The Air Conditioning/HVACR program is a well established curriculum and has long served the desert community by providing highly trained individuals to work in various businesses throughout the Coachella Valley. The program offers a Certificate and Associate of Science degree for employment preparation that is designed to provide a wide range of courses in order to best serve student needs. In addition, required courses listed in the program are derived from the collaboration and dedicated efforts of members of a Technical Advisory Committee and other individuals’ experiences in the specific occupational areas. For more information please call (760) 568-3238.

Advisor:  J. Murray

AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
Dept.	No.	Title	Units
Required Courses:
ACR	60	Air Cond / Refrig I	3
ACR	61	Air Cond / Refrig II	3
ACR	64	Air Cond / Refrig Elec I	3
ACR	65	Air Cond / Refrig Elect II	3
ACR	75	HVACR Systems Design	3
ACR	76	Facilities Maintenance	3
ACR	78	Safe Refrigerant Mgmt.	3
ACR	80	Gas Heating	3
ACR	83	All-Weather Systems	3
		CERTIFICATE TOTAL	27

AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION A.S. DEGREE for Employment Preparation
Dept.	No.	Title	Units
Required Courses:
ACR	60	Air Cond / Refrig I	3
ACR	61	Air Cond / Refrig II	3
ACR	64	Air Cond / Refrig Elec I	3
ACR	65	Air Cond / Refrig Elec II	3
ACR	75	HVACR Systems Design	3
ACR	76	Facilities Maintenance	3
ACR	78	Safe Refrigerant Mgmt.	3
ACR	80	Gas Heating	3
ACR	83	All-Weather Systems	3
		Required Subtotal	27
Electives: 13 units from the following:
ACR	77	Energy Conservation Methods	3
ACR	95A-D	ACR Work Experience	1-4
ARCH	11	Architectural Blueprint Reading	3
AUTO	18	Auto Heating & Air Conditioning	4
BIT	1	California Building Codes	3
BIT	2	Building & Mechanical Codes	3
BUAC	20A	Financial Accounting	4
BUAC	66	Fundamentals of Bookkeeping	3
BUMA	20A	Business Law	3
BUMA	28	Small Business Management	3
BUMA	31	Business Calculations	3
BUMA	94	Business Communications	3
CIS	10	Computer Literacy	4
WELD	10	Oxy-acetylene Gas Welding	3
WELD	11	Shielded Metal Arc Welding	3
WELD	12	Basic Gas Metal Arc Welding	3
		Required Courses	27
		Approved Electives	13
		COD General Education Pattern*	18
		Physical Education Activities	2
		DEGREE TOTAL	60