Engineering Technology and Design, A.A.S.

This program is designed to provide the graduate with the education necessary for job opportunities in industry and the curricular flexibility to allow students to take course work that should, with proper planning, transfer to a bachelor’s degree program in an allied area. Common allied areas would be architecture, engineering, technology, and industrial arts teaching.

The degree in drafting and design technology requires a core of technical courses in the areas of engineering drafting, residential and commercial architecture, computer-aided drafting, and surveying. This core can provide the preparation necessary for a variety of assignments that may be available in industry. In addition, course work in the areas of science, mathematics, communications, social and behavioral sciences, and humanistic studies provide the general education basis to a productive career and effective citizenship.