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Engineering Degrees


ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCES DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Offered at Richland College in
conjunction with Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU)

Degree Code: AS.PVAM.ELEC.ENGR

This is an "Articulated" degree with Prairie View A&M University.

Students who complete this degree with a GPA of 2.50 with no grade below that of "C" and who meet all admissions requirements at Prairie View A&M University will be accepted into PVAMU Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering program. Students should follow this plan only if they wish to transfer to PVAMU in Electrical Engineering. Students wishing to transfer to another university should not assume this entire plan will transfer.

In order to be eligible to receive this AS degree in Electrical Engineering, a student must:

  1. Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours indicated in this degree plan;
  2. Earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1301 and the selected college-level mathematics course;
  3. Give permission to DCCCD and PVAMU to share transcript data in order to evaluate degree program progress and assist in degree completion requirements and reporting;
  4. Receive a GPA (2) of at least 2.00 ("C")
    [NOTE: PVAMU guarantees admission with a 2.50 GPA with no grade below a "C"];
  5. Meet all Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements and course prerequisites; and
  6. Complete at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction by the college awarding the degree.

This degree does not include all Core course requirements.

Students who plan to transfer must work closely with an advisor/counselor.


Course Requirements for the AS Degree in Electrical Engineering Credit Hours

TIER 1 - CORE FOUNDATIONS

CRITICAL READING AND WRITING
Select EACH of the following:
ENGL 1301 (a grade of "C" or better required)   CB010
HIST 1301   CB060



6

QUANTITATIVE REASONING
Select the following: CB020  
MATH 2413 (a grade of "C" or better required)

4

TIER 2 - CORE DOMAINS

QUALITATIVE REASONING, LITERACY AND RESEARCH
Select the following: CB010  
ENGL 1302

3

SELF AND SOCIETY

Select the following: CB060  
GOVT 2305

Select ONE of the following: CB080
HIST 1302, 2301, 2328, 2381

6

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Select EACH of the following: CB030  
PHYS 2425
PHYS 2426



8
TIER 3 - INTEGRATIVE LEARNING

CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONSHIP
Select the following: CB070  
GOVT 2306


3
CORE-RELATED CREDIT HOURS FOR THIS AS DEGREE 30

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING REQUIRED COURSES

Select EACH of the following:
CHEM 1411 General Chemistry I
ENGR 1172 Introduction to Experimental Techniques or 2105 Electrical Circuits I Laboratory
ENGR 1201 Introduction to Engineering
ENGR 2301 Engineering Mechanics - Statics
ENGR 2302 Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics
ENGR 2304 Programming for Engineers
ENGR 2305 Electric Circuits I
ENGR 2308 Engineering Economics
MATH 2414 Calculus II
MATH 2415 Calculus III

Students must take one course from each of the following course pairs (but not both) to receive credit: COSC 1415 or 1436; ENGR 2105 or 1172; ENGR 2106 or 2110; ENGR 2306 or 2310. Only one course from the pair will be accepted for transfer credit at PVAMU.

30
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS FOR THIS AS DEGREE 60

Additional Courses Required to be Accepted
Into the PVAMU Electrical Engineering Program

Select EACH of the following:
CHEM 1412 General Chemistry II
MATH 2420 Differential Equations

8
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS TRANSFERABLE TO PVAMU FOR THIS PROGRAM 68

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