2017-2018 Catalog

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 1220Technical WritingONLINE

4.5

ENGL 1240Oral and Written ReportsONLINE

4.5

Humanities/social sciences

Humanities/social sciences

4.5

Quantitative/numeracy skills

MATH 1240Applied Mathematics

4.5

Additional

INFO 1001Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID

4.5

HMRL 1010Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID

4.5

OR

RDLS 1200College Success StrategiesONLINE

4.5

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

PROT 1010Safety Topics for Process and Power Operations

variable

OR

INCT 1000Industrial Safety and Health

4.5

PROT 1100Process Instrumentation and Control

4.5

PROT 1302Stationary Engineering I

3.0

PROT 2302Stationary Engineering II

4.0

PROT 1110Reading and Understanding Process Diagrams

2.0

INCT 2050Problem-Solving

3.0

INCT 2060Mechanical Power Systems

4.0

INCT 2070Hydraulics and Pneumatics

4.0

PHYS 1010Applied Physics

4.5

PHYS 1010LApplied Physics Lab

0.0

WORK 1401Employability Skills for Process, Power, and Energy-Related Fields

4.5

OR

PROT 2981PROT Internship

4.5

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

PROT 1250Basic Electricity for Power and Process

6.0

PROT 2310Steam Plant Operation I

4.5

PROT 2320Steam Plant Operation II

4.5

PROT 2330Steam Plant Operation III

6.0

PROT 2410Nuclear Plant Operation I

4.5

PROT 2420Nuclear Plant Operation II

3.0

CHEM 1010College ChemistryONLINE

6.0

CHEM 1010LCollege Chemistry Lab

0.0

MATH 1310Intermediate AlgebraONLINE

4.5

MATH 1410StatisticsONLINE

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.