First Year
First Semester
• Fundamentals of Electricity – Current – Voltage – Resistance
• Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s Law; Electrical Measurements and Power
• DC Circuits – Series, Parallel, and Series-Parallel Circuits
• Magnetism, Inductance, and Capacitance
• Alternating Current, AC Measurements, Transformers
• Semiconductors, PN Junctions, Zener Diodes, and Bipolar Transistors
• Power Supplies and Amplifiers
• Digital Electronic Circuits
Second Semester
• Introduction, Conductors & Insulation, Low Voltage and Fiber Optic Cables
• Low Voltage and Fiber Optic Cables, Commercial Installation
• Commercial Installation, Installation in Plenums, Optical Fiber Cable and
• Communication Cables (NEC), Coaxial CATV within Buildings
• Lift Safety
• Blueprint Reading
• Raceways, Conduit, Fittings, Bushings, Locknuts, Sealings, Cable and Raceway
• Supports, Surface Metal and Nonmetallic Raceways
• Cable Trays, Storing and Handling Raceways, Underground Systems, Boxes,
• Construction Procedures, Overview of Cabling Distribution
• Conduit Bending
• Coaxial Cable and Terminations, Optical Fiber Connections, Terminating UTP Cable
• Terminating UTP Cable, Legacy Connections, Lab installing various types of UTP
• Modules
• Lab installing terminating Blocks including 66, 110 & BIX,
• Lab installing patch panels and coaxial cables
• Introduction, Fiber Optics Theory, Fiber Optics Components
• Understanding Light Transmission, Receivers, Connectors, Couplers & Splices
• Working with Fiber Optics, Splicing, Fiber Optic Testing
• Lab to install fiber optic connectors
• Fiber Optic Testing
• Introduction, Job Estimating, Job Planning, Documentation, Scheduling
• Acquiring materials, Assigning Labor, Completing Installation, Quality Control, Punch list, and completing the job. Retrofitting installations, Additional documentation
• Fire Stopping and Review
Second Year
Semester Three
• Introduction to Entry and Access Control Systems
• Controllers and Power Supplies
• Entry/Exit Readers, Keypads and Other Control Devices
• Locking and Other Releasing Device Accessories
• Entry Control Barriers/Installation Guidelines
• Intrusion/CCTV Systems Overview
• Types of Intrusion Sensors and Basic CCTV Systems Components
• Control Panels and Headend Equipment
• System Design and Proper Camera Application, Proper Lighting and Illumination
• Proper Inspection, Testing and Maintenance for Access Control and CCTV Systems
• Introduction and Basics of CATV Systems, Architecture of Cable Systems and Cabling
• Satellite Technology, Head End Components and Signal Processing
• Distribution System Components, Topologies, and System Gains Losses, Test Equipment and Signal Alignment
Semester Four
• Basic Fire Alarm Systems, Components, Circuits, and Codes and Standards
• Power Supplies, Supplementary Circuits, Types on Control Circuits and Addressable
• Fire Alarm Systems
• Fire Alarm Initiating Devices
• Fire Alarm Notification Appliances
• General Installation Instructions for Fire Alarm Systems
• Fire Alarm System Startup and Acceptance
• Proper Inspection, Testing and Maintenance for Fire Alarm Systems
• Introduction, Systems Overview and Codes and Standards
• Audio Systems Elements and Types of Nurse Call Systems
• Cabling, Systems Devices and Components Nurse Call Configurations, Power Supplies And Standards
• Audio Sound/Nurse Call Systems Integration and Proper Installation Practices
• Proper Inspection, Testing and Maintenance for Audio Sound Nurse Call Systems
• Audio Sound/Nurse Call Systems Checkout and Commissioning
• Commissioning Process Overview
• User Training
Third Year
Semester Five
•Safety Training CPR Certification
•Circuits, Resistors, Inductors, and Capacitors
•Semiconductor Fundamentals, Diodes, and Transistor
•Thyristors, Integrated Circuits, and Optoelectric Devices
•Power Supplies, Amplifiers, and Oscillators
•Electronics Module Review and Final Examination
•Introduction to Basic Fire Alarm Systems Basic Fire Alarm: Components and Circuits
•Basic Fire Alarm: Power Supplies, Supplementary Circuits, and Type of Control Systems
•Addressable Fire Alarm Systems and Technologies
•Fire Alarm Initiating Device
•Fire Alarm Notification Appliances
•Installation Instructions for Fire Alarm Systems
•Fire Alarm System Start Up and Acceptance
•Proper Maintenance of Fire Alarm Systems
•Fire Alarm Review and Final Examination
•Nurse Call System Configurations, Power, and Standards
•Nurse Call System Installation and Systems Integration
•Nurse Call System Review and Final Examination
•Security System Design and Sensors
•Alarm Assessment and Communication, and Entry Control
•Video Security Systems Installation and Signal Quality
Semester Six
•Video (MATV and CATV) Systems
•Audio/Sound Systems
•Wireless Communications/Wireless LANs
•Intelligent Building Systems/Systems Integration
•System Commissioning, User Training, and Team Supervision
•Review for BICSI and NICET Certification Testing