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Electrical I
BT125

YEAR:

2023-2024

CREDIT HOURS:

4.00

PREREQUISITES:

None

COREQUISITES:

None

COURSE NOTES:

Corresponds to NCCER Level I, 2008

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Introduction to residential electricity, including electrical safety, theory, codes, blueprint interpretation and basic installation, tools and equipment.

HutchCC INSTITUTION-WIDE OUTCOMES:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and make reasonable judgments by acquiring, analyzing, combining, and evaluating information.
  2. Demonstrate the skills necessary to access and manipulate information through various technological and traditional methods.
  3. Demonstrate effective communication through reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  4. Demonstrate effective interpersonal and collaborative skills.
  5. Demonstrate effective quantitative-reasoning and computational skills.

AREA OR PROGRAM OUTCOMES

  1. Work in a safe and productive manner that meets industry standards.
  2. Demonstrate work habits and communication skills that lead to career success.
  3. Accurately apply construction math formulas.
  4. Operate hand and power tools safely.
  5. Accurately read and interpret blueprints.
  6. Estimate construction job costs.
  7. Select, handle, and install construction materials appropriately.
  8. Finish commonly used interior and exterior materials.
  9. Identify specifications, standards, and codes of construction.
  10. Analyze repairs needed, prevent damage, and use restoration techniques.
  11. Explore construction career choices.

COURSE OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCIES:

  1. Recognize the demands of the electrical trade.
    1. Describe the apprenticeship/training process for electricians.
    2. Describe various career paths/opportunities one might follow in the electrical trade.
    3. Define the various sectors of the electrical industry.
    4. State the tasks typically performed by an electrician.
    5. Explain the responsibilities and aptitudes of an electrician.
  2. Practice electrical safety.
    1. Recognize safe working practices in the construction environment.
    2. Explain the purpose of OSHA and how it promotes safety on the job.
    3. Identify electrical hazards and how to avoid or minimize them in the workplace.
    4. Explain safety issues concerning lockout/tagout procedures, confined space entry, respiratory protection and fall protection systems.
    5. Develop a task plan and a hazard assessment for a given task and select the appropriate PPE and work methods to safely perform the task.
  3. Work with electrical circuits.
    1. Define voltage and identify the ways in which it can be produced.
    2. Explain the difference between conductors and insulators.
    3. Define the units of measurement that are used to measure the properties of electricity.
    4. Identify the meters used to measure voltage, current, and resistance.
    5. Explain the basic characteristics of series and parallel circuits.
  4. Demonstrate familiarity with electrical theory.
    1. Explain the basic characteristics of combination circuits.
    2. Calculate, using Kirchhoff's voltage law, the voltage drop in series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits.
    3. Calculate, using Kirchhoff's current law, the total current in parallel and series-parallel circuits.
    4. Using Ohm%u2019s law, find the unknown parameters in series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits.
  5. List feature of the National Electrical Code.
    1. Explain the purpose and history of the NEC..
    2. Describe the layout of the NEC..
    3. Demonstrate how to navigate the NEC..
    4. Describe the purpose of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and the NFPA.
  6. Use device boxes correctly.
    1. Describe the different types of nonmetallic and metallic boxes.
    2. Calculate the NEC. fill requirements for boxes under 100 cubic inches.
    3. Identify the appropriate box type and size for a given application.
    4. Select and demonstrate the appropriate method for mounting a given box.
  7. Practice hand bending techniques.
    1. Identify the methods for hand bending and installing conduit.
    2. Determine conduit bends.
    3. Make 90-degree bends, back-to-back bends, offsets, kicks, and saddle bends using a hand bender.
    4. Cut, ream, and thread conduit.
  8. Use raceways and fittings appropriately.
    1. Identify and select various types and sizes of raceways and fittings for a given application.
    2. Identify various methods used to fabricate (join) and install raceway systems.
    3. Identify uses permitted for selected raceways.
    4. Demonstrate how to install a flexible raceway system.
    5. Terminate a selected raceway system.
    6. Identify the appropriate conduit body for a given application.
  9. Work with conductors and cables in a safe and efficient manner.
    1. From the cable markings, describe the insulation and jacket material, conductor size and type, number of conductors, temperature rating, voltage rating, and permitted uses.
    2. Determine the allowable ampacity of a conductor for a given application.
    3. Identify the NEC. requirements for color coding of conductors.
    4. Install conductors in a raceway system.
  10. Use basic electrical construction drawing.
    1. Explain the basic layout of a set of construction drawings.
    2. Describe the information included in the title block of a construction drawing.
    3. Identify the types of lines used on construction drawings.
    4. Using an architect's scale, state the actual dimensions of a given drawing component.
    5. Interpret electrical drawings, including site plans, floor plans, and detail drawings.
    6. Interpret equipment schedules found on electrical drawings.
    7. Describe the type of information included in electrical specifications.
  11. Demonstrate how to install residential electrical services.
    1. Explain the role of the National Electrical Code. in residential wiring and describe how to determine electric service requirements for dwellings.
    2. Explain the grounding requirements of a residential electric service.
    3. Calculate and select service-entrance equipment.
    4. Select the proper wiring methods for various types of residences.
    5. Compute branch circuit loads and explain their installation requirements.
    6. Explain the types and purposes of equipment grounding conductors.
    7. Explain the purpose of ground fault circuit interrupters and tell where they must be installed.
    8. Size outlet boxes and select the proper type for different wiring methods.
    9. Describe rules for installing electric space heating and HVAC equipment.
    10. Describe the installation rules for electrical systems around swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs.
    11. Explain how wiring devices are selected and installed.
    12. Describe the installation and control of lighting fixtures.
    13. Explain the operation of and describe the following pieces of test equipment.
    14. Select the appropriate meter for a given work environment based on category ratings.
    15. Identify the safety hazards associated with various types of test equipment.

