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Engineering and Graphics and Design Pathway

Engineering and Graphics & Design

(Non-traditional pathway for females)

Introduction to Engineering Drawing & Design

48.5410091

Introduction to Engineering Drawing and Design is a foundation course that serves as an introduction to the drafting and design field and is a prerequisite to all other courses in the Engineering Drawing and Design program. Emphasis is placed on safety, geometric construction, fundamentals of Computer-Aided Drafting, and multi-view drawings. Team members learn drafting techniques through the study of geometric construction at which time they are introduced to computer-aided drafting and design. The standards are aligned with the drafting and design standards in the Georgia’s technical colleges, thus helping team members qualify for advanced placement should they continue their education at the postsecondary level. Further, the standards are aligned with the national standards of the American Design Drafting Association (ADDA). Team members who successfully complete this and other drafting courses should be prepared to take the Drafter Certification Examination from the ADDA. Competencies for the co-curricular team member organization, SkillsUSA, are integral components of both the core employability skills standards and the technical skills standards. SkillsUSA activities should be incorporated throughout instructional strategies developed for the course.

This is the required introductory course in this career pathway.

Survey of Engineering Graphics

48.5420092

Survey of Engineering Graphics is a one-credit course designed to further the development of team member knowledge and skills in the Engineering Drawing and Design field. Team members learn to illustrate more complex objects using the Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) system and develop skills in dimensioning, tolerancing, pictorials, sections, auxiliary views, and intersection and developments. While the term computer-aided design (CAD) does not appear in each competency, CAD tools and software should be used extensively throughout the course. The standards are aligned with the drafting and design standards in Georgia’s technical colleges, thus helping team members qualify for advanced placement should they continue their education at the postsecondary level. Further, the standards are aligned with the national standards of the American Design Drafting Association (ADDA). Team members who successfully complete this and other drafting courses should be prepared to take the Drafter Certification Examination from the ADDA. Competencies for the co-curricular team member organization, SkillsUSA, are integral components of both the core employability skills standards and the technical skills standards. SkillsUSA activities should be incorporated throughout instructional strategies developed for the course.

Prerequisite: Introduction to Engineering Drawing and Design 48.5410091.

3D Modeling and Analysis
48.5430093

3D Modeling and Analysis is a one-credit course designed to further the development of team member knowledge and skills in engineering and related mechanical design drafting areas. Emphasis is placed on 3-D working and assembly drawings including rendering and animation. While the term computer-aided design (CAD) does not appear in each competency, CAD tools and software should be used extensively throughout the course. The standards are aligned with the drafting and design standards in Georgia’s technical colleges, thus helping team members qualify for advanced placement should they continue their education at the postsecondary level. Further, the standards are aligned with the national standards of the American Design Drafting Association (ADDA). Team members who successfully complete this and other drafting courses should be prepared to take the Drafter Certification Examination from the ADDA. Competencies for the co-curricular team member organization, SkillsUSA, are integral components of both the core employability skills standards and the technical skills standards. SkillsUSA activities should be incorporated throughout instructional strategies developed for the course.

Prerequisites: Introduction to Engineering Drawing and Design 48.5410091 and Survey of Engineering Graphics 48.5420092.

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Energy Systems

(Non-traditional pathway for females)

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Foundations of Engineering & Technology

21.4250091

Foundations of Engineering and Technology is the introductory course for all Georgia Engineering and Technology Education pathways. This course provides team members with opportunities to develop fundamental technological literacy as they learn about the history, systems, and processes of invention and innovation.

This is the required introductory course in this career pathway.

Energy and Power Technology

21.4510092

Energy and Power Technology is the introductory course that explores the relationship between force, work, energy, and power. Team members study the characteristics, availability, conversion, control, transmission, and storage of energy and power. Team members will explore and apply the principles of electrical, fluid, and mechanical power. Team members will research renewable, non-renewable, and inexhaustible resources and conservation efforts. Team members will develop an awareness of the many careers that exist in energy and related technologies.

(This course will satisfy the fourth science graduation requirement and the Board of Regents science requirements. If this course is used to satisfy the science requirement and the team member is seeking to complete the three-course CTAE pathway, then the team member must take a related CTAE course to satisfy the graduation requirement.)

Appropriate and Alternative Energy Technologies
21.4570093

Appropriate and Alternative Energy Technologies will help team members develop an understanding of the differences between nonrenewable, renewable, and inexhaustible energy sources and how these energy sources affect their world. Alternative energy sources will be researched to include the regional implications and economic, environmental, and sustainability issues. Team members will evaluate the positive and negative impacts of nuclear power and its relevancy to various situations in today’s society. Team members will explore future trends of energy, power, and transportation. Team members will develop, through research, an alternative energy system that will demonstrate their understanding of a unique, as well as appropriate, approach to energy generation.

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Last Modified on December 2, 2011