Drafting Design
The Drafting Design program prepares students to take ideas, sketches and specifications and bring them to life. Students work with industry software and other hands-on applications to learn industry standards for creating professional drawings in the architecture and mechanical fields.
A broad range of technical and scientific industries require computer-generated technical drawings, making CAD (computer-aided design) drafting skills valuable in fields like architecture, manufacturing, electronics and engineering. Graduates are prepared for entry-level positions as CAD drafters.
Bachelor’s Degree
Career
Depending on your area of interest students are working in the following fields:
Interior Design
Graphic Design
Multimedia Design
Drafting Design
Web Design
Department/Program URL:
https://artanddesign.highline.edu/programs/drafting-design/
GPA Requirement:
2.0 Overall
Number of Credits:
180
Degree or Certificate Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate, research and conceptualize multiple solutions to any design problem.
- Communicate design intent, clearly and competently, in their work, their speech and their writing.
- Convert abstract design requirements into original and creative design work.
- Integrate the use of technology seamlessly into the design process.
- Demonstrate effective leadership, group and collaborative skills to work across disciplines in successfully implementing a design.
Top Transfer-To institutions
- Seattle University (Master of Fine Arts in arts leadership)
Important Dates or Milestones Specific to Degree/Certificate
Apply for program when you have completed 60 credits of your Associate Degree
Key Advisors
Associate Degrees
The Drafting Design program prepares students to take ideas, sketches and specifications and bring them to life. Students work with industry software and other hands on applications to learn industry standards for creating professional drawings in the architecture and mechanical fields.
Career
Drafting Detailer
Architectural and Mechanical Drafting
Department/Program URL:
https://artanddesign.highline.edu/programs/drafting-design/
GPA Requirement:
Students must achieve a minimum overall GPA of 2.0.
Number of Credits:
93-95
Degree or Certificate Learning Outcomes:
- Students will demonstrate the ability to use the latest version of computer-aided design applications to produce accurate, mechanical, and architectural drawings.
- Students’ work will reflect a high level of accuracy, and line weight control, and adhere to industry mechanical and architectural drafting standards.
- Upon completion of the program students will have generated a portfolio that reflects a balance of diverse work that demonstrates their skills in both hand drawn and computer generated drawings.
- Students will demonstrate effective verbal and written communication using vocabulary unique to the field of mechanical and architectural drawings.
Top Transfer-To institutions
- Highline College (Bachelor of Applied Science in integrated design)
- Lake Washington Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Applied Science in design)
Important Dates or Milestones Specific to Degree/Certificate
N/A
Key Advisors
URL:
https://artanddesign.highline.edu/programs/drafting-design/
GPA Requirement:
Students must achieve a minimum overall GPA of 2.0.
Number of Credits:
91-93
Degree or Certificate Learning Outcomes:
- Students will demonstrate the ability to use the latest version of computer-aided design applications to produce accurate, mechanical, and architectural drawings.
- Students’ work will reflect a high level of accuracy, and line weight control, and adhere to industry mechanical and architectural drafting standards.
- Upon completion of the program students will have generated a portfolio that reflects a balance of diverse work that demonstrates their skills in both hand drawn and computer generated drawings.
- Students will demonstrate effective verbal and written communication using vocabulary unique to the field of mechanical and architectural drawings.
Top Transfer-To institutions
- Highline College (Bachelor of Applied Science in integrated design)
- Lake Washington Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Applied Science in design)
Important Dates or Milestones Specific to Degree/Certificate
N/A
Key Advisors
Certificates
The Drafting Design program prepares students to take ideas, sketches and specifications and bring them to life. Students work with industry software and other hands on applications to learn industry standards for creating professional drawings in the architecture and mechanical fields.
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Department/Program URL:
https://artanddesign.highline.edu/programs/drafting-design/
GPA Requirement:
Students must achieve a minimum overall GPA of 2.0
Number of Credits:
50
Degree or Certificate Learning Outcomes:
- Students will demonstrate the ability to use the latest version of computer-aided design applications to produce accurate, mechanical, and architectural drawings.
- Students’ work will reflect a high level of accuracy and line weight control, and adhere to industry mechanical and architectural drafting standards.
- Upon completion of the program students will have generated a portfolio that reflects a balance of diverse work that demonstrates their skills in both hand drawn and computer generated drawings.
- Students will demonstrate effective verbal and written communication using vocabulary unique to the field of mechanical and architectural drawings.
Top Transfer-To institutions
- Highline College ( Associate of Applied Science in drafting design)
Important Dates or Milestones Specific to Degree/Certificate
N/A