Engineering and Drafting Technology

Engineering Technology is designed to provide you with a well-balanced curriculum in drafting and related subjects. You will have the opportunity to develop the necessary job skills and related technical information in an on-the-job atmosphere similar to an actual engineering firm. The four basic areas of mechanical, civil, architectural, and computer-aided drafting are covered.

Engineering Technology is well suited for those students with previous drafting classes (high school or college) or the individual with little, if any, prior drafting background. You will train on the same type of advanced technical equipment, drafting boards, computers, and software that industry uses. The applied drafting subjects such as Geometric Construction, Mechanical Drafting, Architectural Drafting, and CAD (Computer Aided Design) provide the necessary job skills for the graduate to be successful.

The related subjects supplement and reinforce the applied classes. Related classes such as Fundamentals of Mathematics, Civil Engineering Mathematics, Computer Laboratory, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statics, and Mathematical Spreadsheets will prepare you to become a well-rounded engineering technician. Mathematical applications are used throughout the various subjects and applied in actual job situations, in sharp contrast to the theoretical approach used in many academic post-secondary institutions. Mathematical applications are introduced in basic and intermediate forms, and expanded to higher levels throughout the course of study.

You are encouraged to use other reference books to supplement information given by the instructors in the form of class discussion, individual instruction, or handout materials. The program will also include lectures, text and material research, field trips, guest speakers, group and individualized drafting projects, and outside surveying work.