Columbus Technical College Drafting Technology

Drafting Technology Degree

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Degree: Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.)

Program Description:

The Drafting Technology Degree Program prepares you for employment as a drafter in a variety of engineering environments. Drafters prepare technical drawings and plans used by production and construction workers to build everything from manufactured products, such as toys, toasters, industrial machinery, and spacecraft, to structures such as houses, office buildings, and gas pipelines. Your drawings will provide visual guidelines, show the technical details of products and structures, and specify dimensions, materials, and procedures.

You become proficient with CAD drafting and design software. During the course of study, you learn free-hand sketching, orthographic representation, auxiliary views, revolutions, three- dimensional modeling and layout, detail dimensioning, allowances and fits, sectional views, fasteners, engineering materials, welding drawings, assembly and detail drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerances, sheet metal design, manufacturing processes, and power transitions systems.

After completing your degree in drafting technology, you will work as an aeronautical, architectural, civil, or mechanical engineering drafter or designer. Graduates have been hired as detailers, drafters, senior drafters, or designers. If you like to take engineering problems and solve them graphically, you will enjoy this program.

This program uses a combination of lecture and lab classes. The drafting tasks help you apply theory to practical situations. Job samples give you responsibility for planning, coordinating, controlling, and completing activities used in engineering offices and businesses.

Career Information and Occupational Outlook:

Program Admission Requirements:

Present official documentation of an earned high school diploma or official GED scores.
Be at least 17 years old.
Present appropriate test scores, or present an official transcript documenting college-level English and mathematics with grades of “C” or better.
No provisional and/or special admission allowed in the program.

Curriculum Outline:

Essential General Core Courses:

Course	Title	Credit Hours
ENG 191	Composition and Rhetoric I	5
ENG 193	Composition and Rhetoric II, or	5
HUM 191	Introduction to Humanities	(5)
ENG 195	Technical Communications, or	5
SPC 191	Fundamentals of Speech	(5)
MAT 191	College Algebra	5
MAT 193	College Trigonometry, or	5
MAT 194	Precalculus	(5)

(Completion of ONE of the following courses is required)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
PSY 191	Introductory Psychology	5
SOC 191	Introduction to Sociology	(5)

(Completion of ONE of the following courses is required)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
PHY 191	Mechanics	5
PHY 190	Introductory Physics	(5)

Essential Fundamental Technical Courses:

CAR 105	Print Reading (Architectural), or	5
MCH 102	Blueprint Reading (Industrial)	(5)
DDF 101	Introduction to Drafting	6
DDF 102	Size and Shape Description I	5
DDF 103	Size and Shape Description II	5
DDF 105	Auxiliary Views	3
SCT 100	Introduction to Microcomputers	3

Essential Specific Technical Courses:

Course	Title	Credit Hours
DDF 106	Fasteners	6
DDF 107	Introduction to CAD	6
DDF 108	Intersections and Development	5
DDF 109	Assembly Drawings I	5
DDF 111	Intermediate CAD	6
DDF 112	3-D Drawing and Modeling	6
DDS 226	Manufacturing Processes	4
MCH 107	Characteristics of Metals/Heat Treatment I	4
	Electives	5

Completion of Work Ready Assessment

Suggested Sequence of Courses

COURSE	TITLE	CREDIT HOURS
FIRST QUARTER
DDF 101	Introduction to Drafting	6
DDF 107	Introduction to CAD	6
SECOND QUARTER
DDF 102	Size and Shape Description I	5
ENG 191	Composition and Rhetoric I	5
MAT 191	College Algebra	5
THIRD QUARTER
DDF 103	Size and Shape Description II	5
DDF 106	Fasteners	6
SCT 100	Introduction to Microcomputers	3
FOURTH QUARTER
CAR 105 Or MCH 102	Print Reading (Architectural) Or Blueprint Reading (Industrial)	5
DDF 105	Auxiliary Views	3
MCH 107	Characteristics of Metals/Heat Treatment I	4
FIFTH QUARTER
DDF 108	Intersections and Development	5
DDS 226	Manufacturing Processes	4
ENG 193 Or HUM 191	Composition and Rhetoric II Or Introduction to Humanities	5
SIXTH QUARTER
DDF 111	Intermediate CAD	6
MAT 193 Or MAT 194	College Trigonometry Or Precalculus	5
PHY 190 Or PHY 191	Introductory Physics Or Mechanics	5
SEVENTH QUARTER
DDF 109	Assembly Drawings I	5
DDF 112	3 D Drawing and Modeling	6
PSY 191 Or SOC 191	Introductory Psychology Or Introduction to Sociology	5
EIGHTH QUARTER
ENG 195 Or SPC 191	Technical Communications Or Fundamentals of Speech	5
	Elective	5

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Last updated: July 21, 2008.