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The courses in the Austin Community College Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Technology program are taught in building block fashion \u2013\u00a0 the materials and training you received in the first course will be used in the following course. What you learned in the first two courses will be used in the third course, and so on. This builds a strong foundation in the HVACR career path.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Associate of Applied Science degree program consists of 60 credit hours and is often referred to as the \u201ctwo year\u201d program.\u00a0 It is a continuation of the\u00a0Certificate<\/a> program.\u00a0Students who want the Associates Degree must complete all courses in the certificate and continue into the degree classes. <\/strong>The\u00a0certificate\u00a0 includes Heat Pumps, System Design, and the Mechanical Code. The degree program progresses into Industrial and Commercial Air Conditioning and Refrigeration equipment and systems.<\/p>\n

Link to the\u00a0Awards and Program Maps<\/a>. Before registering for the advanced classes in the degree plan, students must complete the classes in the Certificate<\/a>\u00a0program. Technicians who are already working in the industry and wish to get advanced training should contact the\u00a0department chair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After completing the Associates Degree, the student should have the knowledge, skills and abilities to work in either residential, commercial or industrial refrigeration or air conditioning. Commercial\/Industrial tech positions usually pay more than a residential A\/C tech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The courses in the Austin Community College Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Technology program are taught in building block fashion \u2013\u00a0 the materials and training you received in the first course will be used in the following course. What you learned in the first two courses will be used in the third course, and so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"sidekick":"","hero_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"html","html_content":"

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Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Technology Associate of Applied Science Degree<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Semester I –<\/strong> First Eight Weeks<\/strong>
\nEDUC 1300 \u2013 Learning Framework: Effective Strategies for College Success1 (3 Credit Hours)
\nHART 1301 \u2013 Basic Electricity for HVAC (3 Credit Hours)
\nHART 1307 \u2013 Refrigeration Principles (3 Credit Hours)<\/p>\n

Semester I – Second Eight Weeks<\/strong>
\n+HART 1303 \u2013 Air Conditioning Control Principles (3 Credit Hours)
\n+HART 1341 \u2013 Residential Air Conditioning (3 Credit Hours)
\nHIST 1301 \u2013 United States History I\u00b2(3 Credit Hours)
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\n18<\/p>\n

Semester II – First Eight Weeks<\/strong>
\n+ HART 1345 \u2013 Gas and Electric Heating (3 Credit Hours)
\n+ HART 2331 \u2013 Advanced Electricity for HVAC (3 Credit Hours)
\n+ HART 2338 \u2013 Air Conditioning Installation (3 Credit Hours)<\/p>\n

Semester II – Second Eight Weeks<\/strong>
\n+ HART 2349 \u2013 Heat Pumps (3 Credit Hours)
\n+ HART 2336 \u2013 Air Conditioning Troubleshooting (3 Credit Hours)
\n+ ENGL 1301 \u2013 English Composition I (3 Credit Hours)
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\n18<\/p>\n

Semester III – First Eight Weeks<\/strong>
\n+ HART 2342 \u2013 Commercial Refrigeration (3 Credit Hours)
\n+ HART 2341 \u2013 Commercial Air Conditioning (3 Credit Hours)<\/p>\n

Semester III – Second Eight Weeks<\/strong>
\n+ HART 2334 \u2013 Advanced Controls (3 Credit Hours)
\n+ MATH 1332 \u2013 Contemporary Mathematics\u00b3 (3 Credit Hours)
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\n12<\/p>\n

Semester IV – First Eight Weeks<\/strong>
\nPHIL 2306 \u2013Ethics\u2074 (3 Credit Hours)
\n+ HART 2343 \u2013 Industrial Air Conditioning (3 Credit Hours) OR
\n+ HART 2357 \u2013 Specialized Commercial Refrigeration (3 Credit Hours)<\/p>\n

Semester IV – Second Eight Weeks<\/strong>
\n+# HART 2358 \u2013 Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing HVAC Systems (3 Credit Hours)
\n+ HART 2345 \u2013 Air Conditioning Systems Design (3 Credit Hours)
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\nTOTALS 60<\/p>\n

+Prerequisite(s): See Course Descriptions in the Catalog<\/a>
\n#Capstone course
\n\u00b9All first-time Austin Community College (ACC) students with fewer than 12 SCH of successful college credit must take the EDUC 1300 course in their first semester at ACC. All other students may select either EDUC 1300 or a speech course from the Component Area Option section of the Core Curriculum Course List.
\n\u00b2Or select from the appropriate section of the Core Curriculum Course List.
\n\u00b3Or select any MATH course from the Mathematics section of the Core Curriculum Course List.
\n\u2074Or select any PHILOSOPHY course from the Philosophy section of the Core Curriculum Course List.<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/hart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/hart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/hart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/hart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/hart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/hart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1491,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/hart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1287\/revisions\/1491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/hart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}