The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration curriculum provides theory and laboratory experience designed to prepare graduates for employment in this field. Students are trained for competency in installing, operating and maintaining all types of environmental-control equipment. The industry is rapidly growing in all sections of the country.

Note: Hand tools are required for all ACR courses.

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE

Semester One			Credit Hours
#	ACR 110	Basic Refrigeration & Air Conditioning I			4
#	ACR 115	Applied Electricity, Refrigeration			4
		General education/Humanities			1
#	RHT 101	Freshman Rhetoric & Composition I1			3
		Electives			3
15
Semester Two
#	ACR 125	Basic Refrigeration & Air Conditioning II			4
#	ACR 140	Applied Electricity II			4
	CIS 100	Introduction to Computer Systems			1
#	ENT 105	Industrial Physics2			3
#	RHT 102	Freshman Rhetoric & Composition II or
	SPE 101	Principles of Effective Speaking1			3
15
Semester Three
#	ACR 250	Commercial Refrigeration			4
#	ACR 260	Advanced Air Conditioning III			4
	COT 107	Construction Print & Specification Reading			3
	SSC 190	Contemporary Society or
	PSC 150	American National Politics or
	HIS 151	History of the U.S. to 1877			3
#	MAT 122	Technical Mathematics2			3
17
Semester Four
#	ACR 144	Sheet-Metal Practices I			4
#	ACR 285	Heating Systems			4
#	ACR 290	HVAC Calculation and Design			4
#	ACR 295	Systems Controls			4
	HTH 104	Science of Personal Health or
	HTH 281	First Aid & CPR			2
	WEL 121	Fundamentals of Welding			4
18
		Total credits required for graduation		65

¹Students must complete RHT 101 with SPE 101, or RHT 101 with RHT 102. Students intending to transfer are encouraged to complete all three courses: RHT 101, RHT 102 and SPE 101 to meet university requirements.
²ENT 105 or MAT 122 meets the Mathematics and/or Science general education requirement.

Coordinator: William Whitman, Ext. 3466

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