Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook Major: Industrial Electricity, CSC

Industrial Electricity, CSC

 

G3 Eligible Program- Qualifying students may have ZERO costs for tuition, fees, and textbooks. 
Learn more at https://www.brightpoint.edu/training-workforce/g3.

 

PURPOSE: This one-year program prepares students for entry-level jobs as an industrial electrician.  This program is offered at the Chester Campus.  All career-technical degrees are guided by advisory committees comprised of local business leaders.

CREDENTIALS: A Career Studies Certificate is a program of study typically less than one year in length with a major in a career-technical area. Students receiving a CSC intend to pursue immediate employment. Completion of this degree fulfills the education requirements to take the state electrician journeyman exam.

The college has entered into a regional reciprocity agreement through NC-SARA to accept out-of-state students (except for students residing in California) in our online programs and courses. Students may contact the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) at 804-225-2600 or communications@schev.edu for information related to state agency contacts for complaint resolution. General disclosure information about external certification or licensure requirements outside the state of Virginia may be found at www.brigntpoint.edu/NC-SARA.   

BRIGHTPOINT APPRENTICESHIP ACADEMY: Students may be eligible for this one-year program focusing on the technical instruction and training needed to enter into a registered apprenticeship program. All training hours earned in the program could apply toward your registered apprenticeship requirements. Information about this and other Career Training Programs can be found at https://brightpoint.edu/training-workforce/training/. 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Students must meet Brightpoint admission requirements. New students should work with their New Student Navigator to get ready for their first semester. They can also email getstarted@brightpoint.edu for assistance. Continuing students should work with their faculty advisor on academic planning and graduation requirements.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: By the completion of this program, students will be expected to demonstrate an introductory level of competency in the following skills:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge and application of direct and alternating currents, resistance, magnetism, inductance and capacitance in industry practice.
  2. Install and repair functioning, safe, and efficient electrical circuits.
  3. Install, program, interface, and troubleshoot programmable controllers.

Required Courses

Course NameCredits:Semester TakenNotes
ELE 150 - A.C. and D.C. Circuit Fundamentals 4 credits
ELE 137 - National Electrical Code – Industrial (Offered Fall Only) 3 credits
ELE 239 - Programmable Controllers (Offered Fall Only) 3 credits
ELE 156 - Electrical Control Systems (Offered Fall Only) 3 credits
ELE 133 - Practical Electricity l 3 credits
ELE 159 - Electrical Motors (Offered Spring Only)

Prerequisite(s): ELE 150.

3 credits
ELE 240 - Advanced Programmable Logic Controllers (Offered Spring Only)

Prerequisite(s): ELE 239.

3 credits

Total Credits to Complete Program: 22

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Pre-requisite and co-requisite requirements can be found in course details.

Students should regularly meet with their faculty advisor and check their degree progress by accessing advisement reports in the Student Information System (SIS) in the myBrightpoint portal or the Academic Planner in Navigate.

Courses noted as Fall only or Spring only are based on historical trends and current planning and may change without notice.

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