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WTECH 188 Water & Wastewater Electrical, 3 credits
Syllabus

Course Description
This course covers the electrical fundamentals for water and wastewater applications including atomic theory, energy sources, circuit basics, electromagnetism, inductance, capacitance, power systems, control system components, reading electrical diagrams, electrical measurements, and normal operations and troubleshooting. (3 credits)

Learning Outcomes
Content-Specific Learning Outcomes -Students will demonstrate proficiency with these components of the course content:
    1.  Apply electric circuit basics to real-world situations.
    2.  Apply power system basics to real-world situations.
    3.  Interpret and apply information from control systems.
    4.  Interpret and apply information from electrical diagrams.
    5.  Identify normal electrical system operation and perform elementary electrical system troubleshooting.
Course content learning outcomes will be demonstrated by assignments and summary tests.

Campus-Wide Learning Outcomes:  Critical Thinking – Competent employees need critical thinking skills to be successful in the workplace.  Students in this course will be challenged to think critically.  Critical thinkers:
    1.  Are active readers who read texts closely, noting key ideas, and investigating unfamiliar words.
    2.  Are active listeners, paying close attention to lectures and discussions, trying to understand statements from a speaker's perspective, and trying to understand assumptions behind statements.
    3.  Ask questions, seeking to understand and evaluate information presented.
    4.  Know how to learn; they draw upon experience and/or prior knowledge, interpret and apply new knowledge and experience.
    5.  Recognize and solve problems; they identify problems, analyze possible causes, and generate solutions.  
    6.  Apply reasoning skills; they identify and apply facts and principles, examine information for relevance and accuracy.
Campus-wide learning outcomes will be demonstrated by assignments and summary tests.

Textbook Information
Required textbook:  Gerrish, Howard H., Dugger, William E., Jr., Delucca, Kenneth P.,  Electricity .  Goodheart-Wilcox Company, Inc. Tinley Park, Illinois  2004
For information about purchasing textbooks, visit the Getting Started page.

Taking Tests
Be sure to review information about testing; click on the Taking Tests link at top of page.

Academic Honesty
Academic honesty is required at all times.  Anyone caught cheating will receive no credit for the particular test/assignment and the student will be referred to the Dean of Students for discipline.  Plagiarism, which is a form of cheating, is representing another’s work as your own.

Evaluation

Activity	Points
Assignments (ten at 20 points each)	200
Summary Tests (four at 50 points each)	200
Total Points Possible	400

Grades will be awarded as follows:

Students have the option to receive a pass/non-credit grade.  To exercise this option, students must submit a Pass/Non-Credit Petition Request to the GRCC Enrollment Services office no later than the end of the eighth week of the quarter (Summer Quarter dates vary). 

Schedule/Late Policy
Be sure to review and follow due dates for submitting course assignments and taking tests; click on the Schedule link at top of page for due dates.  Assignments will be accepted any time prior to their due date but will not be accepted after midnight on the day they are due. Summary Tests may be taken any time prior to their due date but cannot be taken after their due date. 

Instructor Information
Name:          Roger A. Brown
Office:          Technology Center (TC) Building, Room 133
Address:      Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th Street, Auburn, Washington  98092-3699
Telephone:   (253) 833-9111, x 4671
e-Mail:          rbrown@greenriver.edu

Americans With Disabilities Act
If you need course adaptations or special accommodations because of a disability, please contact Disability Support Services.

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