Requirements for the Certificate of Completion and Proficiency in Electric Power Technology

ELPW 101 - Basic Computer Skills
ENRT 102 - Introduction to the Electrical Industry
ENRT 103 - Applied Math
ENRT 106 - DC Fundamentals
ENRT 108 - AC Fundamentals
ELPW 105 - Electrical System Fundamentals
ELPW 109 - Electrical Industry Safety
ELPW 110 - Basic Print Reading
ELPW 112 - Electrical System Components
ENRT 115 - Industrial Composition
ELPW 118 - Industrial Communications
ELPW 200 - Advanced Print Reading
ELPW 202 - Advanced Industrial Safety
ELPW 204 - Advanced Electrical Systems
ELPW 206 - Electrical System Protection

You must choose one area of specialization for a total of 12 semester credit hours from the following:

Line construction:
ELPW 210 - Overhead Transmission and Distribution Line Construction (4 hours)
ELPW 230 - Underground Line Construction (4 hours)
ELPW 250 - Transformers (4 hours)

Metering:
ELPW 208 - Advanced Math (4 hours)
ELPW 213 - Fundamentals of Metering (3 hours)
ELPW 233 - Single Phase Metering & Polyphase Metering (3 hours)
ELPW 253 - Instrument Transformers & Load Management (3 hours)

Substation:
ELPW 251 - Substation Construction & Maintenance (4 hours)
ELPW 211 - Substation Relays (4 hours)
ELPW 231 - Substation Operations (4 hours)

System Design:
ELPW 208 - Advanced Math (4 hours)
ELPW 212 - System Design Basics (3 hours)
ELPW 232 - System Design Analysis (3 hours)
ELPW 252 - Civil Design (2 hours)

You must take at least 4 General Education semester credit hours from two of the following areas:

Arts and Humanities or Social and Behavioral Sciences
    HIST 243 - Historical Investigations (3 hours)
    PSYC 111 - Introduction to Psychology (3 hours)
    SOC 110 - Introduction to Sociology (3 hours)
    CJ 201 - Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 hours)

Math, Sciences, or Technology
    ACCT 200 - Elements of Accounting I (3 hours)
    ACCT 201 - Elements of Accounting II (3 hours)
    BIO 111/111L - Concepts of Biology with lab (4 hours)
    CSCI 101 - Introduction to Computers (3 hours)

NOTE: The mathematics courses listed below require mathematics knowledge equivalent to intermediate algebra or college algebra (Math 102 or 103). If you do not have this math background, your advisor may help you enroll in an institution near you that can provide it.

    MATH 103 - College Algebra (4 hours)
      Pre-requisite: MATH 102, an ACT score of 19, or a COMPASS score of 51
    MATH 146 - Applied Calculus I (3 hours)
      Pre-requisite: MATH 103
    MATH 210 - Elementary Statistics (3 hours)
      Pre-requisite: MATH 102 or MATH 103

Note: General Education courses shown are those offered online through Bismarck State College. Other courses that are not online may also meet the requirements for this degree. If you have already taken general education courses at other institutions, some of those credits may satisfy these requirements.