Graduates are employed as Electronic Technicians Computer Specialists Design Technicians Sales Representitives Television Techs Power System Designers Students enjoy Surfing the Web Facilities use both Lynx and Netscape as resources to find fascinating information on the World Wide Web. Students are enhancing their studies and their lives by meeting other people and by learning about the latest developments in a diverse field of topics. Favorite starting points are Yahoo and the University of Kansas. Electronic Communications Is the study of various electronic transmission systems ranging from AM Radio through Satellite Television systems. The fundamentals of fiberoptics and microwave transmissions are explored.
Students learn to spot satellites in the sky, even in cold winter months.
Subjects related to telecommunications are explored including networking, telephone systems, and fundamentals of data transmission. Additional work with 'Programmable Controllers', the work horse of industry, is a part of this sequence. Industry Hardened' means that while they may be delicate computers, they are expected to operate under severe conditions, like in a steel mill. A controller like this is programmed using something called 'Ladder Logic'. It is a simple programming language that allows the timing on or off of large motors by computer, or of taking inputs from switches, or measuring temperature limits, or 'speeds' or many other parameters.