Course Syllabus
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
CONST 104
MATH & PRINT READING FOR CONSTRUCTION
CIP # 46.0415
5 Credits
Lecture: 30 hrs. - Lab: 46 hrs. - Total: 76 hrs.
Instructor: Christopher Saucedo
Office Hours: 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM Daily
Telephone: 253-589-5686
Location: Building 5
Email Address: christopher.saucedo@cptc.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Provides a basic foundation of math skills directly related to performing functions required in the construction trades, along with essential knowledge required to accurately read and interpret blueprints, plans and schematics. Math skills and the ability to correctly interpret plans, prints are critically important to the construction process to ensure jobs are completed professionally and on time. This foundational training includes, but is not limited to, ability to measure and cut various materials correctly, understand and use the metric system of measurement, solve questions related weight, volume, pressure, angles of fall, etc. and understand "scale" and its relationship to the finished product.
TEXTBOOKS REQUIRED
Carpentry-W/DVD (6th Edition) ISBN: 9780826908094
Print Reading F/Construction-W/Prints (7th Edition) ISBN: 9781631269226
PREREQUISITES
None
ASSESSMENT OF OBJECTIVES
Canvas assignments, quizzes and tests; instructor’s physical observation of hands-on demonstrations of skills taught in the workshop sessions.
COLLEGE-WIDE CORE ABILITIES
Core abilities are transferable skills that are essential to an individual’s success, regardless of occupation or community setting. These skills……
- Complement specific occupational skills
- Broaden one’s ability to function outside a given occupation, and
- Connect occupation, personal, and community roles.
Graduates of all Clover Park Technical College programs will be able to demonstrate competency in each of the following CORE ABILITY areas:
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
Personal/Professional Responsibility
Information/Technological Literacy
Learning Objectives and Core Abilities:
| Learning Objectives: |
| Upon completion of this course the learner will be able to: |
| Introduction to Print Reading/Materials |
| Objective 1: Read and explain plans, specifications and print reading techniques |
| Objective 2: Describe the purpose and importance of plans, how they are prepared, and proper handling |
| Objective 3: Identify and explain various parts of a set of plans |
| Objective 4: Identify and explain material symbols, abbreviations and lines used in plans |
|
Objective 5: Understand and explain the meaning of "scale" |
| Objective 6: Use a fractional rule/tape to calculate measurements |
| Objective 7: Explain and demonstrate how an architect's scale is used to determine actual length of a scaled line |
| Objective 8: Identify the various views of drawings and explain the relationship of each to the other |
| Objective 9: Identify the difference between an engineer's scale and architect's scale |
| Objective 10: Recognize, located and determine missing dimensions |
| Trades Math/Measuring |
| Objective 11: Accurately measure materials, lines and distances |
| Objective 12: Employ math principles accurately to solve questions/problems involving shapes, weights, volumes, capacities, temperatures, pressure, angles of fall and other units of measure |
| Objective 13: Understand and employ the metric system of measurement and explain how it relates to the standard English system |
| Objective 14: Give a general explanation of how critical good math skills are to the integrity and timeliness of construction projects |
GRADING SCALE
| Percentage | Grade Point | Grade |
| 93-100 | 4.0 | A |
| 90-92 | 3.8 | A- |
| 88-89 | 3.3 | B+ |
| 83-87 | 3.0 | B |
| 80-82 | 2.7 | B- |
| 78-79 | 2.3 | C+ |
| 70-77 | 2.0 | C |
| 67-79 | 1.7 | C- |
| Not Passing | 1.3 | D+ |
| Not Passing | 1.0 | D |
| Not Passing | 0.7 | D- |
| Not Passing | 0 | F |
Grading:
25% – Assignments
10% – Quizzes
25% – Lab Component (participation) (group work)
20% – Midterm Exam
20% – Final Exam
Reasonable accommodations for Absence for Reasons of Faith or Conscience:
Students who will be absent from course activities due to reasons of faith or conscience may seek reasonable accommodations so that grades are not impacted. Such requests must be made within the first two weeks of the quarter and should follow the procedures listed in the Student Absence for Reasons of Faith or Conscience Policy. Policy website: http://www.cptc.edu/policies/student-absence-for-reasons-of-faith-or-conscience.
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