Apr 18, 2024

2019-2020 GCC Catalog

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2019-2020 GCC Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Railroad Engineering Technology: Signaling & Communications Option, AS

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Suggested Course Sequence

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

Total Semester Credits: 19

Second Semester

EET* 110 - Electric Circuits I 4 credits
ENG* 102 - Literature and Composition 3 credits
or
ENG* 200 - Advanced Composition 3 credits
PHY* 109 - Fundamentals of Applied Physics 4 credits (or higher)
RET* 110 - Careers in the Railroad 2 credits
RET* 120 - Railroad Rules, Regulations, Standards & Practices 3 credits

Total Semester Credits: 16

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* 173 - Public Speaking 3 credits

Total Semester Credits: 15

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

Total Semester Credits: 16

Total Program Credits: 66

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