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Columbus Technical College Drafting Technology

Drafting Diploma

Program Description

The Drafting Technology Diploma Program is designed to prepare 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. Their drawings provide visual guidelines, show the technical details of the products and structures, and specify dimensions, materials, and procedures.

You will 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, as well as sheet metal design, manufacturing processes, and power transitions systems. Your drawings will provide visual guidelines, show the technical details of the products and structures as well as specify dimensions, materials, and procedures.

After completing your diploma 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.

The Drafting Technology 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

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

Curriculum Outline

Credits required for graduation: 90

Essential General Core Courses

Course Title Credit Hours
EMP 100A
EMP 100B 		Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development 2
1
ENG 101 English 5
MAT 103 Algebraic Concepts 5
MAT 104 Geometry and Trigonometry 5

Essential Fundamental Technical Courses

Course Title Credit Hours
CAR 105 Print Reading (Architectural) or 5
MCH 102 Blueprint Reading (Industrial) (5)
MCH 107 Characteristics of Metals/Heat Treatment 4
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
  Electives 3

Completion of Work Ready Assessment

Suggested Sequence of Courses:

COURSE
NUMBER

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT
HOURS

ESSENTIAL GENERAL CORE COURSES

FIRST QUARTER
DDF 101 Introduction to Drafting 6
DDF 107 Introduction to CAD 6
EMP 100 A Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development 2

SECOND QUARTER
DDF 102 Size and Shape Description I 5
MAT 103 Algebraic Concepts 5
SCT 100 Introduction to Microcomputers 3

THIRD QUARTER
DDF 103 Size and Shape Description II 5
DDF 106 Fasteners 6
ENG 101 English 5

FOURTH QUARTER
DDF 105 Auxiliary Views 3
DDF 111 Intermediate CAD 6
CAR 105
OR
MCH 102		 Print Reading (Architectural)
OR
Blueprint Reading (Industrial) 		5

(5)
MCH 107 Characteristics of Metals/Heat Treatments 4
FIFTH QUARTER
DDF 108 Intersections and Development 5
DDF 109 Assembly Drawings 5
DDS 226 Manufacturing Processes 4
SIXTH QUARTER
DDF 112 3 D Drawing and Modeling 6
EMP 100 B Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development 1
MAT 104 Geometry and Trigonometry 5
  Electives 3

The content of this page does not constitute a contract between Columbus Technical College and its students on either a collective or individual basis. Course curriculum, fee changes, or additional unforeseen changes may occur after publication. Course offerings are contingent upon adequate enrollments. Please contact the school offering the program for the most current information. Academic advising is available to students prior to registration; this information is not a substitute for consulting with an academic advisor.

Last updated: July 21, 2008.