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ACCT 1050 - Financial Record Keeping 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course is not recommended for accounting majors or transfer students. This course will provide a procedural and practical approach to maintaining accounting records. The accounting cycle for a service company and a merchandising concern will be covered. Topics will include journals, ledgers, trial balances, financial statements, subsidiary ledgers, and payroll records. Manual and computerized accounting are used.
(4 contact hrs)
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ACCT 1070 - Accounting for Entrepreneurs 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course will focus on reading and understanding financial statements. Students will learn how to analyze financial statements and how financial information can be effectively used to properly plan, control operations, and to make the right business decisions.
(3 contact hrs)
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ACCT 1080 - Principles of Accounting 1 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to accounting techniques and theories as they relate to business organizations. Transaction analysis and information processing for a service and merchandising concern. Measurement and reporting of assets, liabilities, and equity. The emphasis is on financial accounting.
(4 contact hrs)
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ACCT 1090 - Principles of Accounting 2 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ACCT 1080
Continuation of financial accounting and introduction to managerial accounting. Topics include statement of cash flow, statement analysis, accounting for a manufacturing concern, cost-volume-profit relationships, and budgeting.
(4 contact hrs)
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ACCT 1150 - Microcomputer Applications in Accounting 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ACCT 1090
The student uses a microcomputer to complete accounting tasks and to solve various accounting problems. These accounting systems are studied: general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, depreciation and payroll. In addition, a number of spreadsheet applications are covered.
(3 contact hrs)
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ACCT 2180 - Intermediate Accounting 1 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ACCT 1090
Review of the accounting process and theory. Coverage in detail of cash and temporary investments, receivables, inventories, long-term investments in stocks, and tangible and intangible assets.
(4 contact hrs)
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ACCT 2190 - Intermediate Accounting 2 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ACCT 2180
ACCT-2190 is strongly recommended for students who plan on transferring to a senior college which accepts ACCT-2190. Analysis of current, contingent, and long-term liabilities including bonds, pensions, and leases. Extensive coverage of corporations and stockholders equity including capital at and after formation, retained earnings and appropriations, cash flow statements, and analysis of statements.
(4 contact hrs)
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ACCT 2270 - Managerial Accounting 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ACCT 1090
Accumulation of information useful to management in a variety of decision-making situations. Emphasizes manufacturing accounting, cost-volume relations, relevant costs, budgeting, and standard cost system, and quantitative techniques in managerial accounting.
(4 contact hrs)
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ACCT 2300 - Federal Income Tax-Individual 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ACCT 1080 or 2 years work experience in accounting
Orientation to current federal tax laws and techniques in filing annual U.S. individual income tax returns. Provides practical experience in preparation of annual returns and a basic foundation for further study in the tax field.
(4 contact hrs)
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ANTH 1000 - Introduction to Anthropology 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
An introduction to man’s biological evolution and cultural origins. Prehistoric man, biological/genetic differences, and the growth of language and culture will be considered. A cross-cultural study of social institutions, beliefs, and values will be included as well as a discussion of contemporary anthropological problems.
(4 contact hrs)
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ANTH 2220 - Introduction to Archaeology 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course is an introduction to the techniques, methods, and theories that archaeologists use to interpret the human past. The class will also explore archaeological evidence from both the Old and the New Worlds.
(4 contact hrs)
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ARAB 1260 - Introduction to Arabic Language & Culture 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
(formerly ARAB-2920)
This course is designed to introduce students to the Arabic speaking world and Arabic vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary to express personal meaning on basic topics. Students will engage in these activities within contextualized cultural settings. The vocabulary and grammatical structures are integrated into interactive and communicative activities that emphasize all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students are required to use computer based technology to practice these skills.
(5 contact hrs)
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ARAB 1270 - Elementary Arabic 2 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARAB 1260 or two or more years of high school Arabic
(formerly ARAB-2911)
This course continues students’ development of Arabic language and culture by building and expanding on the culture, vocabulary and language structures learned in ARAB-1260. New language functions will be presented in meaningful activities that emphasize all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing and allow for further cultural exposure. Students are required to use computer based technology to practice these skills.
