Performance Based Education (PBE) Program Competencies and Traditional Program Instruction (Non-PBE) Curriculum Revisions

Each Program of Study, at least once a year, reviews its degree plans, courses, lesson plans, course objectives, course outcomes and/or competencies. They do this to ensure that each degree plan contains the most current curriculum and that it meets industry standards and requirements.

Students who successfully complete courses by meeting the minimum standards set for the course will complete the course outcomes and/or PBE competencies and assessments set at the time of enrollment. Course outcomes, competencies, and assessments can be updated at any time, especially from one academic year to another. If a student needs to repeat a course they may need to complete different lesson plans, course objectives, assessments and/or course competencies.

Example: A student drops or fails a course in the Spring semester. When the student registers to retake a course, some or all of the course lesson plans and/or competencies and assessments may be different. Therefore, the student will need to successfully complete the newest assessment requirements for the course.

Tutoring Statement

The Supplemental Instruction & Tutoring Program at TSTC offers free tutoring and academic support services to help you achieve your academic and career goals. You can access the Tutoring Schedule, as well as MyTSTC Video Tutor Library, by visiting: https://portal.tstc.edu/student/Student_Learning/Pages/Tutoring.aspx (shortened link: goo.gl/Z9vJvY ).

For more information, please contact Norma A. Salazar@ 956-364-4557.

Learning Resource Center

The Learning Resource Center provides online and in person library resources and services.  Go to tstc.libguides.com to find help with your assignments, projects, and papers.  Clicking the Student tab will allow you to find resources, homework help, tutorials, and real time chat to answer your questions.

Emergency Assistance Available

As a student you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as food insecurity, housing, transportation, and childcare concerns, or you may be unable to pay your bills. These stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce your ability to participate in daily activities. TSTC offers emergency aid and services to assist you with addressing these and other concerns you may be experiencing. Please contact the TSTC Advocacy & Resource Center.

You can reach a coach here: http://bit.ly/ARCCoach

Title IX

Texas State Technical College (TSTC) seeks to provide an environment that promotes equal opportunity free from discrimination and harassment.

If you have been a victim of sexual harassment, sexual harassment, sexual assault, or any other form of protected class discrimination, we encourage you to make a report. If you report to a faculty member, she or he must notify TSTC’s Title IX Coordinator about the incident. You may also make a confidential report to TSTC’s Counselors.

All students (including pregnant and parent students), regardless of their legal status are entitled to protections under TSTC’s policy.

For more information about Title IX or sexual misconduct, as well as your options, please visit https://www.tstc.edu/student_life/titleix.

For information about equal opportunity and civil rights policies, visit https://www.tstc.edu/governance/sos.

Student Uniforms Requirement

Fully Online Students

Texas State Technical College requires all students to wear a program-specific uniform while attending functions on and off campus. This uniform is available for purchase at the campus bookstore. As a student in a fully online program you are required to purchase at least two program-specific uniforms in the event you attend any in person or off campus learning opportunities or events (i.e. Job Fairs, Resume & Interview workshops, and media interviews).

Hybrid & F2F Students

Texas State Technical College requires all students to wear a program-specific uniform while attending functions and labs on and off campus. This uniform is available for purchase at the campus bookstore. As a student in a hybrid program you are required to purchase at least two program-specific uniforms to wear to in person labs and other learning opportunities or events held on or off campus (i.e. Job Fairs, Resume & Interview workshops, and media interviews).

• Overview of course expectations and outcomes. Cover online and Face to face aspect of class and Covid-19 rules. Review and acknowledge syllabus.
• State the three fundamental parts of an atom and identify their states of charge.
• Defline and describe conductiors, insulators, and semiconductors.
• State the operating function of a diode in a circuit.
• State the two forms energy and give examples of each.
• Define voltage and state its unit of measure and common abbreviation.
• Define current and state its unit of measure and common abbreviation.
• Define resistance and state its unit of measure and common abbreviation.
• Determine an unknown voltage, current, and resistance with Ohm's law

• Calculate resistance at any point in a series or parallel circuit.
• Calculate voltages at any point in a series or parallel circuit.
• Calculate current at any point in a series or parallel circuit.

• Define the molecular theory of magnetism and electromagnetism.
• Define inductance and how it affects an AC circuit.
• Define capacitance and how it affects an AC circuit.

• Define true power and state its unit of measure and common abbreviation.
• Define an unknown power, voltage, and current with the power formula.
• Calculate power at any point in a series or parallel circuit.
  
• Define reactive power and state its unit of measure and common abbreviation.
• Define apparent power and state its unit of measure and common abbreviation.
• Define power factor and explain its relationship to efficiency.

• State four factors that determine the severity of an electrical shock.
• Explain the three approach boundries as identified by NFPA 70 E.
• State three ways to help prevent static electric discharge(ESD) from damaging equipment.
• Identify the meanings of the different colorsused with safety labels.
• List the basic electric motor safety rules.

• State where and when a lockout/tagout device should be used.
• Describe the different types of lockout devices
• State the purpose of appling NFPA 70E standards.

• Describe the types of personal protective equipment.
• Define arc flash and arc blast and how to minimize their effects.
• List the different types of head, eye, and ear protection.
• State the different parts of hand protection used to prevent an electric shock and the purpose of each part.
• List the different parts of foot, back, and knee protection.
• State the purpose of the National Electrical Code (NEC) and the Article that covers the requirments for motors.
• State the purpose of grounding.
• Explain how a ground fault circuit interupter (GFCI) protects individuals.