COURSE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION:

Students will be assessed through written and lab assessments and complete performance tasks associated with each of the course competencies.

ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT:

Any student who has a documented disability and wishes to access academic accommodations (per the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disability Act) must contact the HCC Coordinator of Disability Services, at 620-665-3554, or the Student Success Center, Parker Student Union. The student must have appropriate documentation on file before accommodations can be provided.

ACADEMIC HONESTY:

Education requires integrity and respect for HutchCC's institutional values. HutchCC students are required to maintain honesty through a "responsible acquisition, discovery, and application of knowledge" in all academic pursuits. Preserving and upholding academic honesty is the responsibility of Hut chCC students, faculty, administrators and staff.

I. Student Responsibilities

All HutchCC students are required to:

  • Submit all work in all courses without cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, dissimulation, forgery, sabotage, or academic dishonesty as defined below.
  • Provide all academic records such as transcripts and test scores that are free of forgery.
  • Refrain from participating in the academic dishonesty of any person.
  • Use only authorized notes and student aids.
  • Use technology appropriately, including refraining from submitting AI (Artificial Intelligence)-generated work without express written consent from your instructor.
  • Protect the security of passwords/login/privacy/electronic files, and maintain sole individual access for any online course information.

II. Definition of Academic Dishonesty

  • Academic dishonesty is any intentional act, or attempted act, of cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, dissimulation, forgery, or sabotage in academic work.
  • Cheating includes using unauthorized materials of any kind, whether hard copies, online, or electronic, such as unapproved study aids in any academic work, copying another student's work, using an unauthorized "cheat sheet" or device, or purchasing or acquiring an essay online or from another student.
  • Fabrica tion is the invention or falsification of any information or citation in any academic work, such as making up a source, providing an incorrect citation, or misquoting a source.
  • Plagiarism is the representation of words, ideas and other works that are not the student's own as being original to the student. A no n-inclusive list of examples includes work completed by someone else, work generated by an external entity (such as AI), omitting a citation for work used from another source, or borrowing the sequence of ideas, arrangement of material, and/or pattern of thought of work not produced by the student, even though it may be expressed in the student's own words.
  • Dissimulation is the obscuring of a student's own actions with the intention of deceiving others in any academic work, such as fabricating excuses for absences or missed assignments, or feigning attendance.
  • Forgery of academic documents is the unauthorized altering, falsification, misrepresentation, or construction of any academic document, such as changing transcripts, changing grades on papers or on exams which have been returned, forging signatures, manipulating a digital file of academic work, or plagiarizing a translation.
  • Sabotage is any obstruction or attempted obstruction of the academic work of another student, such as impersonating another student, stealing or ruining another student's academic work.
  • Aiding and abetting academic dishonesty is considered as knowingly facilitating any act defined above.
  • Academic honesty violations can also include the omission or falsification of any information on an application for any HutchCC academic program.

