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Steve Sieben
Director, Nuclear Power Technology Program
Wharton County Junior College
SiebenS@wcjc.edu
979-244-4666

 

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NEW! Nuclear Power Technology

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ASSOCIATE DEGREE
NUCLEAR POWER TECHNOLOGY
Curriculum to begin Fall 2008

Fall I

   

Class Hours

Lab Hours

Weekly Contact Hrs

SCH

ELPT 1370    Intro to Power Technology

48

0

3

3

CHEM 1405/1411   Introductory Chemistry/Chem I ++

48

32

5

4

BCIS 1305   Business Computer Applications

48

0

3

3

MATH 1314/2312   College Algebra/ Pre Calculus ++

48

0

3

3

PTAC 1308    Safety, Health, and Environment

48

0

3

3

Total

 

240

32

17

16

Spring I

   

Class Hours

Lab Hours

Weekly Contact Hrs

SCH

NUCP 1370    Nuclear Fundamentals I

48

0

3

3

NUCP 1471    Nuclear Fundamentals II

64

0

4

4

PTAC 1432 Instrumentation

48

32

5

4

PTAC 2314 Quality

48

0

3

3

ENGL 1301    Composition & Rhetoric I

48

0

3

3

Total

 

256

32

21

17

Fall II

   

Class Hours

Lab Hours

Weekly Contact Hrs

SCH

CETT 1409    DC-AC Circuits

48

48

6

4

NUCP 2470 Nuclear Power Plant Systems I

48

32

5

4

  Social Science Elective

48

0

3

3

FIRT 1315 Hazardous Materials

48

0

3

3

NUCP 1472 Nuclear Power Plant Organization & Processes

48

32

5

4

Total

 

240

112

38

18

Spring II

   

Class Hours

Lab Hours

Weekly Contact Hrs

SCH

NUCP 2471 (CC) Nuclear Power Plant Systems II (CC)

48

32

5

4

  Humanities Elective

48

0

3

3

  Discipline Related Studies Elective **

64

0

4

4

SPCH 1318  * Interpersonal Communication  *

48

0

3

3

BMGT 2347 Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

48

0

3

3

Total

 

256

32

36

17

CC – Capstone Course                                                                                                                   Total  67 - 68                                                                                                               

++ Students choose either of the two courses.

*  Will transfer to some colleges and not to others

** Discipline Related Studies Elective – Students choose one of the following:

  • General Physics I                                               PHYS 1401
  • Refrigeration Principles                                            HART 1407
  • Digital Fundamentals                                     CETT 1425
  • General Chemistry I or II                 CHEM 1411/1412
  • Calculus I                                                            MATH 2413

 

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