Course Information
2025-2026 Academic Year
CE13 PLTW Digital Electronics
| Course Number | CE13 |
| Course Title | PLTW Digital Electronics |
| Course Description | In this foundation Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Pathway to Engineering (PTE) course, students explore the foundations of computing by engaging in circuit design processes to create combinational logic and sequential logic (memory) as electrical engineers do in industry. Art, English language arts, mathematics and science are reinforced. |
| Course Lead Consultant | Brent Curran brent.curran@dpi.nc.gov |
| Course Status | Standard |
| Course Type | Adopted |
| POL (Proof of Learning) | Local |
| Credential as POL | N/A |
| Curriculum Date | PLTW |
| Hours of Instruction | 135-150 |
| Recommended Maximum Enrollment | 25 |
| Course Credit | 1 |
| Inherently Honors | No |
| Meets Computer Science (CS) Graduation Requirement | No |
| Math Option Credit | Yes |
| Prerequisites | CE10 PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design OR CE11 PLTW Principles of Engineering |
| Career Cluster(s) | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) |
| Pathway Level(s) | PLTW Engineering (PLWE) - Concentrator |
| Aligned Credential(s) or Certification(s) | N/A |
| CTSO(s)(Career and Technical Student Organization) | Technology Student Association (TSA) |
| SOC Code(s)(Standard Occupational Classification Code) | Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (17-3023)Electrical and Electronics Drafters (17-3012) |
