2011 - 2012 Student Calendar - Helena College of Technology

Course DescriptionsAUTO216 Engine Performance ICredits: 8Prerequisites: AUTO109, AUTO110, AUTO113This course covers theory of operation, diagnosis, andservice procedures as they relate to engine performance.Subjects studied will include the effects of engine design onperformance; federal emissions legislation; fuel composition andcharacteristics; ignition systems; electronic fuel injection; andemission control systems. Students will learn to use industryacceptedtest procedures and test equipment to determine thecause of degraded engine performance, driveability complaints,and/or excessive exhaust emissions.AUTO221 Brakes and ChassisCredits: 6Prerequisites: AUTO105, AUTO109, AUTO110This course focuses on the function, diagnosis, and servicepractices of current automotive braking, steering, andsuspension systems. Students will learn about disc and drumbrake hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical systems, to includeABS systems. Students will also study current steering andsuspension systems, to include 4-wheel alignment, suspensionsystem, and tire service.AUTO225 Automatic Transmissions/TransaxlesCredits: 7Prerequisites: AUTO105, AUTO109, AUTO113, and AUTO216This course covers the theory of operation, diagnosis, andservice procedures related to hydraulically controlled andcomputerized automatic transmissions and transaxles.Students will disassemble, rebuild, and reassemble selectedtransmissions/transaxles.AUTO231 Engine Performance IICredits: 5Prerequisites: AUTO109, AUTO110, AUTO216This course covers principles of operation, safety practices,service, and diagnostic procedures related to computerizedengine management systems. Alternative fuel and hybridelectric vehicles will be explored with special emphasis givento the development of proper diagnostic skills and the use ofstate of the art electronic test equipment.AUTO260 Applied Lab Experience and Light RepairCredits: 4Co-requisites: AUTO225, AUTO231Prerequisite: AUTO105, AUTO110, AUTO113, AUTO130,AUTO216, AUTO221This is a “capstone” experience course for AutomotiveTechnology students in their second year, intended toapply their knowledge base acquired in previous courses toadditional, repetitive lab experiences, thereby developing theircritical thinking and physical service skills. It is importantto note that this is not a “hobby shop” or “rebuild” courseand will focus on “quick turn-around” light repair andproblem solving. Emphasis will be placed on vehicle servicepractices, preventative maintenance, component diagnosis andreplacement, electrical/electronic systems diagnosis and repair,heating and A/C service, and “under car” service and repair.AVIA100 Introduction to Aviation Maintenance/Mathematics/Basic PhysicsCredits: 2Prerequisites: noneThis course introduces students to many facets of aviationmaintenance and its future. The course will also covermathematical concepts such as powers and roots, ratio andproportion, and practical applications of plane geometry andalgebra, and basic physics, to include mechanical advantage,conversion between forms of energy, vibrations, the gas laws,heat, and pressure.AVIA105 Basic ElectricityCredits: 2Prerequisites: noneThis course covers the elements of basic electricity and laysthe foundation for understanding electrical circuitry concepts,the principles of electrical power generation and distribution,and aircraft electrical systems functions. This course will alsodescribe current flow and analyze circuit operation in boththeory and practical applications.AVIA110 Aircraft Drawings/Weight and BalanceCredits: 2Prerequisites: noneThis course introduces aircraft drawings, which enhance theability to communicate ideas, to understand and to explain anoperation, and to record what has been done to an aircraft usingsymbols and different types of drawings such as views andprojections used in aircraft maintenance. The course will alsointroduce weight and balance for safety and efficiency of flight,for maintaining the weight of an aircraft and its center of gravitywithin its specified limits. The course will cover the theory ofaircraft weight and balance, weight and balance information,and the procedures for weighing an aircraft, and how to findthe aircraft center of gravity and perform adverse-load centerof gravity checks.AVIA115 Materials and Processes/Fluid Lines and Fittings/Cleaning and Corrosion ControlCredits: 3Prerequisites: noneThis course provides students the opportunity to inspectaircraft components for wear, identify aircraft hardware andmaterials, learn the basic theory of heat-treatment processes,nondestructive inspection procedures, and perform dyepenetrantand magnetic particle inspections. The course willalso cover fluid lines and fittings, which must be of the correctsize and material. The student is introduced to the selection ofmaterials for both rigid and flexible fluid lines and to the properinstallation of various types of aircraft fittings on these lines. Thestudent is also taught the proper installation and inspection ofhigh-pressure fluid lines in an aircraft. This course also coversthe importance of recognizing and properly treating an aircraftstructure that shows evidence of corrosion. This introduces thestudent to the selection of cleaning materials, with emphasison their relationship to the type of material being cleaned. Itstresses the identification of the various types of corrosion, theevaluation of corrosion damage, the proper way of removingthe corrosion deposits, and treatment of the corroded areas.UM-Helena College of Technology 2011 - 2012 Academic Catalog 87