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DEGREES,CERTIFICATES,COURSESDEGREES, CERTIFICATES, COURSESCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSDH 280DENTAL HYGIENE NATIONAL BOARD REVIEWPrerequisite: Minimum 5 semesters of DH curriculum (including 2summers) or graduate of accredited Dental Hygiene program2 lectures per week: 2 hrs credit (may be repeated three times)This course is designed for the dental hygienist—whether anew graduate, a practicing dental hygienist who is moving toanother licensing jurisdiction or a dental hygienist who wishesto begin practicing again after an extended period of inactivity—to assist in the preparation of the Board examinations.DH 281BOARD REVIEW OF CLINICAL SKILLSPrerequisite: Current enrollment in or graduate of DH program2 labs per week: 2 hrs credit (may be repeated three times)This course provides the student an opportunity to work onand improve clinical skills before taking the state examination.The course is also for dental hygiene graduates who have relocatedor allowed their state licenses to lapse.DRAFTING - APPRENTICEAPPD 101DRAFTING ESSENTIALSPrerequisite: None2 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course provides an introduction to blueprint reading anddrafting which includes class exercises in interpreting lines, viewpositions, conventions and standards found on prints; use ofdrawing tools, simple geometric construction, fundamentals oforthographic construction, use of finish symbols, and the applicationof scale and precision dimensioning.APPD 102DRAFTING CONVENTIONS AND SYMBOLSPrerequisite: APPD 1012 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditAssembly and detail drawings are used to illustrate print identification,holes, sections, tapers and castings. Emphasis is placedon reading shop prints.APPD 103THREE DIMENSIONAL SHAPESPrerequisite: CADMD 1412 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course employs pictorial drawings to enable practice inthree dimensional visualization interpretation, the accuracy ofsuch interpretation being determined by the clay models eachstudent produces.APPD 104ADVANCED DRAFTING TECHNIQUESPrerequisite: APPD 1032 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThe study and application of true position tolerance dimensioning,based upon prints and drawings of single and double auxiliaries,weldments, and symmetrically opposite parts.2006-2008 CATALOGAPPD 105DESIGN APPLICATIONS FOR MECHANICAL TRADESPrerequisite: AMATH 1012 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course deals with the application of geometry andtrigonometry to fundamental design problems in the mechanicaltrades.The areas of instruction include such topics as: computingpulley distances, finding patch diameter, finding the chordlength on a bolt hole pattern, determining diameter given partof a circle and determining fillet radius.APPD 111TOOL DETAILING AND ASSEMBLYPrerequisite: APPD 1042 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThe drawing and detailing of outline and working tool assemblieswith special attention to drafting standards. Drawingassignments are interspersed with reading of tool assemblyprints which illustrates methods currently employed.APPD 113CONVEYORSPrerequisite: CADMD 1412 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditBlueprint reading and simplified drawing of chair, slat, piano hinged,rubber belt, roller, monorail, power and free type-conveyors.APPD 115BLUEPRINT READING FOR MECHANICAL TRADESPrerequisite: CADMD 1412 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditThis course in blueprint reading emphasizes the sketching andreading of mechanical drawings.Topics include sketching ofmachine parts, common notations, fits and finish marks, threadsand tapers, sectioning, isometric, and oblique drawings.APPD 116STRUCTURAL DRAWINGPrerequisite: APPD 1032 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditEmphasis is given to the use of Steel Construction Manualcharts in the selection and drawing of framed beams, stiffenedand unstiffened beam seats, columns, right and left hand parts.Other topics include types of stress, fastening methods withrivets, bolts and weld, welding symbol applications, and determiningthe strength of a fillet weld.APPD 122PLANT EQUIPMENT AND LAYOUTPrerequisite: APPD 1032 lectures per week: 2 hrs creditBlueprint reading and simplified drawings related to the fabricationand installation of hoists, catwalks, platforms and machineryfoundations. Practice in making simple plant layouts.124