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ACADEMIC MAP
Residential and Commercial Electricity, C.A.S.

COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
Semester 1
COLL 101 : ORIENTATION TO COLLEGE	1
ELEC 101 : ELECTRICITY & ELECTRONICS FUND	3
ELEC 115 : RES/COMM ELECTRICAL 1	3
ELEC 116 : RES/COMM ELECTRICAL 2	3
MATH 125 : TECHNICAL MATHEMATICS	4
ENGL 107 : TECHNICAL WRITING	3
TOTAL:	17
Semester 2
COURSE	CR	COMMENTS
MTEC 102 : INTRODUCTORY CRAFT SKILLS	2	NCCER Core
CS 101 : INTRO TO PC APPLICATIONS	4
ELEC 117 : RES/COMM ELECTRICAL 3	3
ELEC 118 : RES/COMM ELECTRICAL 4	3
ELEC 260 : E&I CAPSTONE	1
TOTAL:	13

Certificate of Applied Science in Residential and Commercial Electricity is a degree certificate program designed to introduce students the standards and skill training necessary to be a licensed residential and commercial electrician in West Virginia. Further training beyond this program will be required to be eligible to sit for the Electrical Journeyman’s license. State Licensure is required for most forms of employment in this field. Different licenses issued by the WV State Fire Marshal impact the types of work you can perform and whether or not it must be supervised. Students should closely review this information prior to enrollment. https://firemarshal.wv.gov/

MILESTONE COURSE:

These courses are the keys to graduation and certification. Courses should be taken in the recommended semesters to stay on time for completion

CAREER PLANNING:

Residential or Commercial Electrician Average wage: $15.74 - $26.15/hour

TOTAL DEGREE CREDITS:
30

THE NEXT STEP
The Electricity and Instrumentation Technician Certificate in Applied Science Degree is a natural progression of the Residential and Commercial Electricity program as it introduces industrial electrical skills, along with instrumentation and process control. With those 30 credit hours you could have a broader skill set to further your career

Certificate of Applied Science in Residential and Commercial Electricity is a degree certificate program designed to introduce students the standards and skill training necessary to be a licensed residential and commercial electrician in West Virginia. It is expected that students will sit for the WV State Electrical Apprenticeship Exam before completing the program. Further training beyond this program will be required to be eligible to sit for the Electrical Journeyman’s license. State Licensure is required for most forms of employment in this field. Different licenses issued by the WV State Fire Marshal (apprentice, specialty, journeyman, master) impact the types of work you can perform and whether or not it must be supervised. Students should closely review this information prior to enrollment. https://firemarshal.wv.gov/ .

Graduation Requirements:

Complete the minimum number of credit hours required for the degree.
Complete the general education curricula for the degree.
Complete at least 8 credit hours at WVU Parkersburg.
Maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average.
Complete and file the graduation application, in OLSIS, within the stated deadlines

To ensure breadth and depth as students meet these broad education goals, the curriculum focuses on six academic “strands.”

Aesthetics, Creativity, and Appreciation	Human Communication and Interaction	People and Their Worlds	Quantitative Reasoning	Scientific Inquiry	Writing and Rhetoric
ART-101 ART-111 ENGL-131 ENGL-132 ENGL-221 ENGL-222 ENGL-241 ENGL-242 ENGL-257 ENGL-261 ENGL-262 ENGL-285 MUSI-170 THEA-101	COMM-105 COMM-111 COMM-112 COMM-202	ECON-201 ECON-202 GEOG-102 HIST-101 HIST-102 HIST-152 HIST-153 HIST-250 PHIL-111 PHIL-150 PHIL-231 POLS-101 POLS-102 PSYC-101 PSYC-241 SOC-101 SOC-107 SOC-221	MATH-120 MATH-125 MATH-126 MATH-211	ASTR-106 BIOL-101 BIOL-102 BIOL-103 BIOL-104 BIOL-107 BIOL-108 BIOL-109 BIOL-115 BIOL-117 BIOL-171 CHEM-111 CHEM-115 CHEM-116 GEOL-101 GEOL-102 GEOL-103 GEOL-104 GEOL-105 PSCI-101 PSCI-111 PSCI-112 PHYS-101 PHYS-102 PHYS-111	ENGL-101 ENGL-102 ENGL-107

Semester 1

Semester 2