2020 - 2021 Catalog
Course Descriptions for DFTG
Course Number: DFTG 1309 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): NLC, RLC
Course Description: An introduction to computer-aided drafting. Emphasis is placed on setup; creating and modifying geometry; storing and retrieving predefined shapes; placing, rotating, and scaling objects, adding text and dimensions, using layers, coordinate systems, and plot/print to scale. This course is cross-listed as DFTG 1409. The student may register for either DFTG 1309 or DFTG 1409 but may receive credit for only one of the two. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.)
Listed by Campus(es): NLC, RLC
Course Title: Basic Computer-Aided Drafting
This is a WECM Course Number.Course Description: An introduction to computer-aided drafting. Emphasis is placed on setup; creating and modifying geometry; storing and retrieving predefined shapes; placing, rotating, and scaling objects, adding text and dimensions, using layers, coordinate systems, and plot/print to scale. This course is cross-listed as DFTG 1409. The student may register for either DFTG 1309 or DFTG 1409 but may receive credit for only one of the two. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.)
Course Number: DFTG 1317 (3 Credit Hours) New course added April 8, 2020
Listed by Campus(es): NLC
Course Description: Architectural drafting procedures, practices, terms, and symbols with emphasis on light frame construction methods. Students will prepare detailed working drawings for residential structures. This course is cross-listed as DFTG 1417. The student may register for either DFTG 1317 or DFTG 1417 but may receive credit for only one of the two. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.)
Listed by Campus(es): NLC
Course Title: Architectural Drafting – Residential
This is a WECM Course Number.Course Description: Architectural drafting procedures, practices, terms, and symbols with emphasis on light frame construction methods. Students will prepare detailed working drawings for residential structures. This course is cross-listed as DFTG 1417. The student may register for either DFTG 1317 or DFTG 1417 but may receive credit for only one of the two. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.)
Course Number: DFTG 2319 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): NLC
Course Description: A continuation of practices and techniques used in basic computer-aided drafting including the development and use of prototype drawings, construction of pictorial drawings, extracting data, and basics of 3D. This course is cross-listed as DFTG 2419. The student may register for either DFTG 2319 or DFTG 2419 but may receive credit for only one of the two. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.)
Listed by Campus(es): NLC
Course Title: Intermediate Computer Aided Drafting
This is a WECM Course Number.Course Description: A continuation of practices and techniques used in basic computer-aided drafting including the development and use of prototype drawings, construction of pictorial drawings, extracting data, and basics of 3D. This course is cross-listed as DFTG 2419. The student may register for either DFTG 2319 or DFTG 2419 but may receive credit for only one of the two. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.)
ACGM (Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual) Courses
WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for general academic transfer among community, state, and technical colleges in Texas; and state public four-year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.
WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.