(5 contact hrs)
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ARAB 2360 - Intermediate Arabic 1 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARAB 1270
ARAB-2360 Third-semester Arabic picks up where second-semester Arabic (ARAB 1270 ) has ended. The central goal is to advance the student’s communicative ability and cultural competency with an emphasis on assimilating the language for complex communicative purposes. In addition to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), students will also practice one of the spoken dialects, the Egyptian, the Levantine, or the Moroccan dialects. The instructor will use authentic materials including texts from print Arabic media, video, and audio from the Middle East.
(5 contact hrs)
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ARTT 1060 - Basic Drawing 1 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Basic drawing skills for both commercial and general art. Introductions to elements of drawing, perspective, and drawing media, such as charcoal, ink, conte crayon, pencil, etc. Composition with still life, figure, and landscape. Required for pre-art majors.
(6 contact hrs)
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ARTT 1070 - Basic Drawing 2 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARTT 1060
Continuation of ARTT 1060 with greater emphasis on composition, rendering, perspective, and personal expression. Required for pre-art majors.
(6 contact hrs)
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ARTT 1360 - Color & Design 1 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Principles of design as a foundation for all work in art. Creative experimentation in two-dimensional design with line, shape, value, texture, and color in various media. Required for pre-art majors.
(6 contact hrs)
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ARTT 1370 - Color & Design 2 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARTT 1360
Continuation of ARTT 1360 . Color composition; color systems and phenomena. Three-dimensional approaches explored in paper, wood, plastic, metal, etc. Required for pre-art majors.
(6 contact hrs)
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ARTT 1460 - Ceramics 1 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to ceramic handcraft; design processes, hand building methods, throwing on the potter’s wheel, decoration, glazing, and firing.
(6 contact hrs)
Center Campus.
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ARTT 1470 - Ceramics 2 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARTT 1460
Continuation of ARTT 1460 .
Emphasis on increased conceptual and technical skills, particularly wheel-throwing and leather-hard slab construction.
(6 contact hrs)
Center Campus.
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ARTT 1480 - Ceramics 3 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARTT 1470
Advanced work in the art and craft of clay and glazes. Additive, reductive, and formative construction; lab practice; architectural scale ceramics; combining media, field trips. May be taken twice for credit.
(6 contact hrs)
Center Campus.
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ARTT 1620 - Fine Art Appreciation 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
(formerly ARTT 1610)
Open to all students to develop insight and gain experience in the visual arts. Non-historical introduction to the aesthetic elements of architecture, sculpture, crafts, painting, drawing, printmaking, design, etc.
(3 contact hrs)
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ARTT 1625 - Fine Art Appreciation: Travel Abroad 4.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Open to all students to develop insight and gain experience in the visual arts through travel. Introduction to the aesthetic elements of architecture, sculpture, crafts, painting, drawing, printmaking, design, etc. This class will travel to European locations to appreciate real-world examples.
(4 contact hrs)
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ARTT 2060 - Life Drawing 1 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARTT 1060
Basic study of the human form. Includes anatomy, structural, and visual form. Required for pre-art majors.
(6 contact hrs)
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ARTT 2160 - Basic Painting 1 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARTT 1060 and ARTT 1360
Abstract and realistic approaches for the technical handling of tools, pigments, and processes in acrylic and/or oil painting.
(6 contact hrs)
Center Campus.
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ARTT 2170 - Oil Painting - Painting 2 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARTT 2160
Classical handling of the medium with some research into contemporary methods and material.
(6 contact hrs)
Center Campus.
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ARTT 2200 - Jewel & Metalwork 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course covers elements of design and production of handcrafted jewelry, small sculpture, and functional objects in metals and other media, including centrifugal casting (of “lost wax” and other organic models), gas and electric welding, and forging techniques. Students will work in construction (with sheet, wire, and other media).
