Welcome to the St. Louis Community College
LabVIEW Academy webpage.





We are again offering LabVIEW Basics I and II in credit and non-credit options between January 20 and May 5. Registration for the credit option is now available for Spring Semester. Registration for the Continuing Ed (non-credit) option will be available the last week in December 2009. The courses can only be found in the online versions of the schedules, not the paper schedules.

LabVIEW Basics I

Course Description: This course presents the basic functions of the front panel and the block diagram used in LabVIEW as well as how to implement and troubleshoot VIs. The course addresses arrays and clusters, basic information storage, data acquisition, subVIs, and state machines.
Prerequisites: Experience using Microsoft Windows and programming experience; or consent of instructor.
Dates: Wednesdays, January 20 through Mar 31, 2010
Times: 5:30pm to 8:15pm
Location: Florissant Valley Engineering Building, Room E284 ----- Directions

LabVIEW Basics II

Course Description: This course is a continuation of LabVIEW Basics I. Students will learn local and global variables used to hold and transfer data, use of property nodes, control references, invoke nodes to control the user interface, different file formats, and the basics of events and queues.
Prerequisites: LabVIEW Basics I
Dates: Wednesdays, April 7 through May 5, 2010
Times: 5:30pm to 8:15pm
Location: Florissant Valley Engineering Building, Room E284 ----- Directions

Required Text for both Courses

LabVIEW for Everyone: Graphical Programming Made Easy and Fun, 3rd Ed; by Jeffery Travis and Jim Kring; Pearson Education, Inc; 2007.

The Continuing Education Online Schedule will not be available for viewing until the middle of December. Registration will not be available until the last week in December.

How to register for the LabVIEW courses as non-credit courses

  1. Search for the LabVIEW Basics I course, COMP 765 554, or LabVIEW Basics II, COMP 765 555, in the View Current Class Offerings
  2. Follow the instructions at Register for Class Offerings to register for the courses
  3. Pay the fees (approximately $166 for LabVIEW Basics I in district and $83 for LabVIEW Basics II in district)
  4. Purchase the text (approximately $77)

How to register for the LabVIEW courses as credit courses

  1. Apply for Admission by going to the St. Louis Community College Web Site and clicking on the Applying is Easy Button and then follow the steps to be admitted
  2. Search for the LabVIEW Basics I course, EE 531, or LabVIEW Basics II, EE532, in the Interactive Class Schedule
  3. Follow the instructions at Registration Webpage to register for the courses
  4. Pay the fees (approximately $166 for LabVIEW Basics I in district and $83 for LabVIEW Basics II in district)
  5. Purchase the text (approximately $77)

For more information contact:

Howard Mayes
Professor, Engineering and Technology
St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley
Phone: 314-513-4310
Email: hmayes@stlcc.edu