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Program Placement Rate:
100%
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Electronics Technology
Looking for a career as am electronics technician but work during the day? Take evening classes and earn a two-year degree in Electronics Technology.
56K
Average Salary: Robotics & Electronics, A.A.S.
Source 2022-23 Dunwoody Career Services Annual Report
Dunwoody C – Evening Classes
Electronics Technology is a two-year degree program for students interested in the field of electronics and who need to take courses during the evening.
Learn to design and troubleshoot circuits utilizing the latest semiconductor devices; biomedical devices; microprocessors; microcontrollers; circuit design and fabrication equipment; and data acquisition devices.
Experiment with programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
Set-up, configure, and troubleshoot inductive and capacitive proximity, photo-electric, temperature, and other industrial sensors.
Graduate with the skills needed to become an electronics technician or a wide variety of other electronics-related technician positions, including in Minnesota’s robust medical device industry.
This degree directly transfers into Dunwoody’s Bachelor of Science in Automation & Controls Engineering Technology or the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering Technology.
Electronics Engineering Technology – Day Classes
Looking for day classes? Our associate’s degree in Electronics Engineering Technology is for those who’d prefer to take classes during the day.
Electronics Technology – Certificate Version
A one-year certificate in Electronics Technology is also available. Graduates can also roll that into the full two-year associate’s degree.
Class topics include:
- Basic electricity and electronics
- Digital electronics
- Microprocessors and microcontrollers
- Computer programming
- Programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
- Communication systems
- Circuit engineering
Student Organizations
Opportunities to get involved outside of the classroom include:
- Robotic Snow Plow Team
- Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK)
- SkillsUSA
Recent Employers of Graduates
Companies that hire our graduates include:
- Boston Scientific
- Cypress Semiconductor
- Honeywell International, Inc.
- Digikey
- Starkey Hearing Technologies
- Design Ready Controls
Common Job Titles
Possible job titles upon graduation include:
- Electronics Technician
- Bio-Medical Technician
- Field Service Engineer
- Calibration Technician
- Programmer
- Assembler
Facilities
Controls Engineering Lab
Assemble and program the industrial controls used in discrete manufacturing and advanced process control applications.
- 24 Allen Bradley L18ERM CompactLogix PLCs
- 24 Allen Bradley PanelView HMIs
- 24 Kinetix Motion Controllers
- 24 Powerflex VFDs
- 24 Cognex Machine Vision Systems
- Emerson Process Controls & Instrumentation
Programmable Controls Lab
Learn to debug and program programmable logic controllers for use in a variety of control systems.
- 11 Allen Bradley MicroLogix PLCs
- 11 Allen Bradley CompactLogix PLCs
- 11 Siemens S7-1200 PLCs
- 11 ABB VFDs
- 11 Maple Systems HMIs
Basic Electricity Lab
Complete projects that help you learn the fundamentals of electricity, including how to analyze, design, build, and test series, parallel and combination AC and DC circuits.
- 12 Digital Oscilloscopes
- 12 DC power supplies and AC function generators
- 12 Elenco circuit prototyping stations
- 12 NIDA 130E Microprocessor trainers
- 1 LPKF S62 PCB Mill