(6 contact hrs)
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ARTT 2210 - Jewel & Metalwork 2 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARTT 2200
This course is a continuation of ARTT 2200 with emphasis on greater individual direction and choice of media. Students will gain further experience in centrifugal casting, stone setting, advanced welding, and forging.
(6 contact hrs)
Center Campus.
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ARTT 2560 - Sculpture 1 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Emphasis on basic techniques of modeling, casting, construction, and elementary carving. Abstract and figurative approaches.
(6 contact hrs)
Center Campus.
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ARTT 2580 - Sculpture 3 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARTT 2560 , ARTT 2570
ARTT-2580 is for advanced sculpture making. Students gain a greater understanding of concepts and object making through advanced work in welding and the casting processes.
(6 contact hrs)
Center Campus.
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ARTT 2600 - Figurative Sculpture 1 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
(formerly ARTT-2922)
This course introduces creation of sculpture art using the human figure. It covers a basic study and understanding of the human form in space, including anatomy, reduction, structure, and other sculpture practices.
(6 contact hrs)
Center Campus.
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ARTT 2602 - Figurative Sculpture 2 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ARTT 2600 and ARTT 2560
(formerly ARTT-2923)
This course extends creation of sculpture using the human figure. The student will gain a greater understanding of anatomy and structure through advanced work with the casting process.
(6 contact hrs)
Center Campus.
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ARTT 2650 - Art of the Western World: Prehistory to Gothic 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
(formerly ARTT-2610)
Survey of architecture, sculpture, painting from prehistoric era to the Renaissance. Outstanding personalities and historical background.
(3 contact hrs)
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ARTT 2660 - Art of the Western World: Renaissance To Modern 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
(formerly ARTT 2620)
Survey of architecture, sculpture, painting from the Renaissance through modern times. Outstanding personalities and historical background.
(3 contact hrs)
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ASTR 1030 - General Astronomy 1 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Descriptive course analyzing the solar system, historical aspects, including the astronomy of ancient civilizations and most important astronomers, and the instruments used by the astronomer.
(2 contact hrs)
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ASTR 1040 - General Astronomy 2 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ASTR 1030
Descriptive course analyzing the universe outside our solar system: stars, galaxies, nebulae, and interstellar material; also a brief exploration of cosmology dealing with the main theories about the origin of the universe.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATAM 1150 - Mathematics-Shop Arithmetic 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Review of basic arithmetic; whole numbers, fractions, decimals, signed numbers, grouping symbols, square root, ratio and proportion, flat and round tapers, simple and complex gear ratios; practical industrial shop problems are employed.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAM 1160 - Mathematics-Algebra 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAM 1150 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator
Fundamental operations of positive and negative numbers, grouping symbols, algebraic axioms, equations, special products and factoring. Solution of practical shop problems.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAM 1170 - Mathematics-Geometry 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAM 1160 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator
Quadratic formula, review solutions, shop formulas. Definitions and description of geometric terms, axioms, and theorems. An explanation is given to propositions dealing with straight lines, triangles, and circles, with emphasis on applications to practical shop problems.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAM 1350 - Mathematics-Arithmetic & Introductory Algebra for Electrical & Allied Crafts 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
An intensive review of arithmetic with emphasis on common and decimal fractions, ratio and proportion, percentage, and square root. Systems, units of measurement, and conversions. An introduction to algebra including terminology, additive functions, grouping symbols, axioms, basic procedures, multiplication and division.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAM 1360 - Mathematics-Electrical Circuitry-Algebra & Trigonometry 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAM 1350 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator
Sign numbers, grouping symbols, factoring equations in one unknown, fractions, fractional equations, exponents and radicals, solution of simultaneous equations, and introduction to j factor.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAM 2150 - Mathematics-Trigonometry 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAM 1170 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator or related work experience
