Program Description

This program educates students to work with engineers in designing or evaluating new products as well as troubleshooting and repairing electronics equipment, including computer equipment.

Embedded Certificate
This program contains one or more embedded certificates which will automatically be awarded if the certificate requirements are met unless the student completes and submits the Program of Study Change Form requesting to opt out of the embedded certificate. 

Mission Statement

The Electronics Engineering Technology program will equip graduates to use their training and education to provide engineering and technological support to local industry and manufacturing while encouraging them to stay at the cutting edge of changing technologies through continued life-long learning.

Entrance Requirements

High school diploma or GED

Type of Program

Day or evening

Program Accreditation

The associate in applied science degree offered through the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Greenville Technical College is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Electrical/Electronic(s) Engineering Technology. 

Employment Opportunities

Power companies, manufacturing, computer and service industries

Transfer Options

Students planning to transfer and pursue a bachelor’s degree in engineering are strongly urged to utilize Greenville Technical College’s academic advising services. The transfer process for specific career pathways is very specific and leaves little opportunity for error in choosing classes. It is very important that students discuss curriculum and transfer requirements with their assigned academic advisor and with a transfer advisor at the four-year institution of their choice. It is most beneficial to the student if these discussions begin as soon as the choice to transfer to a four-year institution has been made.

• Graduates may continue their education toward a Bachelor of Engineering Technology degree at a South Carolina state university or other out-of-state colleges offering a BSEET degree.
• Graduates may continue their education at the University of South Carolina-Upstate for a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology Management under a 2+2 cooperative agreement.
• Students with engineering transfer credit(s) may choose the substitute courses as listed for the EET course.

Visit our web page at https://www.gvltec.edu/eet/.

Listed below is the ideal grouping of courses in order by semester. This plan assumes a full-time schedule. Note, however, that many variables can affect this plan, and not every course is offered every semester. Please see your advisor to map out your own personalized progression toward graduation.

Note: Please contact your advisor for recommended evening schedules.

Plan of Study Grid

First Semester		Hours
EET 145	Digital Circuits 2	4
EGR 130	Engr Tech Applications & Programming	3
or EGR 269	Engineering Disciplines and Skills
ENG 101	English Composition I	3
MAT 110	College Algebra	3
COL 105	Freshman Seminar	3
or EGR 104	Engineering Technology Foundations
	Total Semester Hours	16
Second Semester
EET 111	DC Circuits 3	4
EET 251	Microprocessor Fundamentals 4	4
MAT 111	College Trigonometry	3
PHY 201	Physics I	4
or PHY 221	University Physics I
	Total Semester Hours	15
Third Semester
EET 112	AC Circuits 5	4
EET 243	Data Communications	3
or IST 220	Data Communications
SPC 205	Public Speaking	3
	Total Semester Hours	10
Fourth Semester
EGT 151	Introduction to CAD	3
EET 131	Active Devices	4
EET 227	Electrical Machinery	3
Select one of the following:		4
PHY 202	Physics II
PHY 222	University Physics II
CHM 110	College Chemistry I
Humanities elective 6		3-4
	Total Semester Hours	17-18
Fifth Semester
EET 141	Electronic Circuits	4
EET 233	Control Systems	4
EET 235	Programmable Controllers	3
EET 273	Electronics Senior Project	1-3
or CPT 127	Python Programming I
Social/Behavioral Science elective 6		3
	Total Semester Hours	15-17
	Total Required Credit Hours	73-76

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Students who substitute ECE classes for EET classes will need to take an additional one credit hour ECE lab course. Please contact your advisor.

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ECE 211 Introduction to Computer Engineering I and ECE 210 Computer Engineering Lab I may be substituted for EET 145 Digital Circuits.

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ECE 221 Introduction to Electrical Engineering I and ECE 220 Electrical Engineering Lab I may be substituted for EET 111 DC Circuits.

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ECE 212 Introduction to Computer Engineering II and ECE 215 Computer Engineering Lab II may be substituted for EET 251 Microprocessor Fundamentals 

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ECE 222 Intro to Electrical Engineering II and ECE 225 Electrical Engineering Lab II may be substituted for EET 112 AC Circuits.

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South Carolina Act 26 of 2021, the “REACH Act”, requires undergraduate students completing a baccalaureate degree to complete a three-credit course that requires, at a minimum, the reading of the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, five Federalist Papers, and one document foundational to the African American Struggle; collectively known as the “Founding Documents.” Therefore, students intending to transfer to a bachelor's program should consider PSC 201 American Government  as the social science requirement  OR HIS 201 American History: Discovery to 1877 as the humanities requirement.

PSC 201 American Government or HIS 201 American History: Discovery to 1877 must have been taken after August 2021 in order to comply with the REACH Act requirements.