Program Overview

Drafting and Graphics Technology Program

The Drafting and Graphics Technology program offers a comprehensive education in the fields of architecture, engineering, and construction. The program provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary to prepare accurate written technical documents, produce drawing documents that are technically sound, develop and practice productive work skills, and upgrade technical knowledge and skills to keep pace with real-world changes.

Program Courses

The program includes a wide range of courses, including:

• DRFT 100: Introduction to Architecture, Engineering, & Construction: Introduction to and exploration of careers in the fields of architecture, engineering, and construction.
• DRFT 101: Introduction to Drafting and Design Technologies: Professional and student organizations associated with the Drafting and Design Technologies program, degree requirements, employment skills and work habits, and university and college policies and procedures.
• DRFT 105: Technical Drawing for Industry: Technical sketching, basic CAD, and interpretation of drawings with visualization, speed and accuracy highly emphasized.
• DRFT 108: Drafting Concepts/Descriptive Geometry: Basic manual drafting skills, sketching, terminology and visualization.
• DRFT 109: Computer Drafting Fundamentals: Introduction to principles and fundamentals of drafting using both manual drawing techniques and computer-aided drafting (CAD) applications.
• DRFT 112: Drafting Concepts/Computer Drafting Fundamentals I: Basic drafting skills, terminology, and visualization.
• DRFT 113: Drafting Concepts/Computer Drafting Fundamentals II: Drafting for mechanical/industrial applications; machine part detailing, assemblies in orthographic, isometric, auxiliary, oblique, and sectional views.
• DRFT 114: Introduction to Solid Modeling: 2D mechanical drafting and 3D mechanical solid modeling utilizing the latest version of AutoCAD software.
• DRFT 115: General Construction Safety: Overview of general construction safety related to building, highway and road construction, and surveying field work for entry-level individuals.
• DRFT 124: Introduction to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing: Introduction to geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) for the mechanical CAD drafting, solid modeling, mechanical engineering technology, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing industries.
• DRFT 130: General Building Codes: Interpretation of the Building Code, local zoning codes, A.D.A. Standards and the Model Energy Code to study construction and design requirements and perform basic plan checking.
• DRFT 135: Electronics Drafting I: Drafting as it relates to device symbols; wiring, cabling, harness diagrams and assembly drawings; integrated circuits and printed circuit boards; schematic, flow and logic diagrams; industrial controls and electric power fields.
• DRFT 143: Civil Drafting Fundamentals: Introduction to drafting in the field of Civil Engineering.
• DRFT 151: Construction Principles and Print Reading: Introduction to construction materials, methods, and basic cost estimating and print reading applicable in today's residential, commercial, and public works industry.
• DRFT 153: Survey Drafting Applications: Introduction to drafting in the field of survey engineering.
• DRFT 160: Construction Take-Offs and Estimating: Computing and compiling materials and labor estimates from working drawings using various techniques common in general building construction and in accordance with standard specifications and estimating formats.
• DRFT 163: Civil Infrastructure Detailing: Infrastructure detailing related to civil engineering projects including ponding, roadway, sewer, and storm-water structures; concrete foundations; and related utility details.
• DRFT 164: Intermediate Mechanical Drafting/Solid Modeling: Intermediate 3D mechanical parametric solid modeling and assembly creation utilizing the latest version of Autodesk Inventor software.
• DRFT 165: Introduction to Building Information Modeling: Introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the development of virtual 3D building models, construction documents, renderings and basic animations related to architectural, structural, and mechanical/electrical/plumbing building components.
• DRFT 180: Residential Drafting: Basic residential drafting including floor plans, foundation plans, sections, roof plans, exterior and interior elevations, and site plans.
• DRFT 181: Commercial Drafting: Drafting principles, plan coordination, and code analysis applicable in the development of working drawings for commercial, public, and industrial building projects.
• DRFT 190: Finding and Maintaining Employment: Techniques in self-evaluations, resume writing, application completion, job interviewing, and job retention.
• DRFT 204: Geographic Information Systems Technology: The use of digital information for which various digitized data creation methods are captured.
• DRFT 214: Advanced Solid Modeling: Advanced 3D mechanical parametric solid modeling and assembly creation utilizing the latest version of Solidworks software.
• DRFT 222: Introduction to Geomatics: Theory and practice of geomatics as applied to plane surveying in the areas of linear measurements, angle measurements, area determination, differential and trigonometric leveling, and topographic mapping.
• DRFT 230: Building Systems Drafting: Development of working drawings for electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems for residential and commercial building through the applications of both 2D Drafting and 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) techniques.
• DRFT 231: Construction Methods and Equipment: Introduction to methods and equipment utilized in the construction industry including common construction equipment, equipment utilization, equipment operating costs, site and earthwork, applicable specifications and testing, and related planning and safety considerations.
• DRFT 240: Structural Systems Drafting: Study of foundations, wall systems, floor systems and roof systems in residential, commercial and industrial design/construction.
• DRFT 242: Roadway Development Drafting: Advanced civil/survey technology and drafting related to roadway development.
• DRFT 243: Land Development Drafting: Advanced civil/survey technology and drafting related to land development.
• DRFT 250: Principles of Detailing and Design: Advanced practice in construction documentation in the development and coordination of working drawings & specifications.
• DRFT 254: Spatial Data Processing: Utilizes the tools and technologies of GIS, processing volumes of geodata identifying a numerical, coded or listed map.
• DRFT 255: Independent Study: Instructor-approved projects in drafting or related topics specific to the student's individual areas of interest and relevant to the drafting and graphics technology curriculum.
• DRFT 258: Introduction to Infraworks: Introduction to the utilization of Infraworks software for the conceptualization, optimization, and visualization of infrastructure projects in the context of the built and natural environment.
• DRFT 261: Construction Scheduling and Project Management: Introduction to construction scheduling and project management.
• DRFT 265: Advanced Building Information Modeling Applications: Advanced applications of Building Information Modeling (BIM) including the creation of, and practice in collaborative work sets, data and design analyses, energy modeling and analysis, preliminary LEED analysis, construction take-offs & estimation, and construction animation, through use of various BIM and related software.
• DRFT 274: GIS Theory and Analysis: Analyzes the hypothesis in which location and spatial data sufficiently quantifies the appropriate statistical methodology.
• DRFT 276: Computer Rendering and Animation I: Introduction to technical applications of computer generated renderings and animations for the architecture and engineering fields.
• DRFT 278: Advanced CAD Applications: Introduction to advanced CAD commands, applications, usage techniques, and user customization.
• DRFT 288: Portfolio Development: Production of a portfolio consisting of previously produced student work related to the student's individualized degree option.
• DRFT 290: Special Topics: Topics subtitled in the Schedule of Classes.
• DRFT 291: Cooperative Experience: Supervised cooperative work program.
• DRFT 295: Professional Development and Leadership DAGA: Students gain experience in leadership, team building, performing community service, and membership and/or leadership in a student organization.

Program Manager

The program manager for the Drafting and Graphics Technology program is Richard Gutierrez.