Covers definitions of the trigonometric functions, construction and use of trigonometric tables, solutions of right triangle problems, and applications of trigonometry to practical shop problems.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAM 2350 - Mathematics-A.C. Circuitry-Trigonometry & Vectors 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAM 1360 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator or related work experience
Angles, angular measure (degrees, radians), angular velocity frequency, similar triangles, trig functions, solutions of right triangles, law of cosines, vector addition and subtraction, vector components, and graphing trig functions.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 1030 - Feeds, Speeds, & Advanced Tools 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the student advanced cutting tool technologies, such as proper selection of tools for CNC mills and lathes, optimum feedrate, spindle speed, surface feet per minute calculations, maximum depth of cut, side steps, high speed machining, and hard milling and turning. The student will learn the importance of tool geometries.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 1050 - CNC Essentials 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
(formerly ATAP-2912)
This lecture and lab course covers shop floor and CNC essentials necessary to subsist in today’s digital manufacturing setting. Students will employ MS Windows with advanced manufacturing and CNC applications. Topics include file creation, file management, spreadsheets for setup and tooling sheets, operation of all CNC controls in the lab, including mill, lathe, RAM, and Wire and Fast Hole EDM; basic metrology, such as micrometers and calipers; and basic inspection procedures using the Faro Gage. This course prepares students for all ATAP coursework.
(4 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 2010 - Drafting-2D CAD with MasterCAM 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the general concepts of two dimensional modeling and drafting using MasterCAM. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will learn basic two-dimensional modeling skills. Beginning with 2D wireframe construction, students will learn the interface and how to design basic models. These models are then used to create drawings, complete with dimensions and annotations. Terminology used in the field of CAD will be emphasized.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 2020 - Art-To-Part-Digital Art to 3D CNC Machining 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the general concepts of Art-to-Part using ArtCAM software. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will learn basic skills necessary to convert two-dimensional digital pictures into three-dimensional CAD data for surface machining. Toolpaths will be generated and parts will be machined using CNC Machine Tools. Terminology used in the field of CAD/CAM will be emphasized.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 2030 - 2D MasterCAM-Mill Programming & Machining 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the general concepts of MasterCAM for milling. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will learn basic two-dimensional toolpath skills. Beginning with 2D wireframe construction, students will learn the interface and how to design basic models. These models are then used to create drawings and 2D CNC mill toolpaths using the CAM module. Terminology used in the field of CAD/CAM will be emphasized.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 2310 - CNC Mill G & M Programming & CNC Machining 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the general concepts of CNC Mill Programming. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will learn offline programming, shop floor programming, and the principles of 2-1/2 axis CNC milling. Profiling, facing, drilling, reaming, tapping, threading and pocketing cycles will be emphasized, accompanied by demonstrations, student programming, and hands-on setup and machine operation.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 2320 - CNC Lathe G & M Programming & CNC Machining 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the general concepts of CNC Lathe Programming and Machining. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will learn offline programming, shop floor programming, and the principles of 2 axis CNC turning. Turning, facing, drilling, reaming, tapping, and threading will be emphasized, accompanied by demonstrations, student programming, and hands-on setup and machine operation.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 2330 - EDM RAM-G & M Programming & Machining 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the general concepts of RAM Electrical Discharge Machining, a method involving electrical discharges between an electrode and a conductive workpiece to remove material in a nonconventional manner. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will learn multiple EDM skills, beginning with an overview of EDM technology, followed by electrode material selection, proper design of electrodes, spark gap theory, and the principles of 2D and 3D electrode orbiting. Terminology used in the field of RAM, Wire, and Fast Hole EDM will be emphasized, accompanied by demonstrations, student programming, and EDM setup and operation.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 2340 - EDM WIRE-G & M Programming & Machining 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the general concepts of Wire Electrical Discharge Machining, a method involving electrical discharges between a wire and a conductive workpiece to remove material in a nonconventional manner. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will learn multiple EDM skills, beginning with an overview of Wire EDM technology, followed by wire selection, spark gap theory, and the principles of rough cuts and skim passes. Terminology used in the field of Wire EDM will be emphasized, accompanied by demonstrations, student programming, and EDM setup and operation.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 2350 - 3D MasterCAM-Die/Mold CNC Machining 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAP 2030
