Career Technologies AAS – Drafting and Design Technology Program
Code: AAS.IDT.DRFT
The AAS.IDT.DRFT program will produce qualified design-draftspersons who, in support of architects and designers, civil and MEP engineers, contractors and industrial designers, in diverse technical fields will be able to communicate design information by conventional pencil and sketch drafting, computer aided drafting, and oral communication.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Read and create multi-view mechanical and architectural drawings compliant to industry standards.
- Demonstrate effective time management responsibility by completing projects with assigned time constraints.
- Develop two dimensional presentation drawings using computer aided drafting software.
- Communicate graphically and orally in proper technical terminology and in their related systems.
Career Pathways
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Entry level Manual Drafter
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Entry level Architectural, Mechanical, Civil, Structural, and Landscape Drafter
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Entry level CAD Drafter |
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Landscape Drafter
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Entry level Technical Illustrator
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Recommended Semester Sequence
First Semester
Second Semester
| DFT-207 | Drafting II | 3 |
| DFT-208 | Engineering Graphics (Using SOLIDWORKS) | 3 |
| - | or | |
| DFT-209 | Civil Engineering Methods | 3 |
| WRT-202 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Third Semester
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Social Science Elective |
3 |
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Free Elective* |
3 |
| DFT-215 | Building Systems | 3 |
| DFT-262 | Architectural Drafting | 3 |
| DFT-265 | Architectural Practice and Planning | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Fourth Semester
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Physics - Recommended: PHY-185 |
4 |
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DFT-291 Co-Op or INF restricted elective |
1 |
| DFT-263 | Architectural Design | 3 |
| DFT-266 | Materials and Methods of Construction | 3 |
| DFT-270 | Building Information Modeling | 3 |
| - | or | |
| DFT-282 | Technical Illustration | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 14 |
General Education Requirements
Communication
| WRT-101 | English Composition I | 3 |
| WRT-202 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences*
Two general education courses selected from the following fields, with no more than one course in any one field: Arts (Art [ART], Music [MUS], Theatre Arts [THR], Cinema Studies [CIN]); History (HIS); Literature (LIT); Philosophy and Religion (PHR); World Languages and Cultures (LAN); Economics (ECO); Geography (GEO); Political Science (POL); Psychology (PSY); Sociology (SOC) and Anthropology (ANT).
Mathematics, Natural Science, and Technology
| PHY-185 | Introduction to Physics | 4 |
| CHM-102 | Chemistry in Context | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
Total Credit Hours: 20
Program Requirements
| DFT /INF |
1 cr. Restricted Elective* |
1 |
| DFT |
Restricted Elective** |
3 |
| DFT-107 | Drafting I | 3 |
| DFT-207 | Drafting II | 3 |
| DFT-208 | Engineering Graphics (Using SOLIDWORKS) | 3 |
| DFT-210 | Computer Aided Drafting I | 3 |
| DFT-215 | Building Systems | 3 |
| DFT-262 | Architectural Drafting | 3 |
| DFT-263 | Architectural Design | 3 |
| DFT-265 | Architectural Practice and Planning | 3 |
| DFT-266 | Materials and Methods of Construction | 3 |
| MFG-122 | Machine Tool Principles I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 34 |
Free Elective
Total Credit Hours: 60
Specific Program Notes
Students are encouraged to take their courses in semester sequence order.
Please note that required courses may have prerequisites. Click on each course to view details.
*General Education Elective(s).
*Free Electives - Recommended: HRT-104, TEC-180
**Restricted Electives - Recommended: DFT-270 or DFT-282