Updated 1-11-10
Suggested Course Sequences
When to Take What Courses
NMSU-Grants Electronics/Electrical Department
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Notes:
  • Most courses are offered only once a year. Planning when to take each course is important. Click here to see when courses are usually offered.
  • The following lists of courses are only to aid in your planning. For the official list of courses you need, refer to the NMSU-Grants Catalog.
  • The information below is subject to change.
 
Suggested Course Sequence for Those Starting to Take Classes in January 2010
If you're working toward an Electrical Trades
Certificate		  If you're working toward an Electronics Technology Certificate If you're working toward an Electronics Technology
Associate Degree


Suggested Course Sequence for Those Who Started Taking Classes in August 2009
If you're working toward an Electrical Trades
Certificate		  If you're working toward an Electronics Technology Certificate If you're working toward an Electronics Technology
Associate Degree


When Courses Are Usually Offered. Back to Top
Fall Spring Every
Third
Semester		  
X      OEES 110 Electronics I
X      OEES 120 Math for Electronics
  X   OEES 135 Electronics II
  X   OEES 160 Digital Electronics I
X     OEES 175 Soldering Practices
  X   OEES 205 Semiconductor Devices
X     OEES 215 Microprocessor Applications I
X X   OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience 
X     OEES 235 Digital Electronics II
     Spr 2011
Fall 2012		 OEES 265 Solar Energy
      OEES 265 Wind ??
       
X     OEET 110 Basic Electricity & Electronics
    Spr 2010
Fall 2011		 OEET 115 Wiring
    Fall 2010
Spr 2012		 OEET 120 Motor Controls
  X   OEET 205 National Electrical Code
  X   OEET 210 Intermediate Electricity
X X   OEET 221 Cooperative Work Experience
       
X     OETS 118 Math for Technicians
X     DRFT 109 Computer Drafting Fundamentals
X     DRFT 151 Construction principles/print reading


Electrical Trades Certificate -- Suggested Sequence of Courses for Those Starting Spring 2010.  Back to Top
Spring 2010
  • OEET 110 Basic Electricity & Electronics--4 credits 
  • OEET 115 Wiring--5 credits
  • OEET 205 National Electrical Code--3 credits

Total credits: 12

 Fall 2010
  • OEET 120 Motor Controls--5 credits
  • OETS 118 Math for Technicians (substituted for OEET 118 Math for Electricians)--3 credits
  • DRFT 151 Construction principles/print reading (substituted for OEET101 Electrical Blueprint Reading)--4 credits 
Total credits:  12
 Spring 2011
  • OEET 210 Intermediate Electricity--5 credits
  • OEET 221 Cooperative work experience--3 credits
  • OEES 160 Digital Electronics I--4 credits*

Total credits:  12

* Not required for the Electrical Trades Certificate, but you could take this to achieve full-time student status

Electronics Technology Certificate--Suggested Sequence of Courses for Those Starting Spring 2010. Back to Top
Spring 2010
  • OEES 110 Electronics I--4 credits
  • OEES 160 Digital Electronics I--4 credits
  • OEET 115 Wiring--5 credits*

Total credits: 13

* Not required for the Electronics Technology Certificate, but having a wiring course would make you a more valuable employee. Also, if you decide to go on and get the electronics technology associate degree, you'll need the wiring course. And, you might want to get an Electrical Trades Certificate as well as an Electronics Technology Certificate. The only additional courses you'd need would be OEET 115 Wiring (listed above), OEDG 110 Construction print/blueprint reading, and OEET 205 National Electrical Code.

 Fall 2010
  • OEES 120 Math for Electronics--4 credits 
  • OEES 175 Soldering Practices--2 credits 
  • OEET 120 Basic Motor Controls--5 credits
  • DRFT 109 Computer Drafting Fundamentals--3 credits (substituted for OEES 155 Electronics CAD & PCB Design) 
Total credits: 14
 		Spring 2011
  • OEES 135 Electronics II--4 credits
  • OEES 205 Semiconductor Devices--4 credits
  • OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience--4 credits*
Total credits: 12

*Only 2 credits of OEES 221 are needed for the Certificate, but you could take 4 credits to achieve full-time student status. (OEES 221 is a variable-credit course.)

Electronics Technology Associate of Applied Science Degree--Suggested Sequence of Courses for Those Starting Spring 2010. Back to Top
Spring 2010
  • OEES 110 Electronics I--4 credits
  • OEES 160 Digital Electronics I--4 credits
  • OEET 115 Wiring--5 credits
  • COLL 101 College/Life Success--3 credits

Total credits:  16

 Fall 2010
  • OEES 120 Math for Electronics--4 credits
  • OEES 235 Digital Electronics II--3 credits
  • OEET 120 Basic Motor Controls--5 credits
  • C S 110G Computer Literacy--3 credits
  • OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience--2 credits
Total Credits: 17 		Spring 2011
 Total Credits: 17		 Fall 2011
  • OEES 175 Soldering Practices--2 credits
  • OEES 215 Microprocessor Applications I--4 credits
  • OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience--1 credit.
  • DRFT 109 Computer Drafting Fundamentals--3 credits (substituted for OEES 155 Electronics CAD & PCB Design) 
  • General education courses--7 credits
Total Credits: 17


Electrical Trades Certificate -- Suggested Sequence of Courses for Those Who Started Fall 2009.  Back to Top
Fall 2009
  • OEET 110 Basic Electricity & Electronics--4 credits 
  • OETS 118 Math for Technicians (substituted for OEET 118 Math for Electricians)--3 credits
  • DRFT 151 Construction principles/print reading (substituted for OEET101 Electrical Blueprint Reading)--4 credits 
  • OEES265 Solar Energy (substituted for OEET221 Coop Work Experience)--1 credit 
  • OEES265 Wind Energy (substituted for OEET221 Coop Work Experience)--1 credit
  • OEES 265 Special Topics: Alternative Energy Construction (substituted for OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience)--1 credit 

Total credits: 14

We highly recommended you take a math course your first semester. Basic Electricity & Electronics and Intermediate Electricity do make use of basic algebra and basic trigonometry. If you're not a math whiz, don't worry--we'll work with you. Notice the word basic above!

