DRAF 1000 (3.0 Cr) Introduction to Architecture
This course is designed for students who desire training in residential design. Course studies designing and planning or residences and small single story structures, planning methods of building construction, financing, design or electrical, heating/air conditioning, plumbing systems, construction materials, calculations, plan drawing and specification writing. A design team will be formed and presentations made. Completers of the course will have a well-rounded understanding of American architecture.
DRAF 1010 (4.0 Cr) General Drafting
This course is designed for students interested in basic skills in the fields of drafting and all students intending to major in drafting. The course teaches the student to use and care for drafting equipment. It also teaches development of skills in lettering, geometric construction, language of lines and symbols, orthographically projected views, auxiliary views, section drawings, and dimensions. Course content will include previous skills listed, lab and lecture, and will be accomplished on the drafting boards. Completers of this course will be qualified to go on to the next levels of drafting.
Three lecture and two lab hours per week.
DRAF 1040 (4.0 Cr) Introduction to Cad:Autocad R14
This course is designed for students interested in basic skills in Cad drafting. The course teaches the parameters of computer aided drafting programs, how they are configured and entered, what the computer will do and how it must be operated. Course content will include lab and lecture using CAD programs. Completion of this course will prepare the student for all other disciplines of drafting.
Three lecture and two lab hours per week.
DRAF 2100 (4.0 Cr) Engineering Drafting
This course is designed for students majoring in mechanical drafting. It studies the industrial applications in machine drawings involving gears, screws, threads, fits, bearings, and small tools. Assignments will be required and should be completed by using CAD or board drafting skills. Completers of this course will be ready for the next level in drafting.
Three lecture and two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: DRAF 1010 and DRAF 1040
DRAF 2150 (5.0 Cr) Descriptive Geometry
This course is designed for students majoring in Mechanical Drafting. This course studies the graphical solutions of space problems, orthographic drawing, fundamental auxiliary view, point line and plane problems, and problems in industrial applications. Students will also be graded on a variety of presentation methods. Completers in this course will be ready for the next level in drafting.
Three lecture and four lab hours per week. Prerequisite: DRAF 1040
DRAF 2200 (4.0) Advanced Cad:Autocad R14
Advanced students will learn 3-d solids and slide shows, creation of libraries/symbols, customization and program management. This course is application based.
Three lecture and two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: DRAF 1040
DRAF 2300 (5.0 Cr) Residential Construction Documents
This course is designed for students who desire training in Residential Design. Course studies designing and planning of residences and small single story structures, planning methods of building constitution, financing design of electrical, heating/air conditioning, a plumbing system, construction materials, calculations, plan drawing and specification writing. A floor plan set is required through quarter. Completers of this course will be able to have entry level skills.
Three lecture and four lab hours per week. Prerequisite: DRAF 1010 and DRAF 1040 or instructor's permission.
DRAF 2320 (1.0 Cr) Architectural Modeling
Modeling will give the student an overview of the materials and methods employed in the creation of architectural models. Modeling assists in the visual process of architectural project development. The student will create several models using defined criteria to increase their saleable skills. This hands-on course will challenge creative, visual and problem solving skills.
DRAF 2325 (4.0 Cr) Construction Detail Docs
This course is designed for students who desire training residential design. This class is designed to present the student with the problem of communicating on paper how all of the individual structural components of a construction project will be assembled. Visually illustrating the arrangement of how the construction members will carry or distribute the loads from above to the earth below. These details are also relative to moisture control, and esthetics. The course will concentrate on these details in every part of the construction process from residential to commercial buildings. Outside of the classroom experiences will be included as part of the learning process.
DRAF 2350 (5.0 Cr) Commercial Construction Documents
This course introduces students into Commercial Design. It studies the design of commercial structure for light industrial applications, site selections and planning, foundation plans, floor plans, elevations, beam leadings, construction materials, estimation and beam preparation. Several projects will be required to be completed with in the quarter. Completers of this course will have entry level job skills.
Three lecture and four lab hours per week. Prerequisite: DRAF 1010 and DRAF 1040
DRAF 2400 (4.0 Cr) Civil Drafting
This class will teach basic Civil Engineering Drafting. The student will learn to read parcel descriptions and topography maps. They will draft site maps including topography and cross sections. This will provide training to draft for a Civil Engineer.
Three lecture and two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: DRAF 1010 and DRAF 1040
DRAF 2410 (4.0 Cr) Perspective Drawing
This course is designed for students who want further training in visual presentation. This course studies the graphical solution of point line and plane problems including shrub, trees, rocks landscaping with problems in architectural applications. Upon completion of this course, students will have entry level job skills in presentation and drawing.
Three lecture and two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: DRAF 1010
DRAF 2990 (1.0 to 3.0 Cr) Seminar in Drafting
For students wishing instruction that is not available through other regularly scheduled courses in this discipline. Occasionally, either students demand some type of non-traditional instruction, or an unanticipated opportunity for instruction presents itself. This seminar course provides a variable-credit context for these purposes. As requirements, this seminar course must first be pre-approved by the department chair; second, it must provide at least nine contact hours of lab or lecture for each credit hour offered; and third, it must include some academic project or paper (i.e., credit is not given for attendance alone). This course may include standard lectures, travel and field trips, guest speakers, laboratory exercises, or other non-traditional instruction methods. Note that this course is an elective and does not fulfill general education or program requirements.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission.