Bachelor of Science in Applied Science & Technology in Energy Utility Technology at Thomas Edison State College

Thomas Edison State College

Degree Requirements - Total 120 credit hours

To obtain this degree, 60 credits in the technical core, energy specialty and free electives component and 60 credits in the general education component are required. Visit the Thomas Edison State College EPCE page for more details.

  • 26 credits in the Energy Utility Technology Technical Component
  • 19 credits in Energy Specialty
  • 15 credits as Technical Core Free Electives
  • 6 credits in English Composition
  • 12 credits in Humanities
  • 12 credits in Social Sciences
  • 21 credits in Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • 9 credits in General Education Electives

Course list and requirements

Technical Core – Energy Utility Technology

  • EUT 201 - Energy Utility Industry (3 credit hours)
  • ELE 211 - DC Circuits (3 credit hours)
  • ELE 212 - AC Circuits (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 216 - Electrical Diagrams (3 credit hours)
  • ELT 102 - Fundamental of Electronics (2 credit hours)
  • EUT 401 - Regulatory Policy and Procedure (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 402 - Applied Economic Analysis (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 403 - Safety Management or ELM 102 Electrical Systems Safety (3 credit hours)
  • ASP 404 - Applied Science & Technology: Current Trends & Applications (3 credit hours)

Energy Specialty: select 19 credits from more than one area below:

Plant Operations & Maintenance

  • EUT 204 - Plant Operations & Maintenance (4 credit hours)
  • EUT 205 - Generator Operations & Maintenance (3 credit hours)
  • CTR 212 - Programmable Logic Controllers (3 credit hours)

Gas Distribution

  • GRA 251 - CAD (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 302 - Gas Combustion Technology (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 309 - Gas Distribution Technology (3 credit hours)

Electric Distribution

  • GRA 251 - CAD (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 305 - Electrical Distribution (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 307 - Utility Construction Methods (3 credit hours)

Instrumentations & Control

  • EUT 306 - Metering Technology (3 credit hours)
  • CTR 212 - Programmable Logic Controllers (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 312 - System Protection (3 credit hours)

Appliance Service

  • EUT 302 - Gas Combustion Technology (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 315 - Appliance Service Technology (4 credit hours)
  • EUT 316 - Appliance Troubleshooting & Repair (4 credit hours)
  • EUT 317 - Advanced Troubleshooting (4 credit hours)

Alternative & Efficient Energy

  • EUT 331 - Energy Efficiency Operations (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 333 - Soloar & Fuel Cells (3 credit hours)
  • EUT 332 - Wind Power (3 credit hours)

Area Study and Free Electives (15 credit hours)

    General Education Requirements

    English Composition

    • ENC 101 - English Composition I (3 credit hours)
    • ENC 102 - English Composition II (3 credit hours)

    Humanities

    • ENG 201 - Technical Report Writing (3 credit hours)
    • MAN 376 - Leadership Communication (3 credit hours)
    • Humanities elective courses (6 credit hours)

    Social Science

    • Psychology or Sociology course (3 credit hours)
    • Social Science elective courses (6 credit hours)

    Natural Science & Mathematics courses (21 credit hours)

    • College Algebra or above (6 credit hours)
    • STA 201 - Staatistics (3 credit hours)
    • PHY 111 - Physics I (3 credit hours)
    • PHY 112 - Physics II (3 credit hours)
    • Second Science course (3 credit hours)
    • Computer Requirement (3 credit hours)

    General Education Electives (9 credit hours)

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