Courses
DRFT 101: Basic Drafting
(3) F, S - CSU, UC
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Fundamental concepts of technical drawing. Topics include lettering, use of instruments, mathematics for drafting, multiviews, dimensioning, assemblies, sections, pictorials, perspectives, graphs and charts.
DRFT 102: Measuring and Calculating(3) F, S - CSU
Course Advisories: Math 1.
Introduction to measuring and calculating used in residential wood construction. Topics include working with common and decimal fractions, using the standard tape measure, using a calculator for construction, estimating material, understanding the special triangles used in roof rafter calculations, rafter length calculation, and stair stringer calculation.
DRFT 103: Blueprint Reading(2.3) F, S - CSU
Course Advisories: Eligibility for English 100.
Introduction to blueprint reading in residential construction. Topics include understanding the uses of blueprints, types of plans, drafting conventions, contents of plans, focus on floor plans, elevations and sections, using the architectural scale, drafting simple plans, and shop drawings from plans.
DRFT 105: Engineering Graphics(4) F, S - CSU, UC
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 100 and ENG 103
Graphic/visual communication, emphasizing the engineering design process. Topics include the design process, freehand sketching, multiviews, dimensioning, tolerancing, auxiliary views, sectional views and computer-aided-drafting. (CAN ENGR 2)
DRFT 120: Architectural Drafting I(3) F, S - CSU
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Practices and procedures used in architectural drafting. Work includes line work, lettering and use of instruments in drafting a set of simple residential working drawings.
DRFT 121: Architectural Drafting II(3) F, S - CSU
Prerequisites: DRFT 120
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Practices and procedures used in architectural drafting and design. Work includes designing a small residence and drafting a set of simple residential working drawings.
DRFT 124: Architectural Rendering I(3) F, S - CSU
Prerequisites: DRFT 101 or DRFT 105/ENGR 105 or DRFT 110 or DRFT 120 or DRFT 126
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Fundamentals of architectural rendering, including presentation drawing of interior and exterior one- and two-point perspectives, oblique, and isometric drawings. Rendering techniques include surfaces and textures, shades and shadows, figures and foliage. Emphasis on compiling a portfolio of architectural presentation drawings.
DRFT 125: Architectural Rendering II(3) F, S - CSU
Prerequisites: DRFT 124
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Advanced techniques of architectural rendering, including presentation drawings of one- and two-point perspectives, oblique and isometric drawings. Rendering techniques include surfaces and textures, shades and shadow, figures and foliage. Emphasis on compiling a portfolio of architectural presentation drawings.
DRFT 126: Landscape Drafting I(3) F, S
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Principles of drafting and plan reading required for the landscape architecture and ornamental horticulture fields. Work includes investigating styles and designing and drafting plans, elevations and details.
DRFT 127: Landscape Drafting II(3) F, S - CSU
Prerequisites: DRFT 126 or EH 126
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Advanced principles of drafting and plan reading required for the landscape architecture and ornamental horticulture fields. Work includes site plans, elevations and details.
DRFT 129: Principles Of Residential Construction(3) F, S - CSU
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Overview of residential construction for homeowners, remodelers, drafters and designers. Topics include building codes, materials, grading, foundations, framing, mechanical systems, doors and windows, roofing and drywalling.
DRFT 130: Computer-Assisted Drafting And Design I(5) F, S - CSU, UC*
Prerequisites: DRFT 101 or DRFT 105 / ENGR 105 or DRFT 110 or DRFT 120 or DRFT 126/EH 126
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Introduction to AutoCAD, including overview of equipment, operating systems and CAD applications in various engineering, drafting and design environments. Designed for people who have no AutoCAD experience and who may not have any previous microcomputer or CAD experience. Foundational in the coverage and usages of the many AutoCAD features. (*UC transfer limit: DRFT 130/ENGR 130, DRFT 131/ENGR 131 and DRFT 132/ENGR 132 combined: maximum credit, one course).
DRFT 131: Computer-Assisted Drafting And Design II(5) F, S - CSU, UC*
Prerequisites: DRFT 130/ENGR 130
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Designed to provide experienced 2D AutoCAD users with an understanding of creating 3D models, shading and rendering techniques in AutoCAD and AutoVision, and customizing features of AutoCAD. (*UC transfer limit: DRFT 130/ENGR 130, DRFT 131/ENGR 131 and DRFT 132/ENGR 132 combined: maximum credit, one course).
DRFT 132: Computer-Assisted Drafting And Design III(5) S - CSU, UC*
Prerequisite: Drafting 130/Engineering 130
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for English 103, Math 1
Introduction to building information modeling. Designed to meet the needs of students who want to learn basics of industry-standard building information modeling software.
DRFT 136: Computer Animation I(3) F, S - CSU
Skills Advisories: MATH 1 and eligibility for ENG 103
Course Advisories: ART 124 and ART 140 and ART 141 and DRAFT 131/ENGR 131
Fundamentals of computer animation, including modeling, animation and rendering. Focus on computer animation tools and techniques. Builds a solid foundation for developing character animation and special-effect sequences.
DRFT 137: 3-D Effects Animation(3) F, S -CSU
Prerequisites: DRFT 136/MAT 136
Skills Advisories: eligibility for ENG 100 and ENG 103
Advanced 3-D computer animation course on dynamic effects, unitizing particles, rigid-bodies and soft-bodies. Techniques for creating natural phenomena, such as waterfalls and blowing leaves, are explored along with methods for simulation of physical interactions, such as a chair falling down a staircase or a cube of gelatin dropping onto a plate.
DRFT 138: 3-D Character Animation(3) F, S - CSU
Prerequisites: DRFT 136/MAT 136
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 100 and ENG 103
Advanced 3-D computer animation course on character animation, including character design, modeling techniques for bodies, heads, hands and feet, skeletal and muscle systems, facial animation and lip-synching to dialogue.
DRFT 139: 3-D Lighting And Rendering(3) F, S - CSU
Prerequisites: DRFT 136/MAT 136
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 100 and ENG 103
Two hours lecture, three hours lab, plus two additional hours weekly. Advanced 3-D computer animation course on the art and science of lighting and rendering. Techniques for creating photo-realistic computer-generated imagery explored, including lighting, shadowing, texture mapping and shader manipulation.
DRFT 290: Work Experience In Drafting(1- 4) F, S - CSU
Limitation on Enrollment: (1) Employed or available for employment in an occupation directly related to the Drafting major; and, (2) Must be enrolled in no less than seven (7) units, including Work Experience. May be taken for 1, 2, 3 or 4 units of credit. One unit is earned for each (5) hours of work weekly. One additional unit may be earned for the one lecture hour weekly. Maximum of four (4) units per semester for a maximum of sixteen (16) units. Work experience on a job or project directly related to drafting, combined with classroom instruction enabling the student to acquire skills and attitudes necessary to enter and/or progress in a drafting occupation.
DRFT 299: Independent Study In Drafting(1-4) F, S - CSU
Limitation on Enrollment: Completion of a minimum of 12 units at SBCC, with a 2.5 G.P.A., and a minimum of 6 units, with a 3.0 G.P.A. within the department.For complete information, see "Independent Study" in the Catalog Index.
