DRAFTING DESIGN - 460
Associate of Applied Science Degree 
Total Credits: 109


Nature of the Profession: Personnel in this area work in careers related to the design and development phases of products and tooling for industry. The draftsman prepares sketches, detail and assembly drawings, design layouts, and tool drawings for a wide variety of industries.

Related Job Titles: Job titles related to drafting/design include Mechanical Draftsman, Electrical Draftsman, Structural Draftsman, Technical Illustrator, Cartographer and Designer.

 

COURSES CREDITS
First Quarter
ENDS 100 Introduction to Engineering 3
ENDS 141 Engineering Drawing I 3
ENGL 101 English Composition I 4
MATH 120 Technical Math 4
- - - - - - - *Technical Elective 3
Second Quarter
ENDS 142 Engineering Drawing II 3
CSCI 260 C Programming 4
PHYS 117 Mechanics 4
ENGL 102 English Composition II 4
- - - - - - - General Elective* 3
Third Quarter
ENDS 125 Descriptive Geometry 3
ENDS 143 Elements of Product Design 3
PHYS 115 Heat, Light, Sound 4
ENDS 144 Electrical Drafting 3
ENGL 103 English Composition III 3
Fourth Quarter
PHYS 121 Electricity & Magnetism 4
SPTH 115 Fundamentals of Effective Speech 3
ENDS 219 Tool Design 3
- - - - - - - *Technical Elective 4
Fifth Quarter
ENDS 230 Computer Graphics I 3
ENDS 220 Jigs & Fixtures 3
ENDS 201 Statics 5
ENDS 235 Technical Illustration 3
ENDS 205 Hydraulics & Pneumatics 4
Sixth Quarter
ENDS 202 Dynamics 4
ENDS 221 Machine Design 3
ENGL 205 Technical Report Writing 3
- - - - - - - **General Elective 3
Seventh Quarter
ENDS 204 Mechanisms 3
ENDS 203 Strength of Materials 4
ENDS 299 Research Project 3
- - - - - - - **General Elective 3
Program Total 109
*Technical Electives Credits
EENG 105 DC Circuits & Devices 4
EENG 115 AC Circuits & Devices 4
EENG 185 Electrical Machinery 4
EENG 127 Fluid Power & Control 5
ENDS 145 Computer Applications in Engineering 4
ENDS 204 Mechanisms 3
ENDS 215 Graphic Data Analysis 3
ENDS 218 Specification Writing 3
ENDS 221 Machine Design 3
ENDS 236 Architectural Drawing 4
ENDS 251 Quality Improvement Management II 4
ENDS 260 Introduction to Surveying 4
**General Electives Credits
SOCI 201 Personal & Human Relations 3
PSYC 110 Principles of Psychology 5
BADM 202 Organizational Dynamics 3
BADM 250 Quality Improvement Management 4
PSYC 104 Industrial Psychology 3
SOCI Introduction to Sociology I, II (170, 171) 4
HIST American History I, II, III (110, 111, 112) 4
PSCI American Government (104, 105, 106) 3

Effective: Fall 2008-09                                                                                             Last Updated: June, 2008

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