Page 123 of Delgado Community College 2005-2006 Catalog by Delgado Community College New Orleans Louisiana

125 ARCHITECTURAL/DESIGN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY DEGREE OPTION IN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY DEGREE: ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DIVISION: BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY/CITY PARK CAMPUS The Architectural/Design Construction Technology Program deals with the design and construction of homes, schools, commercial, industrial, and public buildings and community projects. It is also concerned with the upkeep, repair, modification, renovation, restoration and modernization of existing buildings. Graduates work as technical management personnel for architects, engineers, design-builders, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, fabricators, technical construction material sales companies, or the government. Many will have their own businesses practicing as licensed home builders, contractors, remodelers. Graduates will have the knowledge to produce drawings required to build the structure and to supervise and inspect the actual construction of residential and commercial buildings. After completion of the associate of applied science degree program, the graduate can also attend a four-year institution to attain a bachelors degree in related fields. REQUIRED COURSES IN MAJOR* ARCH 110 Arch. Design I 3 ARCH 212 Comp. Aided Arch. or ARCH 120 Arch. Design II 3 CADD 212 Arch. App. In CAD 3 ARCH 150 Arch. Res. Ren. 3 ARCH 230 Environmental Tech. I 3 ARCH 160 Const. Prac. Codes 3 ARCH 235 Environmental Tech. II 3 ARCH 165 Office Pract. Specs. 3 ARCH 285 Arch. Design IV 3 ARCH 180 History of Arch. 3 CADD 125 Drafting I 3 ARCH 210 Arch. Design II 3 CIVT 201 Structural Statics 3 REQUIRED RELATED COURSES CIVT 222 Microcomputer Est. 3 SPCH 130 Fund. of Spch. or CADD 201 Intro. to CAD 3 SPCH 132 Tech./Prof. Spch. 3 APPROVED ELECTIVES Select an additional three hours from courses with the following prefixes: CADD, CIVT, CMIN, COOP, INTD, MANG, RLST, SFTY, TECH GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS** ENGL 101 English Comp. I 3 PHYS 107 Elementary Physics Lab. 1 MATH 114 Geo. Trig. for Tech. 3 Humanities Requirement 3 MATH 118 Alg. for Col.Students 3 Social Science Requirement 3 PHYS 101 Elementary Physics 3 TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 70 * Required grade of C or higher. ** To facilitate transfer to certain colleges, take ENGL 102. See General Education Requirements, pages 114-115, for approved Humanities and Social Science courses. NOTE: See page 80 for Graduation Requirements.

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