Title: Course Objectives
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Course Objectives

Students will be able to:

- Understand electrical safety, tools, and instruments.
- Understand AC concepts and power distribution.
- Identify characteristics of different types of electric motors, including conventional DC motors and drives, AC motors and drives, and induction motors.
- Understand alternating current, single and multiple phase variations.
- Be able to work through motion control basics, including variable-speed control.
- Understand maintenance concerns for motors and drives, and work through troubleshooting regimes to isolate failures and identify solutions.
- Be able to apply motor/drive selection criteria, including myths, misconceptions and misapplication of drives and pick the best drive for the application.