Process Operations Technology – Nuclear Power Plant Non-Licensed Operator (PRPNO)

Award: Associate in applied science degree

Program location: South Omaha Campus

Nuclear power plants produce steam to be used in the production of electricity. This degree option provides entry-level training in maintaining, monitoring, and controlling equipment, systems, and processes found in both fossil- and nuclear-fueled power generating plants.

Graduation Requirements

General education	27.0
Major requirements	38.0
Option requirements	43.5
Total credit hours required	108.5

General education requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1220	Technical WritingONLINE	4.5
ENGL 1240	Oral and Written ReportsONLINE	4.5

Humanities/social sciences

Humanities/social sciences

4.5

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Quantitative/numeracy skills

MATH 1240

Applied Mathematics

4.5

Other

HMRL 1010	Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID	4.5
INFO 1001	Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID	4.5

Major requirements for Process Operations Technology (38.0 credit hrs.)

PROT 1010	Safety Topics for Process and Power Operations	variable
	OR
INCT 1000	Industrial Safety and Health	4.5
PROT 1100	Process Instrumentation and Control	4.5
PROT 1302	Stationary Engineering I	3.0
PROT 2302	Stationary Engineering II	4.0
PROT 1110	Reading and Understanding Process Diagrams	2.0
INCT 2050	Problem-Solving	3.0
INCT 2060	Mechanical Power Systems	4.0
INCT 2070	Hydraulics and Pneumatics	4.0
PHYS 1010	Applied Physics	4.5
PHYS 1010L	Applied Physics Lab	0.0
WORK 1401	Employability Skills for Process, Power, and Energy-Related Fields	4.5

Option requirements for Process Operations Technology – Nuclear Power Plant Non-Licensed Operator (43.5 credit hrs.)

PROT 1250	Basic Electricity for Power and Process	6.0
PROT 2310	Steam Plant Operation I	4.5
PROT 2320	Steam Plant Operation II	4.5
PROT 2330	Steam Plant Operation III	6.0
PROT 2410	Nuclear Plant Operation I	4.5
PROT 2420	Nuclear Plant Operation II	3.0
CHEM 1010	College ChemistryONLINE	6.0
CHEM 1010L	College Chemistry Lab	0.0
MATH 1310	Intermediate AlgebraONLINE	4.5
MATH 1410	StatisticsONLINE	4.5

The degree option is an area of interest within a program. Although students may complete single or multiple options within this program, only the major degree is awarded.