This course teaches the advanced concepts of MasterCAM milling. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will learn advanced CAD/CAM modeling skills. Students will design 3D models. These models are then used to create CNC 3D toolpaths using the CAM module. Terminology used in the field of CAD/CAM will be emphasized.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATAP 2360 - 3D Cimatron CAD/CAM-Die/Mold Machining 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the general concepts of Cimatron CAD/CAM milling. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will learn basic CAD/CAM modeling skills. Beginning with Solids, students will learn the interface and how to design basic models. These models are then used to create drawings and CNC toolpaths using the CAM module. Terminology used in the field of CAD/CAM will be emphasized.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATAP 2370 - 3D Computer Aided Mold/Electrode Design 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAP 2360
This course teaches the general concepts of electrode design and manufacture, along with mold (tool) design using Cimatron CAD/CAM software. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will design electrodes for use in the Electrical Discharge Machining industry. The student will also learn how to design mold tooling and moldbases using Cimatron CAD/CAM. Terminology used in the field of Mold Design will be emphasized.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATAP 2380 - Rapid Prototyping & Reverse Engineering 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the general concepts of Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering. Through lecture and lab assignments, the student will learn basic skills necessary to convert CAD models into STL files and either CNC machine them or print them three dimensionally. Students will also be exposed to Reverse Engineering, which consists of three-dimensional scanning using a probe and laser, and an articulating arm. Terminology used in the field of Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering will be emphasized.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATBC 1100 - Blueprint & Math-Residential 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
A course designed to provide a means for the student to interpret prints of existing residences, and to relate construction problems with general mathematics; further, this course will expand to cover some specific items imposed by inspection authorities. Contains material that will help the student prepare to take the Michigan Residential Builders License Examination.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATBC 1150 - Blueprint & Math-Commercial 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Study of blueprints of commercial, industrial, or institutional structures. Special emphasis on interpretation of details as they relate to construction problems.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATBC 1160 - Construction-Cost Estimating 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATBC 1150 or ATBC 1100
A study of methods and procedures that are currently used to perform a construction estimate. Course includes examination of plans and specifications, outlining of material takeoff methods, and labor pricing schedules.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATBC 1180 - Construction-Electrical Blueprint Reading (Residential) 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
The interpretation of residential plans, wiring diagrams, wiring systems, and specifications. The National Electric Code regulations that apply to each step of the installation are analyzed.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATBC 1190 - Construction-Electrical Blueprint Reading (Commercial) 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATBC 1180
The interpretation of plans for commercial type buildings in regards to the electrical installation involved. NEC requirements that pertain to commercial installations are analyzed.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATBC 1250 - Construction-Wiring Residential 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
After a brief review of electrical fundamentals and Ohm’s law and its applications, this course covers basic code requirements, standard electrical symbols used on plans, and the installation of various types of wiring systems permitted by national and local codes. Latest methods for rewiring inadequate wiring systems are covered. Large appliance and service equipment installations are well stressed.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATBC 1260 - Construction-Wiring Commercial & Industrial 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATBC 1250
The course covers special purpose commercial and industrial wiring problems, including a practical approach to wiring methods, lighting (design and maintenance) equipment, and other materials and components peculiar to modern application of the National Electrical Code (NEC).
(2 contact hrs)
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ATBC 1400 - Construction-Hand Woodworking Tools-Care & Use 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course consists of the selection, safe use, and maintenance of hand woodworking tools used in the carpentry and building maintenance occupations. For example: framing square, sawing tools, planes, cutting edge tools, coring tools, smoothing tools, and layout tools.
