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Wayne Stephens
Director/Instructor Process Technology 
Wharton County Junior College
4000 Avenue F
Bay City, Texas 77414
waynes@wcjc.edu
office: 979-244-8133
main: 979-244-4552

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Program Curriculum

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The program in Process Technology is designed to prepare students for advanced technology in the area of process operations at petrochemical and refining companies and other industries. Students will be provided with both the academic and technical competencies required by the rapidly changing technology demands of the industry. Students in the program learn theory as well as have hands-on experience.

Course

Course Title

Sem. Hours

Freshman Year, First Semester

PTAC 1302

Intro to Process Technology

3

PTAC 1308

Safety, Health & Environment

3

ENGL 1301

Composition I

3

CHEM 1405

Intro Chemistry I

4

COSC 1300

Introduction to Computing

3

 

16 sem. hrs

Freshman Year, Second Semester

MATH 1314

College Algebra

3

PTAC 1410

Process Technology I ¨C Equipment

4

SPCH 1315  or SPCH 1318

Fundamentals of Speech or Interpersonal Communications

3

PTAC 1432

Instrumentation I

4

Social / Behavioral Science elective ***

3

 

17 sem. hrs

Sophomore Year, First Semester

Humanities or Visual / Performing Arts elective ***

3

BMGT 2347

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

3

PTAC 2436

Instrumentation II

4

PTAC 2420

Process Technology II ¨C Systems

4

FIRT 1315

Hazardous Materials

3

 

17 sem. hrs

Sophomore Year, Second Semester

PTAC 1454

Petrochemical Processing

4

PTAC 2446 (CC)

Process Troubleshooting

4

PTAC 2314

Quality

3

PTAC 2438 (CC)

Process Technology III ¨C Operations (Note: CTEC 1380 Co-Operative Education I ¨C Technician will substitute for this course based upon selection criteria in course description.

4

PHED 1304

Health

3

CTEC 1380*

Cooperative Education I ¨C Technician (Note: If not selected for this course per selection process in course description, the students must take PTAC 2438 to meet graduation requirements.

3

CC= Capstone Course

17 ¨C 18 sem. hrs

** See Department Head for details

*** This elective must be selected from the list of core requirements for AAS degrees

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