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Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (Clark County CTC)

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (Clark County CTC)

Springfield-Clark County Career Technology Center

This program is available at the Clark County CTC location.

Students completing the Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology program are prepared to find employment with large commercial heating and air conditioning contractors, residential mechanical contractors, parts and equipment distributors, large commercial and industrial facility maintenance departments, hospital facilities maintenance departments, custom design or new construction markets.

The associate degree program offers the training needed to develop a high degree of technical skill, as well as the ability to work with minimal supervision and a strong sense of personal responsibility.

This program is taught in Springfield at the Springfield-Clark Career Technology Center (CTC) (1901 Selma Road) near our Leffel Lane location. General education courses not offered at Springfield-Clark CTC may be completed online or at one of Clark State's locations in Springfield, Bellefontaine or Beavercreek.

Embedded Certificate
This degree program contains one or more embedded certificates which will automatically be awarded if the certificate requirements are met unless the student contacts Records and Registration and indicates he/she does not wish to have the certificate credential awarded.

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Outcomes and Curriculum

Upon completion of an associate degree in Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Technology, a graduate will be able to:

  • Explain thermodynamics, heat, fluids, and pressures for refrigeration and EPA compliance.
  • Prescribe the procedures for making electrical measurements.
  • Diagnose and repair gas, electric, fuel oil furnaces and air conditioners - heat pump.
  • Determine testing and analyzing instruments for troubleshooting and calculating the combustion process.
Course Title Credits
Fall
EBE 1000 Employability Skills 1
ENG 1111 English I 3
FYE 1101 College Success 1
ITS 1105 Computer Concepts and Software Applications 3
MTH 1115 Industrial Calculations 3
-- Arts/Humanities or Social/Behavioral Science Elective 3
 
Spring
HVC 1015 HVAC-R Fundamentals and Practices 3
HVC 1100 Basic Electricity and Motors for HVAC-R 4
HVC 1215 EPA Certifications 2
HVC 1315 Commercial Refrigeration 2
INT 1000 OSHA 10-Hour General Safety 1
MGT 1060 Organizational Behavior 3
 
Summer
HVC 2315 Air Conditioning 2
HVC 2415 Indoor Air Quality and Distribution 3
HVC 2700 HVAC-R Job Skills 2
 
Fall
HVC 2010 Residential Gas Heating 4
HVC 2030 Heat Pump Systems 2
HVC 2040 Oil and Hydronic Heat 2
HVC 2220 Residential Electric Heating 1
 
Spring
CAD 1101 Computer-Aided Design I 3
COM 1170 Small Group Communication 3
ECO 2210 Principles of Macroeconomics  
or ECO 2220 Principles of Microeconomics 3
ENG 2211 Business Communication 3
-- Co-op or Technical Elective* 3
 
  Total credit hours 60
*The technical electives must total a minimum of 3 semester hours in any combination of co-op (EBE 2701 - EBE 2704, EBE 2801 - EBE 2804) or any course not already prescribed in the following areas:  CAD, ENT, INT, or NTK 1110.

The program schedule is designed for full-time students who have completed all prerequisites and who have no college preparatory recommendations. Many individuals, especially part-time students and those taking college preparatory courses will require additional semesters of study. Students should consult their academic advisors for help in planning their schedules.

Questions? We're here to help!

Stuart Hess Instructor, HVAC Business and Applied Technologies

937-328-6495 hesss@clarkstate.edu