Seward County Community College/Area Technical School
Course Syllabus

1. TITLE OF COURSE: EN2202 - Computer-Aided Drafting
2. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Two credit hours.  Four hours laboratory per week.  On demand.  A beginning course in the principals and practices of computer-aided drafting.  The course is designed to work through the basics of CAD and it's applications.  During the semester students will be assigned elementary and advanced drawings to train them in the use of CAD.  Specific problems will be presented to make the student aware of CAD applications in civil, mechanical, and architectural drafting. For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected. Prerequisite:  EN 1202 Engineering Graphics I or permission of the instructor.
3. PROGRAM AND DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: The Science Program at Seward County Community College provides opportunities to improve and enhance each student’s understanding and comprehension of the natural world through a variety of courses and experience to develop a scientifically literate citizen.
4. TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS: Sham Tickoo. AutoCAD, A Problem Solving Approach.  Release 14-Windows. International Thompson Publishing Co., Albany, NY 12203.
5. SCCC/ATS OUTCOMES: Students who successfully complete this course will demonstrate the ability to do the following SCCC Institutional Outcomes.
   • Outcome #2 Communicate their ideas clearly and proficiently in writing, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations.
   • Outcome #4 Demonstrate mathematical skills using a variety of techniques and technologies.
   • Outcome #5 Demonstrate the ability to think ritically by gathering facts, generating insights, analyzing data, and evaluating information.
   • Outcome #6  Exhibit skills in information and technological literacy.
6. COURSE OUTCOMES:
   • To allow the student to acquire the basic skills necessary to produce drawings with a CAD system.
   • To allow the student to explore the application of CAD to civil, mechanical, and architectural drafting.
   • To identify to the students the related skills necessary to effectively operate a CAD system in the drawing production market.
7. COURSE OUTLINE:
   • Identify the major components of a CAD system and their functions.
   • Learn to enter commands from the keyboard, the screen menus, and icon libraries.
   • Draw basic lines, arcs, and circles.
   • Use the basic edit commands of erase, move, copy.
   • Use the display commands zoom and redraw.
   • Learn to set and reset limits, grid, snap, axis and points.
   • Learn to change the system variables to better suit a particular drawing environment.
   • Learn to query the CAD database.
   • Learn advanced edit commands break, trim, extend, stretch, divide, and measure.
   • Apply the Auto-dimension features to engineering drawings.
   • Set up the Layer, color, linetype, and lt-scale commands.
   • Learn rectangular and polar array.
   • Learn the block, insert, explode, and wblock commands.
   • Learn to plot and print drawings and how to set up each device.
   • Learn the Attributes function and application.
   • Introduction to Basic 3-D drawing commands.
8. INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:
   • Demonstrations.  Presentations on how to use the computer to construct an engineering drawing.
   • Discussions.  Open question and answer sessions to solve problems and develop skills.
   • Individual Help.  The instructor will help students individually and equally to assist them in the learning and use of CAD drafting.
   • Assignments.  Regular progressive project drawing assignments will be given to help the student develop CAD Drafting skills.
   • Video Cassettes.  A video cassette learning system will be available to help develop skills on an as need basis.
9. INSTRUCTIONAL AND RESOURCE MATERIALS:
   • Textbook
   • Handouts and Assignment sheets.
   • Video Tapes
   • CAD Drafting Reference Library
10. METHODS OF ASSESSMENT: Methods of assessing the general course outcomes and the specific course competencies include attendance, progression through assignment sheets, questions and answer discussions, drawing problem quizzes, and final test: a complex, multi-view drawing done entirely with the CAD system.
    • SCCC/ATS Outcome #2 will be assessed and measured by demonstration of skills by completion of project exercises.
    • SCCC/ATS Outcome #4 will be assessed and measured by solving assigned drawing problems, completing the drawing exercise assignments, and repetition of skills.
    • SCCC/ATS Outcome #5 will be assessed and measured by solving assigned drawing problems, completing the drawing exercise assignments, and repetition of skills.
    • SCCC/ATS Outcome #6 will be assessed and measured by demonstrating the ability to create, edit, print and read a complex multi-view engineering drawing using all the CAD functions and features.
11. ADA STATEMENT:  If you believe that you are entitled to special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the Dean of Student Services at 620-417-1016 or visit the office located in the Hobble Academic Building.
    
    Syllabus Reviewed: March 2014