Features:

• Field trips enhance classroom learning
• Small class sizes: student/instructor ratio is 20:1
• Program eligible for financial aid

In this intensive 10-month program, you learn to prepare drawings of residential and commercial buildings that are used for construction and for obtaining building permits. You will employ architectural design and drafting techniques, and apply construction practices and current building codes.  Along with discussion of architectural practice and design, students will learn about designing for energy efficiency, safety against fire and earthquakes, and cost effectiveness.  The program includes a civil/survey course that exposes students to surveying practices and civil design.  Throughout the program students will employ a variety of digital design tools, such as AutoCAD, SketchUp, and especially Revit.

Our knowledgeable instructors create an environment patterned after the working world: You get to solve real design problems and you are encouraged to develop your creative talents and techniques beyond the level demanded of a junior draftsperson. 

Course outline:

First semester (September–December)

• Drafting Fundamentals and CAD
• Applied Mathematics
• Building Construction 1

Second semester (January–June)

• Building Construction 2
• Introduction to Structures
• 145 Technical Communications for Drafting
• Final Architectural Project
• Civil Drafting and Surveying

Go to  entrance requirements for the Architectural Drafting Technician certificate in the UFV Academic Calendar

This program is not open to international students.

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