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Commercial Refrigeration Associate of Applied Science Degree

CR13

As a Commercial Refrigeration Technician the student will be prepared for a career in the commercial refrigeration industry. This industry is differentiated from the air conditioning industry by both the temperatures maintained, 45 degrees F and lower, and equipment serviced. The commercial refrigeration field encompasses such prevalent equipment as refrigerators, freezers, soft drink machines, water coolers, ice machines, cryofreezers as found in hospitals and research laboratories, and a range of others. The student will be prepared to install, service, and sell commercial refrigeration equipment. This award will allow graduate to work in sales as well as be trained as an application's Engineer.

Curriculum

General Education Core (18 Credits)

Area I: Language Arts/Communication (6 Credits)

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3

Area II: Social/Behavioral Sciences (Choose ONE course below.) (3 Credits)

ECON 1101Principles of Economics

3

ECON 2105Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECON 2106Principles of Microeconomics

3

HIST 1111World History I

3

HIST 1112World History II

3

HIST 2111U.S. History I

3

HIST 2112U.S. History II

3

POLS 1101American Government

3

PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3

SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

Area III: Natural Sciences/Mathematics (6 Credits)

MATH 1111

3

Select ONE of the following options:
MATH 1113Precalculus

3

 

PHYS 1111Introductory Physics I

3

And

PHYS 1111LIntroductory Physics Lab I

1

Area IV: Humanities/Fine Arts (3 Credits)

HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3

Occupational Courses (55 Credits)

Required Courses:

COMP 1000Intro to Computer Literacy

3

AIRC 1005Refrigeration Fundamentals

4

AIRC 1010RefrigeratioPrinciple&Practice

4

AIRC 1020Refrigeration Syst Components

4

AIRC 1030HVACR Electrical Fundamentals

4

AIRC 1040HVACR Electrical Motors

4

AIRC 1050HVACR ELCT Components&Control

4

AIRC 2004Thermodynamics of Refrigeratio

2

AIRC 2070Commercial Ref. Design

4

AIRC 2080Commercial Ref. Applications

4

AIRC 2090Troubleshoot&ServicComm Refrig

4

ELCR 1010Direct Current Circuits

6

AIRC 2030Commercial Ref. Internship

8

Total Credit Hours: 73