Drafter's Assistant (DA31) Technical Certificate of Credit
(Stand Alone and Embedded in Engineering Graphics Diploma and Degree)
Program Description:
All of the courses included in the Drafter's Assistant TCC program are embedded in either the Drafting Technology diploma or Degree programs. The Drafter's Assistant TCC endows students with the prospect to begin on the career pathway toward advancement in the drafting profession. Additionally, the program provides opportunities to upgrade present knowledge and skills or to retrain in drafting practices and software. This TCC could also serve if needed as an exit point for high school dual enrolled students needing a point of exit for employment purposes.
Entrance date: Varies
Program admission requirements:
Minimum Test Scores
| ACCUPLACER NEXT GENERATION– | Reading | 224 | ACCUPLACER- | Sentence Skills | 60 |
| Writing | 236 | Reading Comprehension | 55 | ||
| Arithmetic | 229 | Arithmetic | 34 |
High school diploma or equivalent required for graduation.
Credits required for graduation: 11
Beginning Spring 2022 (January 2022), ALL FIRST TIME college students will be required to take the College Success (COLL 1020) course.
*See program advisor for list of approved electives.
| Courses 11 credits | |
|---|---|
| DFTG 1101CAD Fundamentals
Corequisite: COMP 1000 Establishes safety practices as they relate to a drafting environment. Introduces basic CAD functions while presenting essential principles and practices for line relationships, scale, and geometric construction. |
4 |
| DFTG 1103Multiview/Basic Dimensioning
Prerequisite: DFTG 1101 Technical Drawing I provides multiview and pictorial sketching, orthographic drawing and fundamental dimensioning methods necessary to develop 2D and 3D views that completely describe machine parts for manufacture using intermediate CAD software techniques. |
4 |
| XXXXxxx Occupational Elective | 3 |
Faculty
Chair/Instructor Engineering Graphics
Carlton, Rm. 111
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Programs of Study
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