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ENT 105

SAFETY FOR MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS

1 CR. (1L)

PRQ: REA 060, equivalent assessment test score, or Department Chair approval. Introduces federal and state regulations, industrial practices, and accident investigation techniques. Covers hazard communication standard, lockout/tagout procedures, eye safety, lifting techniques, electrical safety, stored energy safety, personal protective equipment, safety program development and monitoring, and accident investigation techniques. Serves as the prerequisite for all Advanced Technology Center programs.

 

ENT 106

PRINT READING FOR MANUFACTURING

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: REA 060, MAT 060, or equivalent assessment test scores or Department Chair approval. Focuses on blueprint reading techniques related to manufacturing operations. Covers basic drafting standards, sketching, machine shop math, symbol interpretation, tolerancing, and dimensioning standards.

 

ENT 131

MECHANICAL DRAWING I

4 CR. (2L/3 LBV)

PRQ: MAT 060, equivalent assessment test score, or Department Chair approval. Enables students to manually manipulate drafting tools, computer keyboard, and mouse. Includes basic drafting techniques, use and care of instruments, lettering, line quality, geometric construction, orthographic projection, sectioning, sketching, auxiliary views, techniques. Provides an introduction to CAD.

 

ENT 133

INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL DESIGN

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 106 or ENT 131, or Department Chair approval. Focuses on industrial design concepts for mass production. Introduces tolerancing, industrial fasteners, economic considerations, and terminology. Incorporates small design projects.

 

ENT 134

GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING & TOLERANCING

2 CR. (1L/1.5 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 131 or ENT 106 or Department Chair approval. Enables the student to study and apply principles involving tolerance fits between mating parts and techniques involving precision.

 

ENT 135

CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND ESTIMATING

2 CR. (2L)

PRQ: REA 090, MAT 060, or equivalent assessment test scores or Department Chair approval. Provides students with a basic knowledge of the construction planning and estimating process. Includes estimating documentation, spreadsheets, monitoring, and control of construction costs.

 

ENT 137

INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

3 CR. (3L)

CORQ: MAT 090 or equivalent assessment test score, ENT 131 or Department Chair Approval. Prepares students for success in the Engineering Technology program. Focuses on engineering job skills and duties, academic requirements, calculator usage, engineering reference and handbooks, geometry, trigonometry, problem solving skills, and introduction to wordprocessing and spreadsheets.

 

ENT 141

SURVEYING I

4 CR. (2L/3 LBV)

PRQ: MAT 090, equivalent assessment test score, or Department Chair approval. Serves as a beginning course in plane surveying. It covers horizontal distance measurement by pacing and chaining, care and use of total stations, theodolites, transits and levels, differential leveling, traversing, and basic construction surveying. Various instruction is given in proper survey note taking procedures and surveying terminology. Calculation of bearings, azimuths and slope reduction is also covered in this comprehensive course.

 

ENT 142

SURVEYING II

4 CR. (2L/3 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 141. Introduces topographic and land surveying. Covers advanced construction surveying techniques including curves, grades, and slope staking. Addresses use and care of theodolites and electronic total station equipment.

 

ENT 143

SURVEY DRAFTING

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

CORQ: ENT 131 or permission of the instructor. Enables the student to practice the methods involved in converting surveying information into graphic drawings using inking techniques.

 

ENT 145

STRUCTURAL DETAILING

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 131. Focuses on shop and detail drawings used in steel and concrete construction. Covers applications to residential, light commercial, and industrial structures.

 

ENT 146

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS

3 CR. (3L)

PRQ: REA 090, equivalent assessment test score, or Department Chair approval. Focuses on basic knowledge of construction materials, how they are manufactured, and their applications in light commercial and industrial structures.

 

ENT 155

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY I

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

Focuses on contemporary manufacturing organization, methods, and processes involved in converting raw materials into finished products.

 

ENT 233

MECHANICAL DESIGN I

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 133, CAD 101. Focuses on the industrial design process from layout to production drawings, jig and fixture design standard part selection from handbooks and catalogs, specification writing, and part ordering.

 

ENT 234

MECHANICAL DESIGN II

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 233. Emphasizes the layout and design of mechanical systems, tool selection, standard parts selection, report and specification writing, and part ordering techniques.

 

ENT 236

ELECTRONIC DRAFTING

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: CAD 101. Schematics, printed circuit board layouts, symbols, and wiring diagrams will be produced on CAD workstation; terminology and the manufacturing process of printed circuit boards will be covered.

 

ENT 237

STATICS

3 CR. (3L)

PRQ: ENT 137, MAT 121, or instructor permission. Focuses on the study of mechanics involving forces and the effects of forces on bodies in equilibrium. Includes force systems, coplanar force systems, structure analysis, friction spatial force systems gravity and centroids.

 

ENT 238

INDUSTRIAL FLUID POWER AND CONTROLS

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 131. Introduces fluid power application in industry and various types of industrial control devices used in modern manufacturing equipment and machinery. Enables the student to produce the graphics required to incorporate these items into a mechanical design.

 

ENT 241

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 131 or permission of the instructor. Enables the student to produce a set of residential construction plans based on sketches produced and provided. Emphasizes the current techniques for graphic representation of residential architecture plans.

 

ENT 242

COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: CAD 101, ENT 145, and ENT 241. Covers design and drafting for commercial structures. Emphasizes the requirements for commercial public buildings, steel and timber construction. Enables the student to complete a partial set of drawings from “architect sketches”.

 

ENT 243

ADVANCED SURVEY DRAFTING

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: CAD 101 and ENT 143. Focuses on traverses, legal descriptions, horizontal and vertical curves, land sections, and coordinates. Emphasizes field note interpretation. Graphics for this course are produced on CAD workstations.

 

ENT 244

SURVEYING III

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 142, CAD 101. Focuses on advanced electronic surveying techniques. Introduces data collection and processing via computer software.

 

ENT 245

CONCRETE AND ASPHALT TECHNOLOGY

3 CR. (2L/1.5 LBV)

PRQ: CAD 101. Focuses on the study of Portland cement concrete and bituminous pavements. Covers manufacturing, mix design, and placement of these materials.

 

ENT 247

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

3 CR. (3L)

PRQ: ENT 237. Serves as an extension of Statics and includes the study of mechanical properties of materials and their limitations in engineering design by the study or stresses, strains, torsion forces, shear forces, and deflections placed upon these materials.

 

ENT 256

RAPID PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

4 CR. (2L/3 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 133. Enables the student to develop 3D solid models for prototype products using CAD technology. Covers various types of prototyping including stereolithography, selective laser sintering, laminated object manufacturing and CNC.

 

ENT 258

INDUSTRIAL FLUID POWER AND CONTROLS

3 CR. (1L/3 LBV)

PRQ: ENT 238. Focuses on the diagnosis of problems that may arise in fluid power systems used in a modern manufacturing environment. Covers the tools and techniques used in installation and component repair/replacement.

 

ENT 270

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

3 CR. (9 COP)

PRQ: Permission from instructor. Incorporates professional work experience directly related to the area of training. S/U

 

 

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