Student Handbook and Catalog 2021-22 V2

Curriculum | 141
Engineering Graphics
and Design Technology
Demand for drafters varies by specialization, and nothing in the
industry is more exciting than mechanical/electronic drafting. No
longer are the pen and pencil the standard for drafters. Today in this
field, student drafters are taught Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD)
and can produce industrial drawings utilized in industry to produce
all types of products. All students receive instruction in both twoand
three-dimensional CAD systems. Students focus on drafting
applications in mechanical, electro-mechanical, process piping,
printed circuit board design, and many other areas of manufacturing
and electronic-related drafting. Stu dents will be exposed to the
hottest drawing software on the market including AutoCad, Solid
Works and Inventor.
Engineering Graphics and Design Technology is 100% online.
Students will be required to take the Student Online Learning
Orientation course (SOLO 100).
First-Year Seminar Requirement
Students are required to enroll in the First-Year Seminar course,
TSTC 1102, in their first semester attending TSTC unless they
have completed more than 24 credit hours. Please see detailed
information regarding the course and exemptions in the Advising
section under First-Year Seminar course.
Engineering Graphics and Design Technology
Associate of Applied Science
Semester 1
Credits
DFTG 1309 Basic Computer-Aided Drafting 3
DFTG 1325 Blueprint Reading and Sketching 3
MATH 1314 College Algebra (3 SCH Version) 3
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3
ENGL 2311 or Technical & Business Writing
Semester Totals 12
Semester 2
Credits
DFTG 1329 Electro-Mechanical Drafting 1 3
DFTG 1345 Parametric Modeling and Design 2 3
ENGR 1304 or Engineering Graphics I (3 SCH Version) 3
DFTG 1333 Mechanical Drafting 4 3
ACGM X3XX Gen Ed Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3
Semester Totals 12
Semester 3
Credits
DFTG 1358 Electrical/Electronics Drafting 5 3
DFTG 2302 Machine Drafting 6 3
DFTG 2323 Pipe Drafting 7 3
ACGM X3XX Gen Ed Social/Behavioral Science Elective 3
Semester Totals 12
Semester 4
Credits
DFTG 2335 Advanced Technologies in Mechanical 3
Design and Drafting 8
DFTG 2357 Advanced Technologies in Pipe 3
Design and Drafting 9
DFTG 2340 Solid Modeling/Design 10 3
ACGM X3XX Gen Ed Speech Elective 3
Semester Totals 12
Semester 5
Credits
DFTG 2306 Machine Design 11 3
DFTG 1395 Special Topics in Mechanical Drafting 3
and Mech CAD 12
DFTG 2386 or Internship - Drafting and Design
Technology, General 13
DFTG 2350 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing 14 3
DFTG 2332 Advanced Computer-Aided Drafting 15 3
Semester Totals 12
Program Totals 60
Capstone Course(s):
DFTG 2306 - Machine Design
Prerequisites
1,4,7,9,13
DFTG 1309 (Prerequisite)
2
DFTG 1309 (Prerequisite or Corequisite)
3
MATH 1314
5
DFTG 1329 (Prerequisite)
6
DFTG 1333 (Prerequisite)
8,10
DFTG 2302 (Prerequisite)
11,12,14
DFTG 2335 (Prerequisite)
15
DFTG 2340 (Prerequisite)
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