Engineering Technologies and the Trades

To prepare the students to be proficient with architectural and civil drafting.

• The student will demonstrate the ability to produce several types of architectural and civil drawings.
• The student will demonstrate understanding of the basic methods and materials used in light building construction.

To prepare the students to enter the field of architectural drafting.

• The graduate will enter a career within the architectural drafting field.

To prepare the students to complete drawings based on standard inputs from the architectural civil field.

• The student will demonstrate standard drawing methods that include a variety of architectural concepts, facts, and details.

To prepare the students to successfully communicate architectural concepts and details using drawings.

• The student will prepare architectural drawings based on generally accepted national and international standards.
• The student will demonstrate the use of universal technical concepts (e.g. mathematics).

To prepare the students to communicate effectively within the architectural industry

• The student will demonstrate the ability to clearly describe architectural drawings in an oral presentation.
• The student will demonstrate the ability to gather information needed for drawings using the internet.

To prepare the students to quantitatively analyze architectural drafting problems.

• The student will demonstrate quantitative skills directly applicable to basic architectural drafting problems.

To prepare students to demonstrate information literacy.

• Students will use traditional and contemporary information technology.
• Students will identify, access, and appropriately use authoritative sources of information.

This course covers the four fundamental operations on integers, rational numbers, and real numbers. It includes the study of weights and measures, exponents and radicals, factoring, and linear equations, with an emphasis on technical applications. Prerequisite: An appropriate placement test result or MA045 Basic Math Skills or MA050 Introductory Mathematics.

This course is a continuation of MA105 Technical Mathematics 1, with further topics from algebra as well as from geometry and trigonometry, and an emphasis on technical applications. Prerequisite: MA105 Technical Mathematics 1.

This course instructs the student in the preparation of written reports. The course is taught by lecture, discussion and in-class writing. The student will write several reports based on the types written in the fields of business, industry and science. Emphasis is placed on organization, format, language and purpose. Prerequisite: EN110 Oral and Written Communication or permission of the instructor.

English 1 is a composition course. By focusing on several kinds of writing--self expressive, informative, argumentative/persuasive, and others--it teaches the student to produce the clear, correct and effective prose required in a wide variety of professions and occupations. Class meetings are a blend of lecture and discussion with frequent in-class writing activities. Conferences may be required. Readings are studied as models of good writing and for the ideas they contain. There are eight writing assignments altogether, including an in-class essay, a research-based assignment, and a business writing assignment. Prerequisites: Appropriate evaluation on the placement test writing sample, or successful completion of EN099 Introduction to College English, or successful completion of SL116 ESL4 Advanced Composition, or permission of Humanities Department Head or course instructor.

An introduction to standard drawing and drafting practices used by architectural-civil engineering offices and contractors. Topics include: site, foundation, plan-elevation drawings, structural sections, glazing, insulation, waterproofing, timer-concrete-steel detailing. Perspective drawings and construction specifications will also be included. Prerequisite: MT121 Mechanical Drafting, or permission of instructor. (Spring semester only)

This course provides instruction in the use of the personal computer and CAD software to prepare two-dimensional engineering drawings. Emphasis is placed on the hardware, command entry, display, draw, editing, layers, plotting, settings, savings, dimensioning and proto-drawing set-ups. Exposure to other software that may be used in conjunction with AutoCAD will also be included, when available. Prerequisite: MT121 Mechanical Drawing or equivalent, or permission of instructor. (Fall semester only)

This course presents advanced AutoCAD software and concepts. The basics of menu customization, system setup and 3D techniques, presentation graphics, rendering and solids modeling are stressed. Also included are selected concepts and techniques which become available during the course as a result of new software releases and/or refinements. Prerequisite: MT240 AutoCAD.

This is an introductory course pertaining to electrical principles, basic electrical and electronic components, and circuit descriptions. Drawing topics include schematics, assembly drawings, ladder diagrams, logic diagrams and integrated circuits. This course also discusses basic circuit design and related topics to aid in the understanding of drawings. Prerequisite: MT240 AutoCAD or MT232 InterGraph CAD. (Spring semester only)

This is an introduction into the use of MicroStation CAD software. Topics include: Basic theory and operational concepts, main palette use, projecting elements, entity construction and editing, entity manipulations, text and dimensioning parameters. Laboratory exercises involve 2D and 3D engineering drawing construction. Prerequisites: MT121 Mechanical Drafting or CT101 Civil Drafting or equivalent. (Fall semester only)

This is the second course in Microstation CAD that deals with three dimensional CAD drawings/models. From the 3 D model, a 2 D drawing comprised of plan views, elevation views and isometric views can be derived easily. The lab assignments will illustrate important concepts that need to be understood to deal with complex 3 D modeling problems. Third party software which uses the graphical user interface (GUI), which builds upon Microstation's utilization, will be introduced when available. Prerequisite: MT232 InterGraph CAD. (Spring semester only)

Content of the course deals with the various types of service system drawings, such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), water supply, drainage distribution, fire protection, control and communication systems. Both residential and commercial application will be emphasized, along with CAD drawing methods. Prerequisite: MT112 Architectural-Civil Drafting. (Fall semester only)