Electronics Engineering Technology AAS Degree

You graduate with hands-on experience with:

• Electrical schematic reading and drafting
• Electronic communications
• Electronics manufacturing
• Electronics maintenance
• Computer and business machine repair
• Electronics design and development
• In-depth applied programming with hardware interfacing
• Networking

Learn through extensive lab work using microscopes, soldering irons, 3-D printers, and circuit design software. 

Electronic Capstone Project - Demonstrate your knowledge and build your resume with a capstone project. Design, prototype, troubleshoot, and debug an electronics design project and present to your peers and future employers.

Semester 1

• AC Electricity
• Basic Mechanical Systems
• DC Electricity
• Electronics Math I or
  Calculus I
• Industrial Safety Mechanical Systems
• Principles of Engineering or
  PLTW - Principles of Engineering

Semester 2

• Applied Computer Programming
• Electronics Devices
• Electronics Drafting or
  Technical Drawing and CAD
• Electronics Math II
• Fundamentals of Oral Communication
• Operational Amplifiers

Semester 3 — Summer

• Digital Circuits and Systems or
  PLTW - Digital Electronics
• Human and Work Relations or
  Introduction to Psychology or
  Introduction to Sociology

Semester 4

• Applied Physics
• Communication Circuits I
• Computer Systems
• Data Acquisition Systems
• Electronics Design Project I
• Visual Basic

Semester 5

• Communication Circuits II
• Composition I or
  Written Communication in the Workplace
• Electronics Design Project II
• Embedded Processors
• Industrial Electronics
• Introduction to Networking

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This program qualifies for the Future Ready Iowa Last-Dollar Scholarship and will pay up to 100% of your tuition.

You must apply for, be awarded, and meet the ongoing eligibility requirements for the Last-Dollar Scholarship.

This is a partial list of employers who have hired graduates from this program.

• Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids, IA
• ConAgra Foods, Inc., Waterloo, IA
• GARMIN, Olathe, KS
• John Deere, Waterloo, IA
• MercyOne, Waterloo, IA
• Nestlé USA, Waverly, IA
• Randstad Technologies, Cedar Rapids, IA
• Schumacher Elevator Company, Denver, IA
• Simple Mining, Cedar Falls, IA
• Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA
• Target Distribution Center, Cedar Falls, IA

You can get right to work after your program. Or, if you plan to earn an associate degree and go on to earn a bachelor’s degree, consider your transfer options.

There is a documented pathway from this program to UNI's Electrical Engineering Technology and UNI's Industrial Management program. Check out UNI’s transfer guides to learn more.

If you’re interested in transferring, you must work closely with an academic advisor here and at the transfer institution. This is important to ensure courses transfer and you meet program requirements.

Plan your transfer