Railroad Engineering Technology: Signaling & Communications Option, AS

Total General Education Credits: 22-23

First Semester

• CET* 116 - Computer Applications for Technology 3 credits
• EET* 103 - Fundamentals of Electricity 4 credits
• RET* 101 - History of Railroading 3 credits
• ENG* 101 - Composition 3 credits
• MAT* 115 - Mathematics for Science and Technology 3 credits (or higher)
• Choose one course in Gen Ed - CALT: Critical Analysis/Logical Thinking 3 credits

Second Semester

• EET* 110 - Electric Circuits I 4 credits
• RET* 110 - Careers in the Railroad 2 credits
• RET* 120 - Railroad Rules, Regulations, Standards & Practices 3 credits
• PHY* 109 - Fundamentals of Applied Physics 4 credits (or higher)

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• ENG* 102 - Literature and Composition 3 credits or
• ENG* 200 - Advanced Composition 3 credits

Third Semester

• MEC* 234 - Electromechanical Controls 4 credits
• RET* 220 - Safety in the Railroad Workplace 3 credits
• RET* 250 - Railroad Signaling & Switching 4 credits
• RET* 270 - Practicum in Passenger Railroad Technology 1 credits
• COM* 171 - Fundamentals of Human Communication 3 credits

Fourth Semester

• RET* 252 - Railroad Communications 4 credits
• RET* 254 - Railroad Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Repair 4 credits
• RET* 271 - Practicum in Passenger Railroad Technology 1 credits
• Restricted (Elective) (CET* courses only) 4 credits
• ECN* 101 - Macroeconomics 3 credits