COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE
This certificate is designed to prepare students for entrylevel work in the fields of architecture, urban planning, interior design, electronics design and manufacturing design. Computer Aided Drafting, CAD, is the primary tool used to produce and present work completed in these fields. Students completing this certificate will most likely work for a licensed architect, structural engineer, mechanical engineer or for local, state or federal governmental agencies or urban planning commissions.
| REQUIRED COURSES: |
Units |
| ARCH120 |
Introduction to Computer Aided Drafting |
4 |
| ARCH146 |
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN
|
3 |
| ARCH220 |
Architectural Computer Aided Drafting I |
4 |
| ARCH221 |
Architectural Computer Aided Drafting II |
4 |
| ARCH250 |
Materials and Construction |
4 |
| MATH093 |
Plane Geometry |
4 |
| ENGL015 |
Preparation for College Writing |
4 |
| ART132X4 |
Life Drawing |
3 |
Students are encouraged, but not required, to enroll in the following:
| RECOMMENDED COURSES: |
Units |
| CS110 |
Fundamentals of Computer Science |
3 |
| INSPEC010B |
Fundamentals of Construction Inspection I: Soils |
3 |
| INSPEC011B |
Fundamentals of Construction Inspection II: Concrete and Asphalt |
3 |
| INSPEC012B |
Fundamentals of Construction Inspection III: Wood, Steel, Masonry |
3 |
| |
| Total Units |
30 |
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