BSC || Electrical Transmission Systems Technology

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Requirements for the Certificate of Completion and Proficiency in Electrical Transmission Systems Technology

ETST 240 - Power Industry Concepts
ETST 242 - Applied Mathematics for System Operators
ENRT 106 - D.C. Fundamentals
ENRT 108 - A.C. Fundamentals
ETST 250 - Electrical Generation Theories
ETST 254 - System Elements I - Substations
ETST 256 - System Elements II - Transformers
ETST 258 - System Elements III - Protective Relaying
ETST 260 - Electrical Diagram Interpretation
ETST 262 - Power System Operations
ETST 266 - Interconnected System Operations
ETST 268 - Power Flow
ETST 270 - System Operator Work Practices
ETST 272 - Power System Safety
ETST 274 - Communication and Control Technology
ETST 276 - Power System Economics
ETST 278 - Power System Emergency
ETST 280 - Regulatory Policies and Procedures

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

Communications - 6 semester credit hours

Required ENGL 110 - College Composition I (3 hours)

An assessment of writing skills must be taken prior to enrollment. Accepted assessments are ACT, COMPASS and Accuplacer. The Accuplacer assessment is available entirely online. For more information about placement exams, please click here.

The following chart shows the cut scores for each online course:

ACT English	COMPASS	Accuplacer	Course Placement
22-36	86-100	102-120	English 110
15-21	43-85	71-10	English 110 + ASC 89

Choose one of the following Communications courses:

ENGL 120 - College Composition II (3 hours) Pre-requisite: ENGL 110

ENGL 125 - Introduction to Professional Writing (3 hours) Pre-requisite: ENGL 110

COMM 110 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3 hours)

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.

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