Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
                                                                                                         
Uvalde Campus

 

                             

                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                   Faculty                                Course Descriptions

Purpose

 

The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program seeks to educate and provide guided learning experiences to individuals interested in entering this rapidly developing field. The goal of the program is for graduates to be employable as entry level service technicians in residential and light commercial air conditioning, refrigeration, and heating.

Students will learn about the refrigeration cycle, tools of the trade, instrument usage and application, wiring schematic reading and building, electrical controls and switches, refrigerant recovery, reclaiming and recycling, installation practices, troubling shooting procedures on electrical and sealed systems plus employee/employer relations, job hunting skills, resume building and information related to operating a small business.

 

Admission Requirements

Students are admitted to the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program on a first-come, first-served basis. SWTJC has an open door admissions policy which insures that everyone who can profit from a college education has opportunity to enroll.  To be admitted to SWTJC students must submit the following:

1.    Completed admissions application;
2.    Official high school transcript or GED Certificate;
3.    Official transcripts from all colleges attended;
4.    Documentation for residency as requested;
5.    Dormitory deposit of $95, if applicable
6.    Must have taken THEA or be THEA exempt.

Students are encouraged to take the THEA test in the spring semester of their senior year.

Program of Study

The Air conditioning and Refrigeration program carries two award options.  the one-year Certificate and the two-year Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree.  College Board policy requires that all students to take the Accuplacer or THEA examination.  Students pursuing the one-year Certificate do not have to pass the Accuplacer or THEA; however, those not scoring at the READ 0302 level are encouraged to enroll in the appropriate developmental course(s).

AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY

BASIC CERTIFICATE

FIRST YEAR

Fall Semester Credit
ORIE  0100 New Student Orientation  
CETT   1402 Electricity Principles  4
HART  1407 Refrigeration Principles  4
MAIR  1449 Refrigerators, Freezers, Window Air Conditioners  4
ENGL 1301 Compositions I  3
Total ......................................................................................... 15
Spring Semester Credit
HART  1403 A/C Control Principles  4
HART  1441     Residential Air Conditioning  4
HART  2438 Air Conditioning Installation/Startup  4
ITSC 1301 Introduction to Computers  3
Total ............................
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15
Total Credit Hours for Basic Certificate 30

AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE

FIRST YEAR

Fall Semester Credit
ORIE  0100 New Student Orientation  
CETT  1402 Electricity Principles   4
HART  1407 Refrigeration Principles   4
MAIR 1449  Refrigerators, Freezers, Window Air Conditioners   4
ENGL 1301 Compositions I   3
Total ........ ...............................................................................  15
Spring Semester Credit
HART  1403 A/C Control Principles   4
HART  1441 Residential Air Conditioning   4
HART  2438 Air Conditioning Installation/Startup   4
ITSC 1301 Introduction to Computers   3
Total .......................................................................................  15

 

Summer Session
Elective   Social & Behavioral Sciences   3
SPCH 1321 Business and Professional Communication   3
Total .......................................................................................   6

 

SECOND YEAR

Fall Semester Credit
HART     2442 Commercial Refrigeration  4
HART  1445 Gas and Electric Heating  4
HART  2436 A/C Troubleshooting  4
MATH 1332 Contemporary Mathematics  3
Total ...................................................................................... 15
Spring Semester Credit
BUSG  2309 Small Business Management  3
HART  2449 Heat Pumps  4
HART  2445 Residential Air Conditioning System Design  4
HART  2280 Cooperative Education - Heating Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Technologies/Technicians  2
Elective   Humanities & Fine Arts  3
Total ........................................................................................ 16
Total Credit Hours for Certificate 67


NOTE:  All students are required to take ORIE 0100; however, ORIE 0100 does not count toward degree requirements.

Materials for Class Work

Each student must have or must purchase a textbook and tools. A list of tools will be furnished to each student.

1 Tool Set (approximate cost) $600

Textbooks (approximate cost) $130