Industrial Controls is offered as a second AAS degree following completion of an Electrical Journeyman AAS, or an Electrical Apprenticeship AAS program and completion of all General Education requirements. Students must have completed a minimum of three years of the Electrical Apprenticeship Program towards the first AAS degree before being able to apply for the Industrial Controls program. Students in this program can complete coursework focusing on either Instrumentation and Process Control or Motor Control and Protective Relaying. Solve technical problems typical of those encountered in the energy systems instrumentation engineering technology discipline by using critical thinking skills, current technology, and principles of mathematics and applied science. Work and communicate effectively in multidisciplinary teams in both industrial and academic settings. Understand current professional issues and the need to pursue lifelong learning.