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DESIGN AND DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY - two year diploma - starts in September and January |
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The Engineering
Design and Drafting Technology two-year diploma program prepares
graduates with the needed skills to enable them to progress to the
level of design drafting technologists and beyond. Students receive
a solid grounding in the basic principles and ideas related to the
following areas: architectural and structural design and drafting,
municipal design and drafting, mechanical and petrochemical piping
design and drafting, topographical drafting, and legal survey drafting. Practical experience
in various construction methods, testing procedures, and surveying
is gained through hands-on experience in construction labs and destructive
and non-destructive metals testing labs and field surveying. In
the last term just prior too graduation, students take a two-week
on-the-job practicum where they work in engineering offices under
actual job conditions. CAD (Computer Assisted Design and Drafting) is an integral part of the program. Engineering Design and Drafting Technology is on the leading edge as far as the use of this tool is concerned. Computer graphics is becoming an ever increasing presence in all fields of engineering. The future looks bright and exciting for CAD in engineering. Graduates with CAD background can look forward to a challenging and rewarding career. This is a program which is ideally suited to either men or women, and both are readily hired upon graduation.
FACULTY
PROGRAM PROFILE General General Drafting Design Fundamentals Mechanical
Design and Drafting Civil / Municipal
Design and Drafting Architectural
Design and Drafting Piping Design
and Drafting IMPORTANT DATES
New students
are accepted into the Engineering Design and Drafting Technology
program for the Fall and Winter terms. Academic
Requirements Alternate Admission applicants are required to achieve a minimum 60th percentile on Arithmetic and 65th percentile on Elementary Algebra sections of the Computerized Placement Test or equivalent.
All fees are approximate and are based on a full credit load for each program (the number of credits may depend upon the elective courses selected) and is subject to change. Costs of books and supplies are estimated. Supply costs include only the specialized materials and equipment needed for the program and not basic stationery supplies. The LCC Studentsı Association fees are subject to change. For more detailed information on tuition fee calculation and other fees, students are advised to consult the FEES section of this Calendar. Prior Learning Assessment recognizes that learning can be gained through experiences other than formal post-secondary courses. Learning may be acquired through work experience, non credit courses, professional development workshops, employer-sponsored training, volunteer activities, independent reading, community activities, hobbies and travel. The PLA process is a means of ascertaining what you have learned and whether that learning is equivalent to or exceeds knowledge, skills and other competencies defined in the learning objectives of post-secondary courses. Credits are given for courses in which the majority of the skills and competencies have been achieved. There are several ways of assessing prior learning, but this college often uses the following alone or in combination, depending on your learning and the courses for which you expect credit. These include challenge exams, standardized exams and course equivalencies for prior courses completed at other post-secondary institutions. Lethbridge Community College has a residency requirement that states you must take 25 per cent of your credits at this institution. Therefore, it is possible to challenge up to 75 per cent of the programıs course credit through PLA. For more information contact Norma Baird-Duske, Assessment Centre Coordinator, Lethbridge Community College, Lethbridge, AB T1K 1L6, Phone: (403) 329-7242, E-mail: [email protected] Upon successful completion of all program requirements, students are awarded a Diploma in Engineering Design and Drafting Technology. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Engineering Design and Drafting Technology graduates are employed in many engineering disciplines: architects, civil engineers, mechanical engineers, aerospace companies, manufacturers of all description, educational institutions, petrochemical companies, municipal, Provincial and Federal governments, consulting engineers, or they may hire out their services as independently employed Design Drafting Technologists. In short, any organization having an engineering department is a potential employer of graduates from this program. TRANSFER AGREEMENTS Southern
Alberta Institute of Technology CURRICULUM Year I Fall
Term Hours/Week Credits Year I Winter
Term Hours/Week Credits Year II Fall
Term Hours/Week Credits Year II Winter
Term Hours/Week Credits Year II Spring
Term Hours/Week Credits
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