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BASIC ELECTRONICS

Technology

Career Outlook

Your New Career

When you earn your Career Diploma in Basic Electronics, you'll have plenty of career options. Work as a computer manufacturing technician, broadcast engineer, sales manager, or in home entertainment servicing. Or you can start your own business, taking on the jobs you want and working flexible hours.

Electronics repair technicians enjoy exciting, varied assignments, full of technical challenges. You'll use your wits, creativity and knowledge to succeed. You'll be the one others trust to handle their electronics problems. And you'll have the satisfaction that comes with repairing equipment for a small repair shop, a large corporation, or in your own business.

Your New Skills

As an Electronics professional, you'll enjoy working with your hands, the freedom of working in different locations, and the satisfaction that goes along with doing an important job and doing it well.

You'll learn every important part of being an Electronics professional.

Transistors, diodes and other electronic components
The different types of electronic circuits such as amplifiers, oscillators, and power supplies
How to use the tools of the trade

Your New Diploma

Earn your Basic Electronics Career Diploma at home in as little as ten months by studying just an hour a day for your new career. Expert instructors and support staff – dedicated to helping you complete your coursework – will be just a phone call or an email away.

Program Overview

Become an Electronics Repair Technician with Basic Electronics training from the Continuing Education Center.

With job opportunities as an instrumentation technician, broadcast engineer, or an electronics repair specialist, the the Continuing Education Center Basic Electronics Program will provide the skills you need to succeed. You'll learn about:

Introduction to electronics and the nature of electricity
Conductors, insulators, and batteries
Magnetism and electromagnetism
Fiber optic and optoelectronic components

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Find out more about the Continuing Education Center’s Basic Electronics training that includes:

All the books, lessons, equipment, and learning aids you need
Tools, kits, and practical exercises for hands-on learning and use in your career
Unlimited, toll-free instructional support
Access to student services by website, phone, and mail

Program Outline

Instruction Sets
Your at-home learning program includes ten Instruction Sets designed to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you’ll employ in your new career in Electronics.

Here's how it works
Your first Instruction Set will be sent to you as soon as your enrollment has been accepted. Other Instruction Sets will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with.

You will need access to a Microsoft® Windows®-based computer (running Windows Vista or later) and the Internet in order to complete your program with the Continuing Education Center.

Here is an overview of what you’ll learn and the order in which you’ll receive your learning materials:

Instruction Set 1 (Delivered Online Only)

Learning Strategies
The advantages of learning at home; types of study materials; types of examinations; accessing and using the features of our website; determining what kind of learner you are; establishing a study schedule; using study tips; preparing for and taking examinations.

Introduction to Electronics
Conductors, resistors, and insulators; direct current and alternating current; job opportunities.

Instruction Set 2

Nature of Electricity
Dangers and benefits of static electricity; volts, amperes, and ohms; series and parallel circuits.

Learning Aids:
• Electronics Practice Kit
• Component Color Code Wheel

Practical Exercise 1

Instruction Set 3

Conductors, Insulators, and Batteries
Conductors and conductivity; insulating materials; safety precautions when using storage batteries.

Circuit Analysis and Ohm’s Law
Finding the voltage, current, and resistance; the use of Ohm’s Law.

Multimeter Usage Manual
Multimeter operation; AC and DC voltage measurement.

Learning Aids:
• Electronics Practice Kit
• Circuit Formula Quick Reference Chart
• Digital Multimeter

Practical Exercise 2

Instruction Set 4

Basic Measuring Instruments
Analog or digital VOMs; using VOMs to measure voltage; safe handling of a multimeter.

Electronic Hardware
Mechanical connectors; types of solder tools.

Switching Devices
Types of switches; basic relay ladder diagrams.

Learning Aid: Electronics Practice Kit

Equipment:
• Soldering Iron
• Desoldering Pump

Practical Exercise 3

Instruction Set 5

Magnetism and Electromagnetism
Simple, compound, and closed magnetic circuits; simple electromagnetic relays.

Capacitors and Inductors
Types of capacitors; how an inductor regulates the flow of current.

Basic Semiconductor Components: Diodes
How a diode works; selecting the proper diode for replacement in a circuit.

Basic Semiconductor Components: Transistors
Bipolar transistors; using an ohmmeter; basic troubleshooting.

Learning Aid: Electronics Practice Kit

Practical Exercise 4

Instruction Set 6

Alternating Current
Characteristics of an AC cycle; calculating power.

Capacitors in AC Circuits
Reactance and impedance; how AC frequency affects impedance.

Inductors in AC Circuits
Applying Ohm’s law; understanding and calculating impedance; how inductors are made and how they operate.

Transformers
Connecting single-phase transformers; operation of autotransformers.

Learning Aid: Electronics Practice Kit

Practical Exercise 5

Instruction Set 7

Reactance and Impedance
Determining the reactance of a capacitor and inductor; finding phase angles between voltage and current.

Resonant Circuits
Serial and parallel resonance; calculating the value of the Quality Factor, Q.

Application of Resonant Circuits
Low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and band-reject filters; identifying power-supply filter designs.

Learning Aid: Electronics Practice Kit

Practical Exercise 6

Instruction Set 8

Rectifiers and Power Supplies
Basic types of electronic rectifiers; operation of power-supply filters.

Amplifiers
Transistor amplifier operations; determining biasing conditions.

Oscillators
Oscillator circuits; effects of temperature on oscillator circuits.

Fiber Optic and Optoelectronic Components
Basic theory of light communications; electron microscopes; how fluorescent lights operate.

Learning Aid: Electronics Practice Kit

Practical Exercise 7

Instruction Set 9

Electronic Sensors
Bridge circuits; concepts of “stress” and “strain” in electronics.

Modulation and Detection Circuits
Degrees of modulation; AM and FM signals; modulation and detector circuits.

Electronic Devices and Amplifiers
Passive and active devices; determining amplifier gain.

Using Basic Oscilloscopes
Operation of an oscilloscope; performing low-voltage measurements.

Learning Aid: Electronics Practice Kit

Practical Exercise 8

Instruction Set 10

Audio and RF Circuits
Tone frequencies used in control systems; virtues of AM, FM, and SSB transmission.

Oscillator and Feedback Waveforms
Oscillator circuits; how waveforms are created.

Electronic Power Supplies
Basic operation of DC and AC conversion equipment; selecting the proper type of battery.

Learning Aid: Electronics Practice Kit

Practical Exercise 9

Online Library and Librarian
Students in the Continuing Education Center have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and to assist students in research activities during their studies with the Continuing Education Center.

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.

Tuition

$898.00

Your tuition includes all books, learning aids, unlimited instructional and student support services.

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BASIC ELECTRONICS

Career Outlook

Your New Career

Your New Skills

Your New Diploma

Program Overview

Become an Electronics Repair Technician with Basic Electronics training from the Continuing Education Center.

Program Outline

Tuition

$898.00

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