(3 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATBC 1510 - Construction-Layout Surveying 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
The objective of this course is to instruct the apprentice and/or technician in the proper care and fundamental use of the engineer’s tape, transit, and level. The student will use these instruments to establish the horizontal and vertical control to lay out a simple masonry foundation, wall, or building in its proper location and elevation.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATBC 1700 - Green Building-Design & Construction- Commercial 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
(formerly ATBC-2911)
ATBC-1700 explores basic principles for testing decisions made in designing and constructing a green building for commercial or institutional use. Topics include green building assessment standards; sustainable sites and landscaping; materials selection; water, energy, and indoor environmental quality.
(3 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATBC 2600 - Construction Law & Contract Administration 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
A study of contracts, the Michigan builder’s licensing statute, mechanic’s liens, real estate law, warranties, construction financing, and taxes designed to introduce the student to the areas of the law he should be familiar with in the construction industry. Contains material that will help student prepare to take the Michigan Residential Builders License Examination.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATDD 1900 - Drafting-Machine Tool Blueprint Reading 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
An introduction to blueprint reading; interpretation of various kinds of lines, position of views, symbols, conventions, dimensioning practices, sectioning, auxiliary views and symmetry with emphasis on techniques employed to show details in relation to assembly drawings.
(2 contact hrs)
South Campus.
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ATDD 1920 - Drafting-Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing Fundamentals 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATDD 1960 or DRST‑1110
The content for this course is based on the latest ANSI/ASME Y14.5 Dimensioning and Tolerancing Standard. An introduction to tolerancing, symbology, form controls, datum referencing, orientation controls, position controls, runout and profile controls, location of fixed and floating fasteners, position of coaxial features and position on non-cylindrical features.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATDD 1950 - Drafting-Essentials 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to blueprint reading and drafting: class exercises in interpreting lines, view positions, conventions, and standards found on prints; use of drawing tools, simple geometric construction, fundamentals of orthographic projection, use of finish symbols, the application of scale and precision dimensioning and an introduction to metric dimensioning.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATDD 1960 - Drafting-Conventions & Symbols 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATDD 1950
Drawings to illustrate assembly and detail drawings, print identification, holes, sections, tapers, and casting. Practice in reading related shop prints, and metric dimensioning.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATDD 1970 - Drafting-Three Dimensional Shape Interpretation 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATDD 1950
Pictorial drawing concentrating on the isometric and oblique methods. Practice in three-dimensional visualization interpretation of orthographic prints is stressed by modeling clay into forms related to prints that cover the fundamentals of shape interpretation.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATDD 1980 - Drafting-Advanced Drawing Techniques 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATDD 1960
Orthographic drawing of single and double auxiliaries, weldments, castings, and symmetrically opposite parts. The study and application of metrics, base line dimensioning and practice in reading related shop drawings.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATEM 1350 - Electrical-Mechanical Blueprint Reading 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ELEC 1300 and ATFP 1100 or MECT 1320 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator
Practice in print reading using large blueprints for process control for temperature, flow, pressure, etc., delta-y connections, application of SCR controls, relay circuit for automated conveyor systems, robot operated hoist systems using programmable controllers, application of hydraulic, pneumatic and combustion controls, plumbing layout, power wiring layout, plant layout and interconnecting wiring.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATFP 1100 - Fluid Power-Fundamentals 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAM 1150 or ATAM 1350 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator
Survey of the basic components of hydraulic systems and the basic laws and formulas in simple fluid power calculation. Covers such topics as: pumps, control valves, actuators, the use of A.S.A.I.S. symbols, and the maintenance procedure.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATFP 1120 - Fluid Power-Control 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATFP 1100 or MECT 1320
Controls used in fluid power. Covered are pressure and volume theory, operation and construction of valves and circuit applications. The valves studied are the relief pressure reducing sequence, counterbalance, brake, volume control, directional, assemblies and various types of valve controls, including electrical control circuitry and air logic.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATFP 1140 - Fluid Power-Basic Circuits (Special Extended Laboratory Experience) 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATFP 1100 or MECT 1320 and ATFP 1120
ATFP-1140 covers fluid power circuit fundamentals, calculations, and simple design. The circuits studied are pump-unloading, speed, pressure, volume, deceleration, sequence, servo, oil conditioning, and transfer line including electrical control circuitry and air logic.
