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The SCADA Systems Certificate provides the student with technical skills and knowledge necessary to work with data acquisition systems commonly found in industrial process control applications.
The program includes the operation, programming and interfacing of programmable logic controllers, as well as using data acquisition software to monitor, gather and process real-time data.
Students entering the program are expected to have a basic knowledge of AC and DC electrical circuits.