Technology and Health Division
Architecture, IDE & Manufacturing Department
The Level 3 certificate helps students develop the advanced design, communication and technical skills required to work as entry level designers, fabricators, mold-makers, prototype model-makers or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) technicians and similar industry jobs. Students learn to use research, analysis, visual communication and “design for manufacturing” skills to address common industrial problems. They develop, fabricate, document and evaluate design proposals through virtual and physical prototyping using a wide range of advanced technologies and industry-level equipment and skills. Students may need to pay a $20 materials fee for courses in this program.
Required Courses
Course List
| Course Prefix |
Course Name |
Units |
| 20 |
| |
| 9 |
| |
| 9 |
| Total Units | 38 |
Course List
| Course Prefix |
Course Name |
Units |
| IDE 110 | Design Foundation-Visual Literacy | 3 |
| IDE 120 | Introduction to CAD | 4 |
| IDE 130 | Introduction to Shop Processes | 3 |
| IDE 150 | Design Foundation II | 3 |
| IDE 160 | Intermediate CAD | 4 |
| IDE 170 | Introduction to Prototyping | 3 |
| IDE 210 | Advanced Media | 3 |
| IDE 220 | Advanced CAD | 3 |
| IDE 230 | Introduction to Mechanical Principles | 3 |
| IDE 250 | Product Design and Viability | 6 |
| IDE 270 | Manufacturing Processes and Materials | 3 |
| Total Units | 38 |
Recommended Electives
Course List
| Course Prefix |
Course Name |
Units |
| ELEC 50A | Electronic Circuits - Direct Current (DC) | 4 |
| ELEC 81 | Laboratory Studies in Electronics Technology | 1-2 |
| PHYS 1 | Physics | 4 |
| WELD 30 | Metal Sculpture | 2 |
| WELD 40 | Introduction to Welding | 2 |
Program Learning Outcomes
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