The Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering Technology was designed in response to the critical need for an electric utility workforce. The electric utility industry is an essential service that underpins operations of all businesses, industries, and homes that rely on an uninterrupted, on-demand electrical infrastructure facing a wave of retirements and rapidly changing technology. Smartgrid technologies and advancing protection and control systems are forcing companies to demand a better educated workforce.
The curriculum was developed by faculty from Zane State College’s ABET accredited Electrical Electronics Engineering Technology program, public utility partners, the manufacturing sector, and high school educators. The collaboration spanned across the region, with each entity adding supporting documentation with a focus on industry recognized credentials that align with in-demand occupations.
Students completing the Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering Technology (BSET) specialize in the design, analysis, installation, testing, commissioning, and maintenance of protection and control systems used across our nation’s high voltage power grid. Graduates of this program will have the skills and knowledge to excel in a variety of entry-level engineering roles related to protection and control of power industry equipment. Major employers may include power generation facilities, power transmission design and construction service companies, substation equipment vendors, and large manufacturing facilities.
The BSET program is designed to grow student knowledge beyond their ABET-accredited associate’s degree in engineering technology. Applicants will first complete Zane State’s Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology (EEET) two-year associate’s degree program or transfer in with a qualifying equivalent degree. Then, BSET students proceed to upper-level courses via the following curriculum.
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