(3 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1150 - Machine Theory-Machine Tool Laboratory 1 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Basic theory and operations of the fundamental machines used in a modern machine shop. Basic skills and technical knowledge are covered for drill presses, shapers, lathes, and milling machines. Safe work habits are emphasized. Inspection is an integral part of the course.
(3 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1160 - Machine Theory-Machine Tool Laboratory 2 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATMT 1150 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator
Advanced operations on the drill press and lathe in a modern machine shop. Safety in threading, taper turning and boring is emphasized. Layout and bench procedures are also an integral part of this course.
(3 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1210 - Machine Theory-Benchwork, Drill Presses & Lathes 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Theory of linear and surface finish measurement as well as the proper use of the tools and instruments used in these areas. Also covered is the proper use and care of the hand tools used in such operations as scraping, filing, sawing, chipping, and layout procedures. Drill press and lathe operations and the tools and accessories used on each are studied in addition to screw threads and standard taper design.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1250 - Machine Theory-Shapers, Planers, Mills & Grinders 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
The mechanism, operations, tools, and accessories of the shaper, planer, milling machines, cylindrical grinders, internal grinders, centerless grinders, surface grinders, jig grinders, and cutter grinders are studied. Theory and application of indexing, helical and spiral milling, grinding wheel, and lapping are included.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1300 - Metallurgy-Characteristics of Ferrous Metals 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Provides an understanding of the production structure and application of ferrous metals. Includes properties of ferrous metals, production of steel, cast iron, and a general background in basic heat treatment of steel.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1310 - Metallurgy-Characteristics of Non-Ferrous Metals 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Understanding metals and their application. Topics to be covered: non-ferrous metals, theory of alloys, physical metallurgy, aluminum, magnesium, copper, bearing metals, die casting, powder metallurgy, surface treatment, new metals and applications, and welding metallurgy.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1650 - Millwright Theory-Millwright Theory 1 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
The proper use of tools and equipment used by the industrial millwright will be studied. The principles of machinery and equipment, i.e., screw threads, flat belts, belt splicing, structural steel, wire rope, wire rope fittings, slings, hoisting chains, grinding wheels, and metal saws will also be studied.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1660 - Millwright Theory-Millwright Theory 2 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATMT 1650
Mechanical power transmission equipment principles of anti-friction bearings, bearing life and failure, bearing maintenance, mounting of bearings, trouble shooting, couplings, universal joints, drive chains, speed reducers, V-belts, mechanical fasteners, lubrication.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1700 - Thermoplastic & Thermosetting Materials 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
A practical overview of the plastics industry, sources of plastics and typical plastic applications. The basic chemistry of polymers, material properties, cost and composition of both thermoplastic and thermosetting materials are studied. The fundamentals for material selection, testing procedures and product design are reviewed. Plastics to be studied include engineering resins, elastomers, reinforced materials and high strength composites.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1750 - Plastic Product Design & Tooling 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
A course focusing on plastic product and tooling design, including the product design process, designing for assembly, machining, finishing and decorating of plastic. Material selection is reviewed including injection systems, ejection systems, undercuts and mold components. Students will complete a comprehensive plastic product design.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 1950 - Science-Physics 1: Mechanics 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAM 2150 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator
A study of measurement; molecular motion; liquid pressure and Pascal’s law; force systems; rectilinear motion; work power and energy; momentum and simple machine elements. Emphasis is on practical application utilizing the English engineering system of units.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 2210 - Plastic Mold & Die Cast Die Theory 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Plastic molding processes and the construction and engineering requirements of molds used for each molding process. The various mold making techniques, materials and fabrication techniques used to manufacture molds. Engineering and design specifications for mold construction and costing are studied.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 2250 - Machine Theory-Modern Metal Removal Processes 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to the latest non-traditional machining methods. Basic concepts and applications of abrasive jet, ultrasonic machining, electrochemical machining, electrolytic grinding, electrical discharge machining, ion beam, laser, electron beam are studied.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATMT 2350 - Metallurgy-Heat Treatment of Ferrous Alloys 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATMT 1300 or related work experience
First six weeks covers basic metallurgy, iron-carbon diagram, S Curves, tempering curves, mechanics of quenching, furnace design, furnace atmospheres, theory of alloy additions and liquid heating baths. Seventh through 14th weeks involve the study of characteristics, selection and heat treatment of tool steels from water hardening to high speed steels and special alloys.