• State the different class of fires, specifically the electrical fire classification.
• State possible materials that create a hazerdous location and how hazerdous locations are identified.

• Define confined space and state several ways to help prevent an accident in a confined space.

• Explain the importance of safety when working on overhead powerlines.

• Review and assesment of learned skills.

• Understand the stated rules for proper and safe usage of of hand and power tools.

• Explain how to troubleshoot fuses using a continuity tester.
• Explain how to properly use a receptical tester to test a receptical.
• Explain how to properly use a voltage tester to test for voltage tester to test for voltage in a circuit.
• Explain how a measurement is displayed on an analog multimeter using linear and nonlinear scales.
• Explain how measurments are displayed on a digital multimeter (DMM).
• Describe bar graph and wraparound bar graph as displayed as displayed on a digital multimeter.
• Describe what each CAT rating means on a test instrument.
• Describe the procedure required to set a multimeter to take a resistance reading.
• Explain how to set a mutimeter to test a diode.
• Describe the procedure for required to to set a multimeter to take a DC voltage reading
• Describe the procedure for required to to set a multimeter to take a AC voltage reading.
• Understand how to properly and safely test fuses in an energized disconnect switch.
• Understand how to properly and safely test to ensure that a disconnect switch is properly grounded.
• Describe the procedure required to set a multimeter to take a in-line current reading.
• Describe the procedure required to use a clamp-on ammeter to take a current measurement.

• Explain how an oscilloscope is used.
• Explain how a digital logic probe is used.
• Explain how a megaohmmeter is used.
• Define ground resistance tester
• Define infrared temperature meter and noncontact temperature probe.
• Define how a phase sequence indicator is used.
• Define how a phase sequence indicator is used.
• Define how an optical time domain reflectometer is used.

• Define transformer and describe the primary and secondary windings.
• Explain turns ratio.
• Explain how resistance, eddy currents, and hysteresis in the in the iron core of a transformer produce heat loss in the transformer.

• Explain how residential electrical service uses single phase transformer connections.
• Explain how a tranformer secondary tap is used.
• Explain how to obtain a controlled voltage of 120 VAC from a line voltage of 240 VAC
• Explain how to obtain a controlled voltage of 120 VAC from a line voltage 480 VAC

• Explain how to select a transformer.

• Describe how to troubleshoot a transformer by taking resistance and voltage measurements.
• Explain how to troubleshoot control transformers.

• Final assessment of learned skills

Texas State Technical College challenges students to be learners who assume responsibility for being a part of a community of scholars. Student presence and participation in the classroom is an important component of this challenge.

Furthermore, as part of its mission, TSTC offers an education that prepares students for professional employment. Each student is encouraged to develop a professional work ethic that reflects responsibility, initiative, and teamwork.

Students are expected to attend all classes. Students who are absent from class miss opportunities to contribute to the learning environment of the classroom and are developing patterns that will not be tolerated in the professional workplace.

In light of the above, the student is responsible for all assigned course work and cannot be absolved of this responsibility.  When enrolled in a particular course, the student is obligated to do all of the work assigned. Punctual and regular attendance is vital to the discharge of this obligation and absences, excused or not, do not alter this responsibility.  

Student Conduct 

Students are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and to dress in the appropriate attire for the class being presented. 

Each student is expected to act responsibly and take the consequences for his/her action or inaction as appropriate.

An atmosphere of respect will be expected of all within the classroom. 

Any open displays of prejudice, harassment, etc. will not be tolerated. 

Any student who disrupts the classroom will be asked to leave and will receive a zero on all work due that day and will be counted as absent for the day. 

A second disruption by that student will be grounds for the student to be administratively dropped from the class and other disciplinary action will be taken as appropriate. 

There will be no smoking, dipping, chewing tobacco or use of profane language in the classroom.

Cell Phone Policy

Cell phone usage is prohibited in the classroom and during lab sessions. All cell phones will be put away and/or shut off during class. If a need or a situation arises such as an emergency the student will be required to leave the room to use the phone.

Participation Policy (Attendance)
A student upon their 6th absence will be issued a course grade of "F". When attendance roll is called at the beginning of class and you do not answer you will be considered absent.

Make-up Work

You are responsible for arranging to make-up missed work with proper documentation.

If you miss any Quizzes or Daily Labs it will be counted as a "0"! 

Quizzes- No make-up for missed quizzes. 

Tests - No make-tests for missed tests. 

Lab Sessions

Supplies - Every time you come to lab you must bring (but not limited to) the required supplies, required tools, test equipment, lab book, textbook and/or handouts. Points will be deducted for failing to bring these supplies.

You will be expected to complete any and all labs during the allotted time frame.

Conduct - No food, no drink, no tobacco products, no horseplay. 

Breaks - Breaks are allowed at your choosing on a limited basis. Be sure you will have time to complete the lab. 

Cheating / Plagiarism Policy  

TSTC expects all students to engage in scholastic pursuits in a manner that is beyond reproach. Students are expected to maintain complete honesty and integrity. Any student found guilty of scholastic dishonesty is subject to disciplinary action. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on academic work (such as copying, bribing, or buying/selling tests), plagiarism (claiming another’s work as one’s own without acknowledgement INCLUDING Internet data), and collusion (unauthorized collaboration). See College Catalogue for additional information.

The instructor holds the right to change and/or alter this class as needed through the semester at their discretion.