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Date Approved:
11/15/89
Date Scanned:
6/7/2005
Date Inactivated
3/28/08
College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: WT 180
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE Welding Fabrication
LECTURE HOURS: 1.0
LAB HOURS: 3.0
UNITS: 2.0
PREREQUISITE: One semester of Welding or Equivalent
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
Maximum Class Size 26
Max No. Units 8.0
Max No. Enrollments 4
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
This course covers welding fabrication which will include: safety, welding techniques, design and
construction of welded structures. Also covered will be the principles of steel, fabrication, and the
manufacture of modern welded structures, with an emphasis on industrial applications. This class will be
valuable for Vocational Technical majors and anyone interested in industrial procedures.
NOTE: Repeatable to a maximum of 8 units.
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:
Shop safety, basic principles of design pertaining to industrial applications working from drawing and
plans performed by the individual student manufacturing applications. Use of equipment in metal
fabrication
COURSE OUTLINE:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
Shop safety
Basic principles of design pertaining to industrial applications.
Working form drawing and plans designed by the individual student.
Manufacturing applications
Use of equipment in metal fabrication
3%
25 %
8%
3%
61 %
100 %
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Date Approved:
11/15/89
Date Scanned:
6/7/2005
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
Welding Principles and Practices
Required
Alternate
Edition
Recommended
Author
Sacks
Publisher Bennett
Date Published 1981 (Revised 1988)
(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.
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Date Approved:
11/15/89
Date Scanned:
6/7/2005
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) ____________________________
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.
The student will independently analyze assess, and synthesize the drawing or plans selected or the end
project; by defining problems in the plans the student will anticipate and define the tools, material and the
processes to formulate a final solution.
METHOD OF EVALUATION:
1. Attendance
2. Quizzes
3. Final
4. Manipulative
GRADE SCALE:
% OF GRADE
10 %
10 %
5%
75 %
90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, 70-79 = C, 60-69 = D, 0-59 = F
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Date Approved:
11/15/89
Date Scanned:
6/7/2005
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:
WT 180
Department and Course No.
Welding Fabrication
Course Title
NATURE OF THE EXEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE:
MATH 105
Students working toward a Certificate of Achievement or A. S. Degree are required to take IT 161 –
Technical Mathematics. IT 161 is substituted for MATH 105.
NATURE OF THE EXEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE:
REPEATABILITY
Repeatability is justified, since students have several different areas of emphasis to choose from,
students skills and proficiencies are enhanced by supervised repetition and practice.