Electronics & Electrical Tech
11 courses · Cuesta College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026 · Fall 2026
EET 113 ELECTRONICS FOR COMPUTER TECHNICIANS
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
Introduces a broad range of topics in electricity and electronics. Fundamentals of Direct Current (DC) and Alternating Current (AC) circuits as well as applications are presented. Additionally, industry best practices are covered. This course is designed for computer or networking technicians and related disciplines. This course is not intended for electricians or electrician trainee certification.
EET 119 STATE ELECTRICIAN TRAINEE TOPICS
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 6 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/3.00 lab hours)
Presents topics related to job-site safety, OSHA requirements for safely working on energized circuits, reading blueprints, schematics, wiring & ladder diagrams. Network cabling topics including high bandwidth cable theory, applications and testing. Low voltage alarm system topics. Introduction to HVAC operational theory, general system testing and troubleshooting.
EET 169 RESIDENTIAL WIRING
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 6 hours per week: (2.00 lecture hours/4.00 lab hours)
- Advisory
- CTCH 250
Introduces basic residential wiring skills. Includes basic electrical theory, installation techniques, basic plan reading, estimating and wiring methods.
EET 181 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- Advisory
- EET 169
Introduces the use of the National Electrical Code. Promotes an understanding of the electrical code necessary to the installation of such systems and the need to safeguard the public through uniformity and safety in building laws.
EET 183 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WIRING
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 6 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/3.00 lab hours)
- Advisory
- EET 213
Presents planning, construction, and testing of a typical commercial electrical installation including: plans and specifications, applicable codes, load calculations, wire sizing, conduit fill analysis and bending, branch circuits, feeders, grounding practices, transient surge suppression, uninterpretable power supply selection and installation techniques. Additionally studies the responsibilities and knowledge required for professional industrial and commercial electricians working under current state certification requirements including: industrial electrical service power and lighting, feeder bus systems, panel boards, hazardous locations, power factor, ballasts, transformers, switching systems, grounding and bonding, installation techniques, and applying code requirements to all aspects of commercial and industrial wiring systems. Course developed in conjunction with the California Apprenticeship Council's standards for the State Electrical Certification Examination.
EET 213 ELECTRONICS FUNDAMENTALS
- Units
- 6
- Hours
- 8 hours per week: (5.00 lecture hours/3.00 lab hours)
- Prerequisite
- MATH 127 or
- Corequisite
- MATH 127
- Transfers to
- CSU
Introduces a broad range of topics in electricity and electronics. Fundamentals of DC, AC, transistors, and digital logic are all addressed with heavy emphasis on basic concepts. Circuit analysis methods and troubleshooting will be studied using a hands-on approach.
EET 224 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 6 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/3.00 lab hours)
- Prerequisite
- EET 213
- Transfers to
- CSU
Course includes basic topics related to industrial electronics. A brief review of analog circuits is expanded upon to develop more advanced circuit concepts. Topics include FET's, SCR's, basic components involved in motor control, DC and AC motors, and their controller circuits will be covered. Operational amplifiers will be covered, and their applications to sensor instrumentation. Transducers and applications to various sensors for heat, flow, force, etc. will be developed. Troubleshooting techniques for the above topics will be incorporated with each section.
EET 227 FLUID AND PNEUMATIC TECHNOLOGY
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 6 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/3.00 lab hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Presents basic topics related to fluid and pneumatic systems and devices. Basic physics relating to fluid hydraulics and pneumatics will lead into applied topics such as tanks, pumps, pump filters, accumulators, actuators , valves, compressors, and pressure regulators. Some advanced topics such as physical locomotion as related to horsepower and torque calculations. In depth applications of accumulator circuits, directional control valves, sequencers, pilots and solenoid controlled valves. Application of relay and PLC circuits address in laboratory and field environment.
EET 228 PLC AUTOMATION AND SOLAR MONITORING
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 6 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/3.00 lab hours)
- Advisory
- EET 213
- Transfers to
- CSU
Presents basic topics related to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and SCADA data acquisition systems. Topics include a discussion of the PLC’s purpose, basic operation, functions, and applications. PLC architecture and hardware will be investigated, including I/O structures and configurations, central processing unit, and power supplies. PLC programming basics including: relay ladder logic, extended relay instructions, timers and counters, math functions, data and bit manipulation will be studied. Programs will be written and debugged, in a laboratory environment, that interface to electromechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and Solar monitoring equipment. PLC peripherals and accessories will also be studied as well as SCADA software configuration.
EET 257 COMPUTER INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 6 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/3.00 lab hours)
- Advisory
- EET 224
- Transfers to
- CSU
Course includes topics related to basic process instrumentation and control developed in conjunction with Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E's) I&C technician training program. A brief review of industrial electronics is expanded upon to develop more advanced process instrumentation and control concepts. Topics include advanced applications of components used in both DC and AC motor control, recorders, control valves and actuators, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, level sensors, flow sensors and instrumentation maintenance techniques.
EET 267 POWER SYSTEMS AND ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 6 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/3.00 lab hours)
- Advisory
- EET 224
- Transfers to
- CSU
Course includes topics related to fundamental industrial electrical maintenance training developed in conjunction with Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E's) Electrical Maintenance Training Program. A brief review of electrical theory and practical troubleshooting is expanded upon to develop comprehensive electrical power system concepts. Topics include power drawings and circuit diagrams, grounding-cabling and conduit, meters, power transformers, circuit protection, relays, rotating electrical machinery, electrical testing equipment, bolting practices, controllers, safety and fire protection.