Nashville State Community College
Technical Certificate - Computer-Aided Drafting
Contact Information: Program Office 615-353-3475, E-mail: CAD@nscc.eduGeneral Information
Course Requirements
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Course Descriptions
General Information
Computer-Aided Drafting is used in all technical fields with good pay and a high demand for those individuals with this skill. Nashville State offers a one-year Technical Certificate program in Computer- Aided Drafting, using AutoCAD software.
Career Objective
The Computer-Aided Drafting Technical Certificate is for students who want a technical career but who also want to enter the job market quickly. Students choose the field in which they want to work - Architectural, Civil & Construction Engineering Technology, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology, or Horticulture/Landscaping. Then students take the courses listed below, including two courses related to the chosen field. Very quickly students will be ready for Nashville State's Career Employment Center to help them find jobs in their chosen field. There may even be part-time jobs available after students' first semester, allowing them to enter the workforce even faster.
Most classes are available either day or evening, and students can choose to attend school, either full or part time. All of the courses in this certificate program apply toward Nashville State's A.A.S. degrees in General Technology, and are transferable to many other colleges.
Transfer/Advising
This certificate is designed so that a student can apply all of the required courses toward a Nashville State A.A.S. degree. A student who plans to apply the certificate toward an A.A.S. degree should consult his/her advisor about articulation options.
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
RUBRIC
COURSE
CLASS
LAB
CREDITS
ENGT 1150*
Technical Graphics
0
4
2
CAD 1200*
Computer-Aided Drafting I
1
4
3
CAD 1301
Computer-Aided Drafting II
0
6
2
CAD 1600
or
CAD 2113
or
CAD 1510
3-D Design/Modeling
SolidWorks
or
3-D AutoCAD &
Solid Modeling
or
Intro to Digital Animation
4
2
4
0
2
0
3
3
4
CAD 1510
CAD Final Project
2
0
2
OTHER REQUIRED CLASSES
ENGR 1000
Intro to EngTech
2
2
3
MATH 1730
Precalculus
5
0
5
8-10 credit hours of electives from the same discipline
(see listing below)8-10
TOTAL CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS
28-30
TECHNICAL ELECTIVES (all electives must be in the same discipline)
Architectural Engineering Technology
ACT 1161
Residential Drafting & Const.
2
6
4
ACT 1341
Commercial Drafting and Codes
1
6
3
ACT 2123
Architectural Presentations
0
6
2
Civil and Construction Engineering Technology
CIT 1220
Materials/Methods Const.
3
0
3
CIT 2131
Surveying I
3
3
4
CIT 2301
Hydrology and Site Design
1
4
3
Electrical Engineering Technology
EETH 1110
Electric Circuits
4
0
4
EETH 1115
Electric Circuits Lab
0
2
1
EETH 1400
Digital Electronics
2
0
2
EETH 1405
Digital Electronics Lab
0
2
1
Horticulture/Landscaping
HORT 1010
Intro to Horticulture
2
2
3
HORT 1110
Landscape Plant Materials I
2
2
3
HORT 1120 Landscape Design * If a student enters the program with little or no previous drafting background, then that student must take ENGT 1150, Technical Graphics, prior to or along with CAD 1200, CAD I.
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