This course examines automotive manual power trains. It includes the construction, maintenance, diagnosis, and repair of manual transmissions and transaxles, transfer cases, rear axles, drive shafts, and clutches. Driveline angles and Noise, Vibration & Harshness (NVH) will be discussed. Lab application of service procedures is included.

Course Fee: $20.00

A literacy-based approach is used to survey the computer and the computer industry. Topics covered include: Microcomputer applications, input, processor, output, auxiliary storage, file and database management, communications, information system life cycle, program development and systems software, and trends, issues and career opportunities in the computer industry. An opportunity for hands-on work with standard software packages including word processors, electronic spreadsheets, database systems, and graphics packages is presented in lab sections.

Course Fee: $5.00
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Technology (CAT VII) requirement.

This course is a practical hands-on course using ammeters, voltmeters, watt meters, and multi-meters in testing and troubleshooting electric motors, components and wiring systems. This course includes a study of single and three phase AC motors, their construction features and operating characteristics. This lecture/lab class emphasizes electric motor terminology, identification of motor types, enclosures, mounts, motor selection, connections, maintenance, testing and troubleshooting. Students are also introduced to motor loads, protection, controls, and devices used to connect motors to their loads such as pulleys, V-belts, gear boxes and couplings.

Course Fee: $35.00

This lecture/lab course provides an introduction to solid state devices. Topics covered include PN diode characteristics, rectifier circuits, bipolar transistors, field-effect transistors, and amplifier circuits.

Prerequisite: EET 101 or equivalent
Course Fee: $10.00

An introduction to basic concepts and terminology of electronics for the non-electronics major. Topics start with electricity and continue through everyday commercial and home applications.

Course Fee: $10.00

A course designed to familiarize the student with proper safety practices and procedures. Course content will include protective clothing, handling of hazardous materials, OSHA regulations, workman’s compensation, and first aid. Also, safe practices in using hand and power tools, scaffolds and ladders, chains and cables, compressed gasses, proper storage of tools and chemicals, and handling of hazardous waste will also be addressed.

Course Fee: $5.00

Explains how ropes, chains, hoists, loaders, and cranes are used to move material and equipment from one location to another on a job site. It describes inspection techniques and load-handling safety practices as well as reviews American National Standards Institute (ANSI) hand signals.

Prerequisite: IT 111
Course Fee: $10.00

This course surveys a wide variety of topics including: properties and theorems of the real and complex number systems, the function concept including inverse functions, graphing techniques, linear, quadratic, polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions, solving systems of equations in two or more variables using matrices, determinants, and matrix algebra. The development of problemsolving skills is emphasized.

Prerequisite: M 095
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Mathematics (CAT II) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

A study of the theory and application of verbal and nonverbal communication as they occur in relatively unstructured person-to-person settings.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Communication (CAT I) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

This course is intended to meet the needs of Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) students and Certificate of Applied Science (C.A.S.) students who do not plan to transfer to other degree programs or institutions, Elementary Technical Writing is designed to introduce students to common forms of work related writing, such as memoranda, letters, reports, and proposals.

Students Please Note: This course may be used to satisfy degree and graduation requirements in Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees and Certificate of Applied Science (C.A.S.) degrees; however, it cannot be used to satisfy any degree or graduation requirement for an Associate of Science, an Associate of Arts, a Bachelor of Arts, or a Bachelor of Science degree.