(2 contact hrs)
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Plumbing & Pipefitting |
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ATPP 1100 - Plumbing Fundamentals 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAM 1150 or ATAM 1160 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator
Specifications, applications, and maintenance of pipes, fittings, and valves. Provides a basic knowledge of simple pipe calculations and template development. A study of tools used in piping. Proper valve installation and maintenance. Consideration of safe working pressures of pipes and valves.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATPP 1110 - Plumbing-Drain, Waste & Vent 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATAM 1150 or ATAM 1160 or consent of apprenticeship coordinator
Proper materials of sewer, soil, vent, and waste pipes. The principles of drainage flow and proper venting. A study of traps and installation of unit sanitation equipment. Includes a study of joints and fittings used on drainage systems.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATPP 1120 - Plumbing-Heating 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATPP 1100
Principles of steam and hydronic heating. The various types of steam systems in use. The proper sizing and trapping of steam units. An extensive study of hydronic heating including: one pipe, two pipe, high temperature and pressure systems. Considerations will be given to heat loss calculations and the design of hydronic systems.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATPP 1130 - Plumbing-Code 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATPP 1100
Plumbing rules and regulations governing installation of plumbing systems. Considerations are also given to the rules and regulations pertaining to joints, traps, cleanouts, water distribution, fixtures and drainage.
(2 contact hrs)
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ATPP 1140 - Pipefitting-Power Piping Systems 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ATPP 1100 and ATWD 1110 , or consent of apprenticeship coordinator or related work experience
Introduction to maintenance for power piping systems, steam, gas, water, and air. The study of generating power for industrial application and conversion of water to steam for power. Considerations are also given to safety, definitions, and application of piping terms; materials such as hangars, flanges, valves, and gaskets for the various systems are included. Specifications standards of threaded and welded systems, fabrication, including welding hot and cold bending of steel and tubing, are thoroughly examined.
(3 contact hrs)
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ATPP 1150 - Pipe Fitting Fundamentals 3.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
(formerly ATPP-2913)
A study of piping, joints, fittings, valves, hangers, fluid flow in pipes, and pumps. An overview Steam Fitting, Hydronic Fitting, and Refrigeration Fitting.
(3 contact hrs)
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ATQT 1000 - Quality Inspection Fundamentals 2.00 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None
This course is an introductory class for the quality professional. The course covers the proper use of dimensional inspection equipment such as scales, verniers, calipers, micrometers, miscellaneous hand tools, and gage blocks, in inch and metric scales, as well as blueprint readings skills sufficient to apply the measurement tools and techniques. The course covers nomenclature, instruments, the interpretation of engineering drawings, and measurement methods in a format that is approximately 50% hands-on, Math skills and the use of a scientific calculator are recommended, but not a prerequisite. This course is good preparation for a mid-level job position in the quality assurance field when combined with ATQT 1010 and provides an excellent knowledge base to prepare the student for the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Mechanical Inspector Test.
(2 contact hrs)
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