Electrical Engineering Technology

The associate in applied science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology is designed so that students benefit from the strong emphasis placed on the development of oral and written communication skills. Graduates are firmly rooted in modern technology using state of the art industrial equipment and are able to contribute immediately in the workplace as technicians with problem troubleshooting and solving and assisting in project design. A quality education and individual academic advising are continuously provided throughout the students’ program of study.

Students completing the degree program will obtain the knowledge required to qualify for employers such as ConEd, Verizon, MTA, and Honeywell. Graduates may continue toward a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technology at City Tech.

Learning Outcomes

1. Be successful in careers beyond entry level as electrical engineering technicians by participating in team projects involving solving problems, implementation, and testing.

2.  Engage in careers of personal and professional growth by attaining increasing levels of responsibility and leadership.

3.  Pursue life-long learning to enhance their associate degree or certification in order to improve their careers.

General (Adopted from ETAC/ABET Criterion 3)

Students demonstrate:

1. an ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve well-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;

2. an ability to design solutions for well-defined technical problems and assist with the engineering design of systems, components, or processes appropriate to the discipline;

3. an ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in well-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature;

4. an ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results; and

5. an ability to function effectively as a member of a technical team.

Discipline Specific (Adopted from ETAC/ABET Program Criteria)

Students demonstrate knowledge and hands-on competence in:

1. the application of circuit analysis and design, computer programming, associated software, analog and digital electronics, and microcomputers, and engineering standards to the building, testing, operation, and maintenance of electrical/electronic(s) systems; and

2. the application of natural sciences and mathematics at or above the level of algebra and trigonometry to the building, testing, operation, and maintenance of electrical/electronic systems.

Accreditation

The program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org/.

Advisement Information

Advising hours are scheduled each semester, posted on the college and department websites and the department's bulletin boards, and emailed to all students.

Certifications are granted by the NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers), ETA (Electronics Technicians Association), and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) student chapters at ETET-NYCCT.

These chapters play important roles for engineering technology students at the New York City College of Technology.

The main goal of these student chapters is to benefit all its student members through industry exposure and support in achieving several professional engineering licensure-categories for those who are interested.