DHET 168 – Page 1
Date Approved:
9/18/89
Date Scanned:
5/10/2005
College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: DHET 168
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE Introduction to the Transportation Industry
LECTURE HOURS: 2.0
LAB HOURS: 0.0
UNITS: 2.0
PREREQUISITE: None
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 20
Max No. Enrollments
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
This course is an introduction to the transportation industry, involving an overview of jobs including
mechanics, sales, parts, and management. Topics covered include metric conversions service and parts
manuals, microfiche, laws and ordinances, ethics, records, work habits and resume writing.
NOTE:
CREDIT CAN BE RECEIVED IN EITHER DHET 168 OR AT 168 BUT NOT BOTH.
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:
Solve computational, problems such as metric conversion, completion of repair orders as used in industry
involving writing and math problems. Analyze, assess, and differentiate the various job opportunities in
industry.
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2.
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5.
Be familiar with all the aspects of our transportation industry.
Identify various fasteners used on industry vehicles.
Use parts, service, and estimating manuals and microfiche systems.
Use and care for tools properly and develop safe working habits.
Complete a job application and a resume.
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Date Approved:
9/18/89
Date Scanned:
5/10/2005
COURSE OUTLINE:
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8.
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10.
11.
12.
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
Introduction to the transportation industry: auto, diesel, and motorcycles
Job orientation: mechanic, sales, parts, and management
Job applications
Work on repair orders
Metric conversion
Torque specification
Bolt, nut fasteners
Tubing and flaring
Service, parts, manuals, and microfiche
Shop safety
Tool use
Resume
10%
10%
8%
8%
8%
8%
8%
8%
8%
8%
8%
8%
100%
DHET 168 – Page 3
Date Approved:
9/18/89
Date Scanned:
5/10/2005
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
(Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended, including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title: NONE
Required
Edition:
Alternate
Author:
Recommended
Publisher:
Date Published: ____
(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) Resume
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.
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Date Approved:
9/18/89
Date Scanned:
5/10/2005
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
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) Members of the Industry talk to the classes
COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed 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.
Students solve computational problems such as metric conversion, completion of repair orders as used in
industry involving writing and math problems. Analyze, assess, and differentiate the various job
opportunities in industry.
METHOD OF EVALUATION:
1.
Attendance
2.
Homework
3.
Lab
4.
Midterm and final
GRADE SCALE: l00—90 = A, 80—89 = B, 70—79 = C, 60—69 = D, 0—59 = F
% OF GRADE
20 %
20 %
20%
40 %
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Date Approved:
9/18/89
Date Scanned:
5/10/2005
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:
DHET 168/AT 168
Department and Course No.
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
Course Title
NATURE OF THE EXCEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE: TEXTBOOK
No text is required. Handouts and outside reading assignments will be used. No textbook covers the
broad range of subjects in course outline.
NATURE OF THE EXCEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE: MATH 105
Students working toward the certificate of achievement or associate of science degree are required to
take IT 161 — Technical Mathematics. IT 161 is substituted for MATH 105.