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COURSE SYLLABUS

1. TITLE OF COURSE:

AUTOMOTIVE COLLISION REPAIR
INTERNSHIP LEVEL I

  PREFIX/NUMBER: ACT 180 CREDIT HOURS: 1-9 CR. (3-27 INT)
2. PREREQUISITE: Required ACT courses and department approval
3.

RESOURCES NEEDED:

 
 

TEXT:

 
 

SUPPLIES:

 
4.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Designed to meet the needs of the student in selected specialized area in a work-based environment. Individualized instruction at the job site is coordinated based on student’s interest and instructor approval.
5.

COURSE GOAL:

 
6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
  After completion of this course, the student should be able to:
  (A)

Selected competencies to meet NATEF (National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation)  requirements.

  (B) Application of skills learned in preceding coursework.
  (C) Student selects specialized area.
  (D) Internship guidelines/contracts are completed.

7.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES:

 

Each student enrolled in the Automotive Collision program will be graded as follows:

 

Lab skills attitude

 

1.

Lab work consists of:

 

 

(A)

speed

 

 

(B)

accuracy

 

 

(C)

neatness and order

 

 

(D)

care of tools

 

 

(E)

attitude: student work habits, promptness, good attendance, project decision making.  The ability to work without constant instruction.  Responsibility to any given project or assignment.  Laboratory projects will be evaluated on a weekly basis.

 

 

lab skills

60%

 

 

written assignments

20%

 

 

written tests and quizzes

20%

 

 

Each hour of absence constitutes a deduction of one point from the total final grade.  Tardiness will be counted in 15-minute increments.  The student will be dropped when he/she misses over 12 hours.

 

 

Grading Scale
Raw Score Range

Letter Grade

 

 

100 to 93

A

 

 

92 to 85

B

 

 

84 to 77

C

 

 

76 to 69

D

 

 

68 to  0

F

Special Remarks:

1.

Regular attendance and class participation are of great importance for success in this Automotive Collision course.

College attendance policy states that you may be dropped for absence of more than 20% of the scheduled class (12 hours).

2.

No make up time will be allowed without prior approval from the instructor.  It is the student’s responsibility to schedule any make up time needed.  Students are expected to spend at least 1 to 2 hours of study time outside of class for each hour you are scheduled in class.

3.

The PCC catalog for the year in which you started this program lists all academic policies, procedures, and requirements related to your enrollment and education.  It is your responsibility to read, understand, and follow that catalog as it relates to you.

8. COURSE OUTLINE:
  I.   Plan of Work Negotiated with Work Site, Instructor and Student
9. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
  The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
10. ADA NOTICE:
  Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.