Process Operations Technology – Power Plant (PRPPO)

Award: Associate in applied science degree

Program location: South Omaha Campus

Many industries produce steam to be used in process and operations. This degree option provides entry-level training in maintaining, operating, and controlling equipment that produces and uses steam in fossil-fueled industrial and power generating plants.

Graduation Requirements

General education	27.0
Major requirements	38.0
Option requirements	34.5
Total credit hours required	99.5

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

See Humanities/social sciences course options

Quantitative/numeracy skills

MATH 1240

Applied Mathematics

4.5

Additional

INFO 1001	Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID	4.5
HMRL 1010	Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID	4.5
	OR
RDLS 1200	College Success StrategiesONLINE	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
	OR
PROT 2981	PROT Internship	4.5

Option requirements for Process Operations Technology – Power Plant (34.5 credit hrs.)

PROT 1250	Basic Electricity for Power and Process	6.0
PROT 1320	Fuel Handling	3.0
PROT 2310	Steam Plant Operation I	4.5
PROT 2320	Steam Plant Operation II	4.5
PROT 2330	Steam Plant Operation III	6.0
MATH 1310	Intermediate AlgebraONLINE	4.5
CHEM 1010	College ChemistryONLINE	6.0
CHEM 1010L	College Chemistry Lab	0.0

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.