ESYS: Consumer Technology

Effective: Spring 2021
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Program Description
Students develop the technical design skills required for many consumer technology technician positions. This program prepares students to provide home computer or home entertainment systems support. The focus is on developing core electronic systems skills to fulfill these goals.

What can I do with this major?
Students who complete these required courses will have career opportunities with firms that provide retail sales, customer service representative, home technology systems, home-theater systems, computer hardware support, computer service, and commercial audio/video installation.

Learning and Career Pathway
  • Industrial Technology & Automotive

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= Critical Course = Prerequisite for Other Courses = Prerequisite Required = Required for Major GE = General Education

Semester 1

7 units

ESYS 50
Introduction to Electronic Systems Technology

4 units
Introduction to electronic systems and circuits. Overview of career opportunities and job duties with electronic systems technology. Direct current and alternating current circuits including Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws. Measurement and characterization of electronic systems at the block diagram level. Laboratory practice includes the proper use of standard test instruments.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: INDT 74
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

ESYS 63
IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software

3 units
Cisco Networking Academy IT Essentials course. Students will learn the internal components of a computer, assemble a computer system, install an operating system, and troubleshoot using system tools and diagnostic software. Students will also connect to the Internet and share resources in a network environment. Additional topics covered include laptops and portable devices, wireless connectivity and basic implementation skills, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), security, safety and environmental issues, applied network configuration and troubleshooting skills, and communication skills. May not receive credit if Computer Application Systems 83 has been completed.
Course Details:
Terms Offered: Fall

Semester 2

3 units

ESYS 55
IoT & Microcontroller Systems

3 units
As IoT connects the world, explore its benefits, applications and challenges. Architecture, programming, application and troubleshooting of single-chip microcontroller electronic systems as well as complex programmable logic device (CPLD) electronic systems. Digital building blocks, number systems, Includes programming in VHDL. Digital building blocks, number systems, Boolean algebra, combinational and sequential logic, integrated logic families, digital circuit measurement techniques and instrumentation, troubleshooting techniques.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: ESYS 50

Summer 1

2 units

ESYS 51
Fabrication Techniques for Electronic Systems Technology1

2 units
Prototype development includes sheet metal, printed circuit board layout and fabrication, connection and soldering techniques, use of hand tools, and machines in electronic fabrication. Use of computer software tools as applied to electronic fabrication.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: ESYS 50
Terms Offered: Summer
  • 1 - ESYS 51 only offered in the summer

Semester 3

6 units

ESYS 54
Analog Circuits and Semiconductor Devices

3 units
Introduction to more advanced electrical/electronics circuits. Students learn the use of BJTs (bipolar junction transistors), FETs (field effect transistors), Op-Amps (integrated circuit operational amplifiers) in building electronic circuits such as power supplies, amplifiers, oscillators, and filters. Topics include biasing of amplifiers to explain how transistors are turned on; configurations of amplifiers which explain how the amps differ with current and voltage gain and classes of amplifiers which explain efficiencies of the amplifiers. Voltage regulation, active filters, oscillators, timers and modulation are also part of course content.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: ESYS 52
Terms Offered: Fall

ESYS 57
PLCs & Process Control Systems

3 units
Programmable logic control systems; function, interrelationship, and troubleshooting of systems components. PLC input/output systems and requirements. Ladder logic and SCADA programming using basic I/O instructions, logic instructions, timers, counters, and comparison functions.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: ESYS 50
Terms Offered: Fall
Total Units: 18 units
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