Courses
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- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HV 170 and HV 172.
This course is designed for continued study of mechanical refrigeration and cooling. Students will use knowledge obtained in previous courses to learn how components operate as a system. Residential and light commercial ACR equipment will be studied with emphasis placed on air conditioning systems, electrical faults and troubleshooting and refrigerant management laws. This course will prepare students for the EPA Section 608 certification examinations.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: HV 171 and HV 172 or concurrent enrollment.
This is a course designed to familiarize the student with air flow as applied to forced air comfort systems and the apparatus used to deliver it. Students will layout and fabricate sheet metal ducts, study air flow principles and measurements, and test and balance air distribution systems. They will also learn about various duct configurations and how duct work is applied to an indoor air quality system.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: HV 170, HV 171 and HV 173 or instructor permission.
This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of hydronic heating and cooling systems and the use of water as a heat transfer medium. Other topics covered include: pump sizing, domestic hot water, control applications, and piping.
- Offered: Fall
- Prerequisites: HV 170, HV 172 and HV 174.
This course is designed to continue in advanced study of commercial refrigeration and air conditioning systems and their application. Topics will include all areas of the system, including advanced electrical wiring and control strategies, advanced troubleshooting, and installation and repair of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. Pressure regulating controls, complex piping components and special refrigeration applications are emphasized.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HV 171 and HV 172.
Designed to teach the fundamentals of residential heating and cooling load calculations and basic residential duct design. The course uses the industry standard Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Manual J and Manual D design methods.
- Offered: Winter
- Prerequisites: HV 260, HV 270 and HV 271.
An advanced laboratory based course in service and installation of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Emphasis is placed on completion of specialized laboratory projects involving application, installation, and service engineering of HVAC/R equipment and technical reports of such work. The course creates a professional atmosphere in order to help the student make the transition from educational to professional practice and orient them to the business and industrial environment in which this discipline operates.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: Instructor's permission.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Department permission.
- Offered: Fall Winter
This class provides an introduction into the fundamentals of indoor farming techniques and practices, with an emphasis on environment and climate control, energy consumption and sustainability, and productivity.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 101 or concurrent enrollment.
This course focuses on learning how energy and matter are interconnected through each phase of plant growth and development by applying indoor farming methodologies and monitoring indoor environmental conditions.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 130.
In this course, students will investigate the features of hydroponic farming, including chemical properties of water, solute concentrations, and nutrient fertilizers. Students will also evaluate energy efficiency, plant productivity, and nutrient output by comparing indoor growing systems.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 130.
Students will examine historical, current, and future farming methods and evaluate reasons for growing food indoors in northern climates. Students will also apply life science and physical science concepts to growing food hydroponically by analyzing readings, participating in discussions, and reviewing data to grapple with their understanding of how science applies to food. Chemistry concepts are reinforced through hands-on labs that require students to test different substrates, create nutrient solutions, measure electrical conductivity & pH, and design and build their own custom indoor growing system.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: CN 278.
This course offers a more advanced look into building systems specifically geared towards the operation of Controlled Environment Agricultural facilities. Students will learn about general building codes and regulation processes which impact overall building designs and their components, as well as specific content regarding different water systems, mechanical equipment, lighting, and automated building controls systems. There is also a general overlying theme focused on building energy usage and conservation through building design, operation and production.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 250.
This controlled environment agriculture (CEA) course builds upon students' knowledge of and experience with indoor agriculture systems and growing in controlled environment settings developed in NMU's IA AAS program. The focus will be on scaling up for commercial crop production, including hands-on experiences with daisy-chaining systems and evaluating yields and plant health and nutritional quality for production crops. Exploration of cutting-edge industry research will include testing growth of non-traditional crops, organic nutrient management, and microbial amendments.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 340.
This course engages students in identification and management of the primary pathogens of concern to human health in fresh produce production. Students will plan for and implement the core principles of fresh produce food safety. Students study fresh produce food safety standards and voluntary certifications, resulting in a written fresh produce food safety plan.
- Offered: Fall Winter
- Prerequisites: IA 315 and senior status, or instructor permission.
This course offers students an in-depth view of typical property development processes and practices with an emphasis on market research, site analysis, regulations, financial analysis, and design parameters. Students work on individual and group projects that help put theory into practice to ultimately determine the overall feasibility of new development projects.
- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: Senior standing and approval of ICP Committee.
- Offered: Winter
This course will introduce students to various applied technical math concepts required to analyze and study topics of the industrial maintenance field. Topics will include fractions, measurement, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, graphs, and statistics. Topics are presented at the introductory level with an emphasis on applications.
- Offered: Fall Winter
This course will introduce students to safe use of equipment & tools used in the industrial maintenance field. Blueprint reading, precision measurement, steel identification, and fastener identification will be covered. Lab activities will reinforce theory discussions.
- Offered: Fall Winter
An introduction to basic electricity concepts including both DC and AC circuits. Course content will include topics on safety, tools, conductors, insulators, series and parallel circuits, electromagnetism and electric power. Theory will be reinforced by practical laboratory experimentation emphasizing the use of basic electrical testing equipment.
- Offered: Fall Winter
This course will introduce students to the history of workplace safety and its implications to workers and businesses in general industry. Cultural and ethical changes in safe work practices will be covered along with OSHA standards for General Industry, 29 CFR 1910.
An OSHA 30-hour card for General Industry can be earned by the student if certain OSHA requirements have been met. The course may be offered as either face-to-face or distance learning, “WEB”. Due to OSHA requirements, students can only earn the OSHA 30-hour card in the face-to-face course; students in the distance learning “WEB” version of the course are not eligible to earn the 30-hour card.
- Offered: Fall
Students will be introduced to the tools, equipment and techniques used in hoisting and relocating loads. Students will develop skills in load balance and control, hand signals and proper rigging methods.
Notes: IM 147 repeats WD 147 Construction Rigging and Equipment Installation.- Offered: Contact department
Students will learn about contemporary work concepts of time management, work ethic and attitude, team building, and problem solving. This will be achieved by interpreting appropriate information and learning to make individual decisions to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, standards, or work policies. Students will also develop an understanding of the importance of how to communicate by telephone, in written form, e-mail, text, or in person with supervisors, peers, subordinates, or external customers.
- Offered: Contact department
This course provides students with an understanding of occupational safety practices and requirements associated with working in an industrial setting. Students will learn how to apply standards such as ergonomic work envelops, machine safeguarding, temperature and pressure, noise and vibration, automaton and technology hazards, bloodborne pathogens, and following general safety practices and policies.
Notes: Note: The Occupational Safety course will be delivered on-line.- Offered: On demand
- Prerequisites: IM 110 or instructor permission.
Principles of operation and applications of industrial conveyors, power transmission equipment and alignment. Component examples are couplings, sheaves, bushings, bearings, housings, belts, chains, sprockets, seals, variable-speed drives and gear reducers. Includes installation and maintenance.