals of electrical equipment maintenance using the document of established standards in NFPA 70B. (A, CSU)
          Course Details:
            (
          1. Advisory: EST 56A
            2. AND
          2. Advisory: EST 55B
            3. )
          Total: 53 units