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  "college": "mt-san-antonio-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Electronics",
  "id": "electronics--electronics-communications-certificate",
  "name": "Electronic Communications",
  "award": "Certificate",
  "department": "electronics",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.mtsac.edu/programs/programsaz/electronics/electronics-communications-certificate/",
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      "markdown": "**Technology and Health Division  \nElectronics & Computer Technology Department**  \nIn addition to courses in electronics fundamentals, the Electronic Communications certificate program encompasses the study of both wire-based and wireless forms of analog and digital communications systems. Among the topics covered are amplitude and frequency modulation, multiplexing, antennas, transmission lines, and radio-wave propagation, as well as microwave systems, including radar and satellite operations, and computer networks.\n\n#### Required Courses"
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          "code": "CNET 56",
          "title": "Computer Networks",
          "units": "4",
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        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ELEC 50A",
          "title": "Electronic Circuits - Direct Current (DC)",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ELEC 50B",
          "title": "Electronic Circuits (AC)",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ELEC 51",
          "title": "Semiconductor Devices and Circuits",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ELEC 53",
          "title": "Communications Systems",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ELEC 55",
          "title": "Microwave Communications",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ELEC 76",
          "title": "FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License Preparation",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "26"
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      "markdown": "Electronics and Computer Technology Website"
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      "markdown": "### Outcomes\n\n##### Program Learning Outcomes\n\n_Upon successful completion of this program, a student will:_\n\n-   be able to employ polar and/or rectangular notation to determine the magnitude and phase shift of an unknown circuit parameter (voltage, current, impedance, and/or power).\n-   demonstrate proper use of electronic test equipment and associate measurement results with circuit behaviors in the laboratory.\n-   quantitatively determine unknown electrical parameters from given or measured values and use these results to assess or troubleshoot faults in circuit and system operation.\n-   communicate, both verbally and in writing, knowledge of electrical concepts and their application to the observed behaviors of circuits and systems.\n-   in advanced courses, connect concepts learned in introductory courses to more general principles applicable in the employment context.\n\nReview Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for this program."
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}