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Minimum Requirements for Instrumentation Technology Certificate: 32 credits

Students must earn a C grade or better in each course.

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Learning Outcomes are measurable statements that describe knowledge or skills achieved by students upon completion of the program.

Students graduating from this program will be able to:

• Understand the physics of pressure, temperature, level and flow measurement; mechanical and electrical aspects of instruments used to control dynamics of processes; dynamics of automatic control including proportional control, automatic reset, derivative action and integral timing
• Demonstrate knowledge of commonly used process measurement devices, control methods and strategies, and the proper selection, identification, design, installation and operation of instrumentation
• Demonstrate knowledge of industrial process valve maintenance and instrumentation, including calibration, configuration, troubleshooting and use of valves with instrumentation
• Demonstrate knowledge of basic fundamentals, terms and units of DC and AC electrical theory; graduates will have the ability to use test equipment, hand tools and techniques of soldering
• Demonstrate the knowledge and ability to develop, construct and function check a student team created process control loop
• Be prepared for an Instrumentation Technology career
• Meet expected outcomes in communications, computation and human relations as listed by the core