Welcome
SCC’s Electronic Systems Technology program offers a schedule that’s right for you. Work during the day? No problem. Earn your degree by taking our evening courses. Work at night? No worries there either. Our daytime program will enable you to get through the program in a timely manner.
Prepare yourself for a variety of career opportunities, including industrial automation systems, both manned and unmanned robotic systems, commercial and personal networking systems, avionics electronics, biomedical, communications and many other commercial electronic systems, as well as non-commercial and personal systems. A degree in Electronic Systems Technology can open a variety of exciting, stable and lifelong career opportunities.
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Overview
Classroom and laboratory activities are designed to prepare technicians by having many classes with 50 percent theory and 50 percent lab. SCC assumes you have no prior knowledge of electronics. Therefore, all classes are sequenced as building blocks for you to develop the skills necessary to succeed in the program. Students engage in laboratory activities for hands-on learning opportunities to practice and enhance their skills to become electronic technicians. Skills taught to and developed by students include soft skills, troubleshooting, hardware configuration, equipment installation, and programming. As students progress through the program, they will develop skills needed to use analog and digital multimeters, function generators, analog and digital oscilloscopes, frequency counters, RF generators, spectrum analyzers and many other types of equipment to test, configure, design, and repair electronic circuits and equipment. Our staff has many years of experience teaching, along with a diverse skill set in electronic technology. Become part of this excellent hidden career field that society depends upon every day.
While certifications are not required, you will be encouraged and given opportunities and assistance to obtain certification in the following while taking classes:
- iNARTE Certification (without testing)
- International Society of Certified Electronics Technicians (ISCET)
- CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician
- Network +
- CompTIA A+
Note: SCC staff is working on Solder standards and the certification of all students.
Mission
The mission of the Electronic Systems Technology program is to prepare students to install, configure, analyze, test, maintain, and repair consumer electronics, industrial controls, robotics, security systems, communication systems, computer systems, and networks.Employment Outlook
Opportunities for long-term employment, consistent working hours, increasing job responsibilities, and great salaries are available to those who enter this ever-changing profession. Technicians are needed in all aspects of the electronic and information technology industry. The electronic industry is constantly changing and expanding into new technologies that require highly skilled technicians to install these systems and keep them going. Recent graduates report an average annual starting salary of $35,672.
Companies who recently hired program graduates:
- Archer Daniels Midland
- Americom Communications
- Aurora Technology
- Becton Dickinson
- Bosch Communications/Telex
- Consolidated Electrical Distributors
- Digitech Systems
- Duncan Aviation
- EAD Controls
- Eakes Office Plus
- Educational Service Units
- EF Johnson Technologies
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- Electronic Contracting Co.
- Federal Aviation Administration
- General Fire & Safety Equipment Co.
- Halliburton Energy Services
- Houchen Bindery Ltd.
- JA Woollam Company
- Molex Inc.
- Nebraska Prime Group
- Nebraska Public Power District
- Novartis Consumer Health
- Sandhills Publishing
- Security Equipment Inc.
- Sensory Effects Cereal Systems
- Shaffer Communications Inc.
- Siemens Building Technologies
- Single Source Communications
- Technical Maintenance & Services
- Teledyne Isco
- Tenneco Automotive
- Time-Warner Cable
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Valmont Industries
Starting Term(s)
Fall and Spring terms
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PLEASE NOTE: The Electronic Systems Technology program offers military students with an electronics background and training the opportunity to complete some of their degree requirements through credit by waiver. Eligible students may be able to complete up to 2/3 of their technical course requirements for their program. Please see the Electronic Systems Technology Program Director for additional infomation.
Take the following Core Electronic Systems Technology courses:
Take the following
Cisco Netwk/Security Courses
Take the following
Robotics and Automation courses
Take ELEC-2751 and 6.0 credits of Electronic Systems Technican Technical Electives
Electronic Systems Technician courses
Electronic Systems Technicial Technical Electives
Take SPCH-1090 or SPCH-1110 or SPCH-2810.
Take ENGL-1010 or ENGL-1110
Take 3 additional classes from the four areas below; no two classes from the same area:
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving ANTH-1120 ARTS-1010 BIOS-1010 BIOS-1140 BIOS-2130 BIOS-2250 BIOS-2460 BSAD-2540 CHEM-1050 ECON-1200 ECON-2110 ECON-2120 ENGR-1020 ENTR-1050 GEOG-1400 GEOG-1420 GEOL-1010 GEOL-1060 HIST-2010 HIST-2020 HIST-2100 HIST-2110 HUMS-1100 MATH-1020 MATH-1300 MATH-1400 MATH-1600 MATH-2030 MUSC-1010 PHED-1000 PHIL-1010 PHIL-1060 PSYC-1810 PHYS-1017 PHYS-1030 PHYS-1100 PHYS-1150 PHYS-1410 PHYS-2110 POLS-1000 POLS-1080 SOCI-1010 SOCI-1020 or THEA-1010
Global Awareness and Citizenship Take ANTH-1120 ARTS-1010 CHIN-1010 ECON-2110 GEOG-1420 GERM-1010 HIST-2100 HIST-2110 HUMS-1100 MUSC-2800 PHIL-2610 RELS-2610 POLS-1000 POLS-1080 POLS-1600 SIGN-1010 SOCI-1010 SOCI-1020 SPAN-1010 or SPCH-2110
Analytical, Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning Take BIOS-1010 BIOS-1140 BIOS-2130 BIOS-2250 BIOS-2460 CHEM-1050 CHEM-1090 ECON-2120 ENGR-1020 FSDT-1350 GEOL-1010 GEOL-1060 MATH-1020 MATH-1040 MATH-1050 MATH-1100 MATH-1150 MATH-1200 MATH-1300 MATH-1400 MATH-1600 MATH-2170 BSAD-2170 PHYS-1017 PHYS-1030 PHYS-1100 PHYS-1150 PHYS-1410 or PHYS-2110
Career and Life Skills Take BSAD-1010 CHIN-1010 ECON-1200 ENTR-1050 FSDT-1350 GERM-1010 HLTH-1030 MATH-1040 MATH-2030 PHED-1000 PSYC-1250 PHYS-1017 SIGN-1010 or SPAN-1010
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Global Awareness and Citizenship
Analytical, Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning
Career and Life Skills
Program Requirements & Student Responsibilities
- All prospective students are responsible for scheduling an appointment to take the COMPASS test. ACT scores may be accepted. Prospective students will be informed of test scores and will need to contact the registrar.
- Attain a minimum grade-point average of 2.0 on a scale of 4.0 in program courses to continue.
- Maintain attendance standards according to college policy.
- Participate in all learning activities at the scheduled times.
- Be responsible for program costs: tuition, fees, books and tools.
- Maintain safety practices provided to you by your instructor.
Program Goals
- Provide students with adequate technical training and a strong foundation and experience in the areas of information technology applications and processes, consumer electronics, communication, audio/video systems, security systems, computers, networking and telephony systems that will enable them to succeed at entry-level employment in the electronics and information technology industry.
- Provide an effective training program that meets the employment needs of the electronics and information technology job markets.
- Provide students with a safe and healthy working environment that is conducive to learning.