III. Sanctions for Academic Dishonesty

Students who violate the Academic Honesty Policy may be subject to academic or administrative consequences.

Instructor Sanctions for Violation:

Students suspected of violating the Academic Honesty Policy may be charged in writing by their instructor and any of the following may apply:

  • Assign Avoiding Plagiarism Bridge Module
  • Receiving written warning that could lead to more severe sanction if a second offense occurs
  • Revising the assignment/work in question for partial credit
  • Voiding work in question without opportunity for make-up
  • Reducing the grade for work in question
  • Lowering the final course grade
  • Failing the work in question

Institutional Sanctions for Violation:

Students charged with academic dishonesty, particularly in instances of repeated violations, may further be subjected to an investigation and any of the following may apply:

  • Instructor recommendation to the Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) to dismiss the student from the course in which the dishonesty occurs
  • Instructor recommendation to the VPAA to dismiss student from the course in which the dishonesty occurs with a grade of 'F." Student will not be allowed to take a 'W' for the course
  • Instructor recommendation to the VPAA that the student be suspended and/or dismissed from the program
  • Student barred from course/program for a set period of time or permanently
  • May be recommended by the instructor (after documented repeated offenses) to the VP AA that the student be placed on probation, suspended and/or dismissed from the institution.

IV. Procedure

  • Instructor will communicate in writing via the student's HutchCC email account and/or LearningZone email account to the student suspected of violating the Academic Honesty Policy.  That communication may include sanction(s). Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation Form.
  • For each violation, the instructor will submit a completed Academic Honesty Violation Form to the Department Chair. Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation form.
  • Should the instructor choose to pursue institutional sanctions, the instruct or shall notify the student in writing via the student's HutchCC email account.  Instructor shall also submit a completed Academic Honesty Violation Form and all prior completed forms regarding said student to the Department Chair and the office of the VPAA with recommendation to proceed with specific Institutional Sanctions. Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation Form.
  • The decision of the VPAA on Institutional Sanction is final. The VPAA will notify the student's academic advisor of any institutional sanctions.

V. Due Process Rights

Students charged with violations of academic honesty have the right of appeal and are assured of due process through the Academic Honesty Appeal process.

Academic Honesty Appeal Process

I. Due Process Rights: Students charged with violations of academic honesty have the right of appeal and are assured of due process through the Academic Honesty Appeal process.

  • If an instructor has recommended course or program dismissal, the student may continue in coursework (provi ding there are no threatening or security behavioral issues) until appeal processes are concluded. However, if an issue has been documented at a partnership location (e.g., clinical sites, secondary institutions, correctional or military facilities), then the student is no longer eligible to continue participation in internships, apprenticeships, and/or clinical-based practice. For clinical sites, this sanction is immediate.

II. Process

If the student disagrees with the charge of a violation of academic honesty, the student has the right to due process as described in the Academic Honesty Appeal process below:

  • If the matter is not resolved upon communicating with the instructor about the violation, the student shall, within five business days of the issuance of the written notice of violation, submit a completed Academic Honesty Appeal Form and supporting documentation to the appropriate department chairperson to initiate an Academic Honesty Appeal.
  • Within two business days of receiving the student's completed Academic Honesty Appeal Form, the Department Chair and VPAA will review and the VPAA will render a decision.
  • Within two business days, a response will be sent to the student's HutchCC email address. The VPAA's decision is final.

INCOMPLETE GRADE:

Instructors may give a student a grade of Incomplete (I) under the following conditions:

  1. The student must initiate the request prior to the time final course grades are submitted to Records.
  2. The request must be made because of an emergency, illness or otherwise unavoidable life-event.
  3. The instructor must agree to the request before a grade of Incomplete can be submitted.
  4. A written contract between the instructor and student, signed by both, will document the work required and date needed to complete course work.
  5. If a student does not complete the course requirements within the time frame established by the instructor, a grade of "F" will be recorded on the student's transcript at the end of the next semester.

HLC ACCREDITATION:

Hutchinson Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The Higher Learning Commission is one of six regional institutional accreditors recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Last Revised: 09/22/2023