Drafting and CADProgram Description
The objective of this program is to qualify the graduate to obtain employment at entry level in the drafting field and to provide the graduate with the basic skills generally required for career advancement, with a specialization in two of the four following areas:

ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING
ELECTRONIC DRAFTING
MECHANICAL DRAFTING
CIVIL DRAFTING

Course Descriptions

DFT 101 Introduction to Drafting
The first course in this program is the fundamental instruction of how to use the drafting instruments and Graphic Language. It covers the use and care of instruments, geometric constructions, lettering, use of scales orthographic projection, technical sketching and basic dimensioning techniques.

DFT 102 Fundamentals of Drafting
This course begins with a general review. It proceeds to cover standard practices and techniques of isometric pictorial systems, section views and conventions, auxiliary views and conventions, metric conversions, simplified screw threads, threaded fasteners, basic assemblies, working drawings and part details.

DFT 103 Architectural Drafting
This course begins with basic architectural procedures and nomenclature. The student progresses to prepare technical architectural plans in regards to working drawings for construction purposes. These plans include floor plans, electrical plans, elevations, site location plans, building sections and construction details, foundation plans and details, window and door schedules and orientation and use of building codes. The class concludes with the student preparing working drawings for a single-family residence and a light commercial structure which will be included in the students portfolio for presentation.

DFT 104 Electronic Drafting
This course deals with the study of device symbols, diagrammatic and production schematic drawings, flow diagrams, logic diagrams and the use of the standards related to electronic drafting. The student is exposed to schematic diagrams, electromechanical wiring diagrams, highway diagrams, point to point wiring diagrams, printed circuit boards, integrated circuitry and graphical representation. The course concludes with the preparation of two production drawings, which will be included in the students portfolio for presentation.

DFT 105 Mechanical Drafting
This course begins with a general review. The student will be exposed to screw threads and threaded fasteners, weld symbols for welded parts, parts detailing, mechanical assemblies, mechanical descriptive pictorials, casting forging and tooling. The student is also exposed to standard, unidirectional, arrow less dimensioning techniques, surfacing notation, tolerancing, and geometric dimensioning. The class also covers the commercial practices as related to mechanical drafting. The preparation of two production drawings, which will be included in the student portfolio for presentation.

DFT 106 Civil Drafting
This course begin with a general review of various types of maps and other drawing types associated with the civil application. Basic survey techniques and equipment used are studied. The student is then instructed in the use of equipment and drafting techniques used in the preparation of site plans, plan and profile drawings, civil oriented details., topographic drawings and private and commercial land use plans. The class concludes with the preparation of two plans for subdivision lots site plan and a plan and profile drawing, which will included in the students portfolio for presentation.

DFT 107 Introduction of Computer Aided Drafting
This course is designed to introduce the student to computers and Computer Aided Drafting (CAD). The student will study the concepts of CAD, the elements of a CAD system and the basic elements of the development and editing of CAD drawings. The student will become familiar with Auto CAD Release 14.

DFT 108 Computer Aided Drafting
This course is a continuation of DFT 107. The student learns to apply CAD to simple design/drafting tasks. The student is further instructed in the performance of increasingly higher level tasks using the more advanced features of the Auto CAD program.