CT 77B – Page 1
Date Approved:
11/8/89
Date Scanned:
5/9/2005
Date Inactivated
3/28/08
College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: CT 77B
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered) CT 177B
COURSE TITLE RESIDENTIAL PLUMBING II
LECTURE HOURS: 1.0
LAB HOURS: 3.0
UNITS: 2.0
PREREQUISITE: CT 77A
Eligibility for: Engl 150
Math 105
Request for Exception Attached
CO-REQUISITE: NONE
GRADING STANDARD:
Letter Grade Only
TRANSFERABILITY:
CSUS
UC
Articulation with UC requested
Repeatable
yes
no
CR/NC Only
Grade/CR/NC Option
NONE
Max No. Units
Maximum Class Size 26
Max No. Enrollments
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
A continuation of plumbing skills covering the installation of water closets, lavatories, tubs and showers,
sinks and laundry trays, water heaters faucets, gauges, and hydronic heaters. Students will plumb the
student project house.
NOTE:
COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate
some of them in terms of specific measurable student accomplishments, e.g., specific knowledge and/or
skills to be attained as a result of completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include
objectives in the area of “critical thinking.”
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Interpret heating and plumbing plan as part of blueprint.
2. Demonstrate to instructor’s satisfaction installation of selected appliances.
3. Correctly join various types of pipe and fittings.
COURSE OUTLINE:
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
1. Layout and installation of gas supply.
18%
2. Pressure tests
5%
3. Installation of water closet
5%
4. Installation of lavatories
10%
5. Installation of bathtubs and shower stalls
14%
6. Installation of kitchen sink and laundry trays.
10%
7. Installation of water heaters, boilers, and other gas appliances.
10 %
8. Installation of faucets, valves, and pressure gauges.
10 %
9. Installation of heating
18 %
100%
CT 77B – Page 2
Date Approved:
11/8/89
Date Scanned:
5/9/2005
Date Inactivated
3/28/08
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended,
including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title (1) Uniform Plumbing Code, ICBO (1988)
Required
(2) Plumbing, Installation, and Design
Alternate
Ripka, American Technical (1980)
Recommended
(3) House Syllabus C/R (Yearly)
(Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.)
For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level:
Yes. Basis for determination:
is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair or
Branch Coordinator, or Center Dean)
OR
has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale—Chall
Readability Index Scale.
No. Request for Exception Attached
If no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course, a Request for Exception form
must be completed and a rationale provided. This request for exception will be approved or denied by the
Curriculum Committee.
METHODS TO MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
Please check where appropriate; however, a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one
response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why
substantial writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade.
1. Substantial writing assignments, including:
essay exam(s)
term or other paper(s)
written homework
reading report(s)
laboratory report(s)
other (specify) _____
If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate
because:
The course is primarily computational in nature.
The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving.
Other rationale (explain) __________________________________________
2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including:
exam(s)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)_______
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s)
other (specify)____
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
field work
performance exam(s)
true/false
other (specify)
matching items
5. Other (specify) ____________________________________
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
CT 77B – Page 3
Date Approved:
11/8/89
Date Scanned:
5/9/2005
Date Inactivated
3/28/08
REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL
Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the
student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each
hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the
regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following:
Study
Answer questions
Skill practice
Required reading
Problem solving activity or exercise
Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research)
Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the
semester)
Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum,
concert, debate, meeting, etc.)
Field trips
Other (specify) ____________________________
COLLECE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
complete for non-degree applicable courses. Describe how the course requires students to independently
analyze, synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and assess solutions,
apply principles to new situations, etc.
The students must summarize the information from the textbooks and lectures, and relate this information
to the student house plans, to install and locate the plumbing correctly. Students must also interpret the
manufacturer’s information to install plumbing fixtures.
METHOD OF EVALUATION:
1. Midterm exam
2. Final exam
3. Attendance and participation
GRADE SCALE: 90-100=A, 80-89=B, 70-79=C, 60-69=D, 0-59=F
% OF GRADE
33 %
33 %
34 %
CT 77B – Page 4
Date Approved:
11/8/89
Date Scanned:
5/9/2005
Date Inactivated
3/28/08
REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION
The Curriculum Committee is authorized to determine the appropriateness of entrance skills and
requisites for any given course; to determine whether or not language and/or computational skills at the
associate degree level are essential to success in a given course; to determine what is “college level” in
learning skills vocabulary, and in the ability to think critically and apply concepts; and to determine on a
case-by-case basis when any departure from the attached guidelines may be justified.
This form may also be used to provide justification for making a course repeatable.
To request an exception, provide the following information:
CT 77B
Department and Course No.
RESIDENTIAL PLUMBING II
Course Title
NATURE OF THE EXCEPTION REOUESTED AND RATIONALE: MATH 105
Students working toward a Certificate of Achievement or Associate of Science Degree are required to
take IT 161 — Technical Mathematics. IT 161 is substituted for MATH 105.
NATURE OF THE EXCEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE: ENGLISH 150
English 150 eligibility should not be required because success in this course is more dependent on
familiarity with trade terminology than with English skills.