Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Technology Option

Degrees Offered: Bachelor of Science and Associate of Technology
Information effective for students admitted since fall 2007.

The Industrial Technology Degree has eight unique specializations (listed in the navigation bar on the left) available to help prepare you for professional life. The Computer-Aided Drafting and Design programs are designed to provide students with theoretical and practical skills in drafting/design. This concentration provides experiences in drafting/design and advanced work in areas like technical freehand drawing, design methodology, model building, residential design, descriptive geometry, technical illustration, and computer-aided drafting. This specialization offers both a bachelor's degree program (4 years, typ.) and an associate's degree program (2 years, typ.).

The coursework you'll complete is divided into two basic categories – general education (required by the University) and departmental requirements (major coursework). The information below details the departmental requirements for both the bachelor’s degree and the associate’s degree.

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Technical Literacy Core: 9 credit hours (3 courses)

• ITEC 110 - Communications Systems (3 cr.)
• ITEC 120 - Energy, Power, Transportation (3 cr.)
• ITEC 130 - Production Materials & Processes (3 cr.)

Management Core: 15 credit hours (5 courses)

• ITEC 492 - Industrial Organization (3 cr.)
• ITEC 494 - Total Quality Management (3 cr.)
• OSEH 120 - Safety, Health, & Environmental Issues (3 cr.)
• BUAD 251 - Organization & Management (3 cr.)
• BUAD 452 - Production & Operations Management (3 cr.)

Elective Courses in Management: 9 credit hours (3 courses)

Choose any three from the following:

• ITEC 300 - Cooperative Education (3 cr.) 1
• ITEC 392 - Industrial Training (3 cr.)
• ITEC 400 - Cooperative Education (3 cr.)
• OSEH 221 - Industrial Fire Prevention, Protection, & Control (3 cr.)
• OSEH 320 - Safety Engineering Principles (3 cr.) 2
• OSEH 323 - Human Factors in Occupational Safety Environmental Health (3 cr.)
• OSEH 333 - Introduction to System Safety (3 cr.)
• BUAD 161 - Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
• BUAD 352 - Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
• BUAD 353 - Labor-Management Relations (3 cr.)

1. A maximum of six credit hours of cooperative education will be counted towards graduation requirements.
2. OSEH 320: Safety Engineering Principles, is required for all construction technology majors.

Free Electives: 9 credit hours (3 courses)
Six to nine credits are needed to bring your completed departmental credits to 120.

Technical Option: CADD TECHNOLOGY (27 cr.)

• ITEC 241 - Drafting Communications (3 cr.)
• ITEC 243 - Technical Sketching and Design (3 cr.)
• ITEC 245 - Descriptive Geometry (3 cr.)
• ITEC 342 - Computer Aided Engineering Drawing (3 cr.)
• ITEC 344 - Product Design (3 cr.)
• ITEC 346 - Architectural Drawing and Design (3 cr.)
• ITEC 446 - Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (3 cr.)

Choose your emphasis - Select 2 courses from either emphasis:

• Product Design

• ITEC 345 - Statics (3 cr.)
• ITEC 445 - Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) (3 cr.)
• ITEC 448 - Machine Tool Design (3 cr.)

• Architectural Design

• ITEC 343 - Technical Illustration & Rendering (3 cr.)
• ITEC 345 - Statics (3 cr.)

The associate's degree Computer Aided Drafting and Design Technology option is for those students looking to secure technician level position in industry. In addition to the Universities general education requirements, you will complete the coursework listed below. If you decide that you want to continue on to work towards a bachelor's degree, the classes you take for your associates degree will work in seamlessly into a four year plan.

Required Courses (33-34 cr.) - ALL ASSOCIATES ITEC TECHNICAL OPTIONS

Technical Literacy Core: 12 credit hours (4 courses)

• ITEC 110 - Communications Systems (3 cr.)
• ITEC 120 - Energy, Power, Transportation (3 cr.)
• ITEC 130 - Production Materials & Processes (3 cr.)
• OSEH 120 - Safety, Health, and Environmental Issues (3 cr.)

Technical Option: CADD TECHNOLOGY (21 cr.)

• ITEC 241 - Drafting Communications (3 cr.)
• ITEC 242 - Engineering Drafting (3 cr.)
• ITEC 243 - Technical Sketching and Design (3 cr.)
• ITEC 346 - Architectural Drawing and Design (3 cr.)
• ITEC 446 - Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (3 cr.)

Select two of the following courses:

• ITEC 300 – Cooperative Education (3 cr.)
• ITEC 343 - Technical Illustration and Rendering (3 cr.)
• ITEC 344 - Product Design (3 cr.)
• ITEC 448 - Machine Tool Design (3 cr.)
• One ITEC elective.