 Spring 2010
  • OEET 115 Wiring--5 credits
  • OEET 205 National Electrical Code--3 credits
  • OEET 210 Intermediate Electricity--5 credits
Total credits: 13		 Fall  2010
  • OEET 120 Motor Controls--5 credits
  • OEET 295 Installing Alternative Energy Systems--3 credits
  • OEES 215 Microprocessors I--4 credits *

Total credits: 12

* Not required for the Electrical Trades Certificate, but you could take this to achieve full-time student status

Electronics Technology Certificate--Suggested Sequence of Courses for Those Who Started Fall 2009. Back to Top
Fall 2009
  • OEES 110 Electronics I--4 credits
  • OEES 120 Math for Electronics--4 credits 
  • DRFT 109 Computer Drafting Fundamentals--3 credits (in place of OEES 155 Electronics CAD & PCB Design) 
  • OEES 175 Soldering Practices--2 credits
  • OEES 265 Special Topics: Solar Energy--1 credit (substituted for OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience)* 
  • OEES 265 Special Topics: Wind Energy(substituted for OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience)*--1 credit
  • OEES 265 Special Topics: Alternative Energy Construction--1 credit (substituted for OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience)* 

Total credits: 13

* You could wait until the Fall 2010 semester to take these courses. The catalog lists 2 credits of OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience as the requirement for the Electronics Technology Certificate. If  there's a chance you will want to get an associate degree after you've gotten your certificate,  we recommend you take all three OEES 265 Special Topics courses listed above, because 3 credits of OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience are required for the Electronics Technology Associate Degree.

We highly recommended you take a math course your first semester. Electronics I and Electronics II do make use of basic algebra and basic trigonometry. If you're not a math whiz, don't worry--we'll work with you. Notice the word basic above!

 Spring 2010
  • OEES 135 Electronics II--4 credits
  • OEES 160 Digital Electronics I--4 credits
  • OEES 205 Semiconductor Devices--4 credits
  • OEET 115 Wiring--5 credits*

Total credits: 12 to 17

* Not required for the Electronics Technology Certificate, but having a wiring course would make you a more valuable employee. Also, if you decide to go on and get the electronics technology associate degree, you'll need the wiring course. And, you might want to get an Electrical Trades Certificate as well as an Electronics Technology Certificate. The only additional courses you'd need would be OEET 115 Wiring (listed above), OEDG 110 Construction print/blueprint reading, and OEET 205 National Electrical Code.

 

 Fall 2010
  • OEET 120 Basic Motor Controls--5 credits
  • (OEES 265 Special Topics: Solar Energy--1 credit (in place of OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience) 1)
  • (OEES 265 Special Topics: Wind Energy--1 credit (in place of OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience) 1)
  • (OEES 265 Special Topics: Alternative Energy Construction--1 credit (in place of OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience) 1)
  • OEES 215 Microprocessor Applications I--4 credits 2
  • OEET 295 Installing Alternative Energy Systems--3 credits 2
Total credits: 8 to 15

 1 If you took these courses in Fall 2009, you obviously don't need to take them again. The catalog lists 2 credits of OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience as the requirement for the Electronics Technology Certificate. If  there's a chance you will want to get an associate degree after you've gotten your certificate,  we recommend you take all three OEES 265 Special Topics courses listed above, because 3 credits of OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience are required for the Electronics Technology Associate Degree. 

2 Not required for the Electronics Technology Certificate, but you could take this to achieve full-time student status

Electronics Technology Associate of Applied Science Degree--Suggested Sequence of Courses for Those Who Started Fall 2009. Back to Top
Fall 2009
  • OEES 110 Electronics I--4 credits
  • OEES 120 Math for Electronics--4 credits
  • DRFT 109 Computer Drafting Fundamentals--3 credits (substituted for OEES 155 Electronics CAD & PCB Design) 
  • OEES 175 Soldering Practices--2 credits 
  • OEES 215 Microprocessor Applications I--4 credits
  • General education courses

Total electronics credits: 14 		Spring 2010
  • OEES 135 Electronics II--4 credits
  • OEES 160 Digital Electronics I--4 credits
  • OEES 205 Semiconductor Devices--4 credits
  • OEET 115 Wiring--5 credits*

Total credits: 17

* For the associate degree, you need an OEET course other than OEET 120. The OEET 115 Wiring course fulfills this requirement.

 Fall 2010
  • OEES 235 Digital Electronics II--3 credits
  • OEES 265 Special Topics: Solar Energy--1 credit (in place of OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience)
  • OEES 265 Special Topics: Wind Energy--1 credit (in place of OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience) 
  • OEES 265 Special Topics: Alternative Energy Construction--1 credit (in place of OEES 221 Cooperative Work Experience) 
  • OEET 120 Basic Motor Controls--5 credits
  • A computer applications course (other than Computer Literacy) offered through the computer department and approved by the electronics program manager. This will be in place of OEES 225 Computer Applications for Technicians.
  • General education courses.
Total electronics credits: 11