| Offered at Locations: Spokane Community College |
Mechanical Design Technology Certificate is an advanced certificate available to CAD Design and Drafting students. The course of study adds advanced disciplines of engineering technology such as math, physics, electrical theory, statics, and strength of materials to the basic design skills developed in the CAD Design and Drafting degree.
Prerequisite: CAD Design and Drafting AAS degree. See CAD Design and Drafting outline for individual courses that may be substituted with courses from this certificate. |
First Quarter |
| CAD 261 | Project Design and Management | 4 |
| Approved Technical Design Electives 1 | 8-10 |
| 12-14 |
Second Quarter |
| CAD 242 | Mechanical Design Fundamentals | 5 |
| CAD 255 | Technical Applications I 2 | 5 |
| Approved Technical Design Electives 1 | 4-5 |
| 14-15 |
Third Quarter |
| CAD 142 | CAD Solid Modeling | 5 |
| CAD 264 | Technical Applications II 2 | 4 |
| Approved Technical Design Electives 1 | 4-7 |
| 13-16 |
| 39-45 credits are required for the Certificate |
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Approved Technical Design Electives |
| CAD 136 | Statics | 5 |
| CAD 139 | Hydraulics/Pneumatics | 3 |
| CAD 245 | Applied Physics | 5 |
| CAD 253 | Strength of Materials/Materials Science | 5 |
| CAD 258 | Schematic CAD Applications | 4 |
| CAD 260 | Fabrication and Piping CAD Applications | 3 |
| CAD 263 | Machine Controls | 2 |
| CAD 269 | Civil CAD Applications | 4 |
| ELMT 112 | Electrical Theory | 5 |
| ELMT 243 | Introduction to Programmable Controllers | 4 |
| FLPT 136 | Applied Hydraulics/Pneumatics | 3 |
| PHYS 101 | General Physics | 5 |
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| 1 | This course may be substituted with a course from the Approved Technical Design Electives list or the CAD Design and Drafting AAS program to keep each quarter within the credit range and within the overall program credits required for a certificate. |
| 2 | This course may be substituted with CAD 266 and 267 or CAD 288. |
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