Certificate Program in Introduction to Electronic Engineering Technology

Blended On-Campus and Online Certificate in Electronic Engineering Technology

Take your first step toward a career designing, testing and manufacturing electrical hardware and software with UMass Lowell's Electronic Engineering Technology program, delivered through a blend of on-campus and online courses. Throughout this program, you will learn fundamental laws, conversion techniques and mathematic analysis of alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) circuits. All credits earned in this certificate program can be applied toward the Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology.

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Key Takeaways

Learn fundamental laws, conversion techniques, and mathematic analysis of alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) circuits

Advance your understanding of power, passive filters, three-phase systems, transformers, theory vs. simulation and design analysis

Prepare to learn about the design and testing of semiconductor devices, microprocessors, and analog and logic circuits

One Success Leads to Another

Apply credits from lower credentials to higher ones. Our programs are designed to build upon themselves:

Certificate Program in Introduction to Electronic Engineering Technology

Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology

Curriculum Outline

- While most of the courses in this program are held in the traditional classroom format, INFO.2670 is typically offered as an online course.

Required Courses (6 / 16cr)

MATH.1250 Calculus A - Available Spring 2023!
INFO.2670 C Programming - Available Spring 2023!
ETEC.2130 Electric Circuits I
ETEC.2140 Circuits II and Laboratory - Available Spring 2023!
ETEC.2150 Circuits III and Laboratory
ETEC.2160 Circuits IV - Available Spring 2023!

Course Descriptions

ETEC.2130 Electric Circuits I

Discusses: electrical circuits; voltage, current and resistance; energy, power and charge; Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Current Law and Kirchhoff's Voltage Law; simplification and conversion techniques for networks containing sources and/or resistance; Thevenin's and Norton's theorems; fundamentals of magnetism and magnetic circuits; properties of capacitance and inductance and associated transient behavior of circuits. 3 credits.

ETEC.2140 Circuits II and Laboratory

This course provides a continuation of ETEC.2130. Topics include sinusoidal waveforms, phasors, impedance and network elements. Mesh and nodal analysis of AC circuits; series and parallel circuits, superposition and Wye/Delta conversions are also covered. The use of power supplies and various electrical measuring instruments will be studied. DC circuit analysis concepts studied in 17.213 will be verified by laboratory experiments. Written reports are required. Alternate lecture and laboratory sessions. 3 credits.

ETEC.2150 Circuits III and Laboratory

This course serves as a continuation of 17.214. Topics to be discussed include maximum power transfer, real and reactive power; resonance; and polyphase systems. Oscilloscopes, voltage, current and phase measurements are demonstrated. Other topics include series and parallel sinusoidal circuits, series-parallel sinusoidal circuits, series resonance, parallel resonance and transformers. Filters, 2-port networks, computer aided circuit analysis (PSPICE). Computer terminals will be available in the laboratory and their use is expected. Written reports are required. Alternate lecture and laboratory sessions. 3 credits.

ETEC.2160 Circuits IV

Advanced Circuits is a continuation of passive circuit analysis, where the student is introduced into the frequency domain. LaPlace techniques are used to analyze electric circuits using sources and elements similar to those in earlier circuit analysis courses. The concept of boundary conditions is introduced along with initial value and final value theorems. There is a brief review of mathematical concepts such as logarithm, exponential functions and partial fraction expansion to aid the student for newer analysis techniques. The S plane is introduced as a graphical technique to plot the poles and zeros of a function and acquire an insight into the time domain. The dualities of electrical elements in other engineering fields (mechanical, fluids and thermal) are introduced and analyzed using LaPlace techniques. Bode plots are used as another tool to gain insight into the time domain. The cascade interconnect is introduced along with the concept of transfer functions and the impulse response. Filter circuits are again analyzed but this time in the frequency domain using the concepts of LaPlace and Bode. 3 credits.

INFO.2670 C Programming

Introduces students to the techniques of programming in C. The language syntax, semantics, its applications, and the portable library are covered. This course is an introductory course in programming. It does not assume previous programming experience. 3 credits. Students may not receive credit for both the INFO.2110/INFO.2120 sequence and INFO.2670
This course qualifies for free MSDNA software!

Prerequisites:

Previous programming experience

MATH.1250 Calculus A

Serves as a first course in calculus and provides a brief review of analytic geometry and trigonometric functions. The course progresses to the study of inverse functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, rules for differentiation of algebraic and transcendental functions, chain rule, implicit differentiation, linear approximation, differentials, and maximum and minimum values. 3 credits. MA. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: MATH.1220 or MATH.1310.

Prerequisites:

MATH.1230

Undergraduate Certificate Requirements

Students enrolled in UMass Lowell certificate programs must complete all courses and maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or better to earn the certificate. All certificate courses must be completed within a five-year period.

Certificate Completion

Students who successfully complete the certificate program should submit a Certificate Petition Form to have their certificate mailed to them.

Tuition & Fees

At UMass Lowell, we believe that students should have as much information as possible up front so they can make informed decisions before enrolling in a degree program or signing up for a course.

Tuition for all undergraduate courses offered through the Division of Graduate, Online & Professional Studies is the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Tuition for all online graduate courses is also the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Tuition is priced per credit. To calculate the tuition for a course, simply multiply the per-credit tuition by the total number of credits per course. Exception: If the total number of course contact hours is greater than the total number of credits, the per-credit tuition is instead multiplied by the total number of contact hours.

Spring 2023 Tuition	Cost Per Credit	Cost Per 3-Credit Course*
Undergraduate
Online	$380	$1,140
Online Business	$385	$1,155
On Campus Lowell	$340	$1,020
On Campus Haverhill	$300	$900

*If the number of contact hours exceeds the number of credits, tuition is calculated by multiplying by the total number of contact hours.

**Applies to ACCT, BUSI, ENTR, FINA, MGMT, MKTG, MIST and POMS courses.

***Applies to CHEN, CIVE, EECE, ENGN, MECH, PLAS and MSIT courses.

****Applies to graduate online education courses in the Ed.D. and Ph.D.

Additional Costs
Term Registration Fee	$30
Late Fee	$50

Please note: Tuition and fees are subject to change.

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Current students can register using SiS Self-Service. New students who have not already applied and been accepted to a program must use the Non-Degree Registration Form.

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With the program coordinator's approval, one course may be transferred from another accredited institution to satisfy undergraduate certificate program requirements. The course should be equivalent to UMass Lowell instruction, applicable to the intended program, and the student must have received a grade equivalent to a C- (1.70 on a 4.00 scale) or better.

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Curriculum Outline

Required Courses (6 / 16cr)

Course Descriptions

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Certificate Completion

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