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DIGITAL ELECTRONICS INDEPENDENT STUDIES
Course ID: TEE2071-2072 Course ID: VARIES WITH AREA
Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in Adv. Alg. or Prerequisite: Related Course Completion (C- or higher)
Equivalent/higher math course AND Credit: 1/2 (Semester 1 and/or 2)
Geometry (C or better) Grades: 10-12
Credit: 1.0 (Semester 1 and 2) Description: To qualify, a student must have completed all courses
Grades: 10-12 offered in that area and have earned a C- or better. A student must
Description: Digital Electronics (DE) is a high school level course that is create a written independent study contract with the instructor
appropriate for 10th grade, or higher, students who are interested in teaching the class before signing up for any of the Independent Lab
design and engineering. From smart phones to appliances, digital courses. This class is only available during the instructor’s regularly
circuits are all around us. This course provides a foundation for scheduled classes. The course is an independent study program,
students who are interested in electrical engineering, electronics, or which is designed by the instructor with the help of the student. The
circuit design. Students study topics such as combinational and student will increase his/her own knowledge and skills in the area of
sequential logic and are exposed to circuit design tools used in their choice. The courses are offered in the following areas: CNC,
industry, including logic gates, integrated circuits, and programmable construction, design/drafting, energy power and transportation,
logic devices. Digital Electronics gives students the opportunity to graphic arts, yearbook, manufacturing, leadership and professional
develop skills and understanding of course concepts through activity, development in technology.
project-, and problem-based learning. It also allows students to
develop strategies to enable and direct their own learning, which is INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN
the ultimate goal of education. Students who successfully complete Course ID: TEE1011-1012
semesters 1 & 2 may be eligible to receive technical college or Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in grade-level
university credit for this course. Credit award, if any, is determined by math course
each university or technical college. Credit: 1.0 (Semester 1 and 2)
Grades: 9-12
ENGINEERING DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT Description: Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) is a high school
Course ID: TEE4011-4012 level course that is appropriate for 9th or 10th grade students who
Prerequisite: 4 Semesters of PLTW Courses & are interested in design and engineering. The major focus of the IED
Instructor Consent course is to expose students to design process, research and
Credit: 1.0 (Semester 1 and 2) analysis, teamwork, communication methods, global and human
Grades: 12 impacts, engineering standards, and technical documentation. IED
Description: Students taking EDD must have successfully completed 4 gives students the opportunity to develop skills and understanding
semesters of the Project Lead the Way basic courses (IED, POE &/or of course concepts through activity-, project-, and problem-based
DE) OR successfully completed both IDEA and Big IDEA with a letter learning. It also allows students to develop strategies to enable and
grade of B or better to be eligible to take this course. This course is a direct their own learning, which is the ultimate goal of education.
senior design course and is run much like an independent study in Students who successfully complete semesters 1 & 2 may be eligible
which a team of 2-3 students complete the entire engineering design to receive technical college or university credit for this course. Credit
process from problem identification to solution of that problem. This awarded, if any, is determined by each university or technical
may be a brand new invention or an innovation on a current product. college.
Students will research, design, and build a real life prototype of their
new product. Students are required to be entered into the state PLTW INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL TECH
design competition and give a product presentation at the end of the Course ID: TEE1021 AND/OR TEE1032
year to successfully complete this course. Units of Study include: Prerequisite: None
Problem Identification, Research, Decision Process, Design, Build, Credit: 1/2 or 1.0 (Semester 1 and/or 2)
Test, and Presentation. Grades: 9-12
Description: This course is recommended as an introduction to various
IDEA (INNOVATION, DESIGN, ENGINEERING & technological career paths and as a beginning class for anyone looking

ART) to explore what our technological world has to offer. Semester one will
focus on Construction, Architecture, AV Technology, and
Course ID: TEE1041 OR TEE1042 Communication. Semester two will focus on Manufacturing,
Prerequisite: $25 Supply Fee Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics. Both courses can be taken
Credit: 1/2 (Semester 1 or 2) together or as individual semesters. Industrial Technology takes
Grades: 9-12 students on a brief overview of technology trends and related careers.
Description: Do you want to use state-of-the-art equipment to design, Through hands-on and problem-solving based projects students will
build, and test almost anything you can dream of? Would you like to have the chance to explore what emerging careers in technology might
develop the technological, problem-solving, and hands-on skills offer. Students will be working with their hands while solving
desired by employers? If your answer is yes, then this course is for you. interesting problems and using their creativity on a daily basis to
In IDEA, computer-controlled fabrication technologies such as 3D explore many different emerging careers. Students may enroll in
printers, CNC routers, vinyl cutters, and milling machines will be used either semester 1, semester 2, or both, and in any order. Units of
to transform a product idea into its tangible form. Students will Study include: Semester 1: Lab Safety, Construction, Woodworking,
explore many interrelated career fields, including engineering, Engineering, 3D Drafting and Design, Problem Solving, Publication
science, math, art, graphic design, computer aided design, electronics, Design, and Graphic Design Semester 2: Air, Land, Sea and Space
and entrepreneurship. Transportation; Metal Working/Design; Research and Development;