Directed Elective List for Advanced Technology Programs (non-degree)

This list of approved electives is to be used with the following programs:

  • Construction Technology, AAS
  • Fabrication/Welding, AAS
  • Welding Processes, 1-yr Certificate

List Limitations

Courses in the list below may already appear as requirements Construction and Fabrication/Welding. In these instances, they cannot be taken twice nor counted in two areas. Please choose different electives. A list at the bottom shows what courses are found in the Directed Elective List but already required in one of those programs. 

Approved List

APR 101Trade Skills Fundamentals

4

APR 105Electrical Wiring for the Trades

4

APR 106Plumbing Trade Introduction

2

ART 117Basic Design: 3-Dimensional

3

ART 216Digital Design Tools

3

BA 101Introduction to Business

4

BT 165Introduction to the Accounting Cycle

4

CH 150Preparatory Chemistry

3

CIS 140WIntroduction to Operating Systems: Windows Clients

4

CIS 195Web Authoring 1

4

CNC 101CNC Concepts

3

COOP 206Co-op Ed: Internship Seminar

2

CS 120Concepts of Computing: Information Processing

4

CS 179Introduction to Computer Networks

4

CST 110Blueprint Reading 1

3

CST 111Construction Orientation and Environment

2

CST 116Construction Estimating

4

CST 119Building Construction Surveying

3

CST 201Sustainable Building Practices

3

CST 211Blueprint Reading 2

3

DRF 160Computer-Aided Drafting and Design

4

DRF 205Drafting: Structures

4

DRF 207Drafting: Strength of Materials

4

DRF 210Commercial Buildings

4

DRF 220Building Information Modeling

4

DS 154Heavy Duty Braking Systems

1-12

DS 257Diesel Electrical Systems

1-12

DS 259Diesel Engines and Engine Overhaul

1-12

ET 129Electrical Theory

4

ET 130Electrical Theory 2

1-4

G 101Earth's Dynamic Interior

4

G 102Earth's Dynamic Surface

4

G 103Evolving Earth

4

G 146Rocks and Minerals

4

GIS 151Digital Earth

4

GIS 245GIS 1

4

HE 152Drugs, Society and Behavior

3

HE 252First Aid

3

MFG 101Safety and Basic Shop Practice

3

MTH 060Beginning Algebra

4

MTH 075Applied Algebra for Technicians

4

MTH 085Applied Geometry for Technicians

4

MTH 095Intermediate Algebra

5

MUL 101Introduction to Media Arts

3

MUL 212Digital Imaging

4

NRG 121Air Conditioning System Analysis

3

NRG 124Energy Efficiency Methods

4

PH 101Fundamentals of Physics

4

PH 102Fundamentals of Physics

4

PH 103Fundamentals of Physics

4

PH 201General Physics

5

PH 202General Physics

5

PH 203General Physics

5

RTEC 105Introduction to Advanced Technology

3

SPAN 101Spanish, First-Year

5

SPAN 102Spanish, First-Year

5

SPAN 103Spanish, First-Year

5

SPAN 201Spanish, Second-Year

4

SPAN 202Spanish, Second-Year

4

SPAN 203Spanish, Second-Year

4

WLD 111Blueprint Reading for Welders

3

WLD 121Shielded Metal Arc Welding 1 (stick welding)

4

WLD 122Shielded Metal Arc Welding 2 (stick welding)

4

WLD 139Welding Lab

1-3

WLD 140Welder Qualification (Cert): Wire Drive Processes

3

WLD 141Welder Qualification (Cert): SMAW

3

WLD 143Wire Drive Welding 1

4

WLD 151Fundamentals of Metallurgy

1-3

CST 298

1-12

DRF 298

1-12

Note: CST 298 and DRF 298 require instructor approval before enrolling.

Already required in Construction:

CST 110Blueprint Reading 1

3

CST 111Construction Orientation and Environment

2

CST 119Building Construction Surveying

3

Already required in Fabrication/Welding:

MFG 101Safety and Basic Shop Practice

3

WLD 111Blueprint Reading for Welders

3

WLD 121Shielded Metal Arc Welding 1 (stick welding)

4

WLD 122Shielded Metal Arc Welding 2 (stick welding)

4

WLD 143Wire Drive Welding 1

4