Houston Community College System
Department of Drafting and Design
Course Syllabus: Spring 2012
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Course:
DFTG-2302
Title: Machine Drafting
Credits: 3 Hrs
Class Time:
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Classroom: Town and Country
Class Day: TR
Instructor:
Dr. Edward Osakue
Phone: 713-448-9255
Email: edward.osakue@hccs.edu
American With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Houston Community College maintains a policy for students with disabilities in accordance with the American with
Disabilities Act of 1990, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1993. Under the Federal guidelines, the College is
obligated to:
1. Protect the civil rights of students with disabilities.
2. Protect the confidentiality and privacy of students with disabilities.
3. Provide reasonable accommodations and services to students with known disabilities, who are qualify to meet
the requirements of the academic program, apart from the handicapping condition.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Production of detail and assembly drawings of machines, threads, gears, cams, tolerances
and limit dimensioning, surface finish and precision dimensioning. Prerequisite: DFTG 1305, DFTG 1333
Required Textbook:
Giesecke, et al, Technical Drawing, 13th ed. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River
Other Required Materials
1) Flash Drive, CD-ROM (End of Semester)
3) Letter size binder
5) Micro Stapler and Ruler
2) 5 Scantrons and #2 pencil
4) Scientific calculator
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
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Create dimensioned drawings of machine components (e. g. threads, cams, gears, etc)
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Learning tolerancing terms and calculations
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Create assembly drawings and bills of materials
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Relate manufacturing process to drawings and designs
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Topics
Reading Assignment
Introduction, Template files
Shapes and Single View Drawings and Dimensioning
Part Modeling
Dimensioning and General Tolerances
Geometric and Dimensional Tolerances
Manufacturing Processes and Surface texture
Threads
Cams
Mid-Term
Gears
Assembly Drawings
Assembly Drawings
Detail Drawings
Detail Drawings
Project
Project
FINAL EXAMINATION
Table 1 Class activity schedule
Chap. 2
Chap. 4
Chap. 5
Chaps. 9,10
Chaps. 9, 10
Chap. 8
Chap. 11
Chap. 17
Chap. 17
Chap. 12
Chap. 12
Chap. 12
Chaps. 12, 13
Attendance Policy
As stated in your Student Handbook.
The instructor has the authority to drop you from the class for excessive absences, that is, you may be dropped
from a course after accumulating absences in excess of 12.5 percent of the total hours of instruction (lecture
and lab).
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Grading Scheme
Every student is encouraged to do all assignments in this course. A student must turn the assignment in before or on the
due date to expect the maximum grade point. All labs are due at the beginning of the next class. The deadline for a lab
assignment is five (5) calendar days from the due date. As a policy, 4 points will be lost per day after the due date until
the deadline. Deadline for other assignments will be communicated in the classroom. No assignment will be accepted
after the deadline. The categories of assignments are shown in Table 2 along with their weights. Table 3 shows the
classification of numeric grades into letter and point grades.
Category
Labs
Quizzes
Attendance
Mid Term Exam
Final Exam
Table 2: Grade categories
Weight (%)
45
15
10
15
15
Numeric Grade
Letter Grade
90 -100
A
80 - 89
B
70 – 79
C
60 – 69
D
< 60
F
Table 3: Grade classification
Point Grade
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
Refer to the student catalog for more information on grades, grade appeals, and harassment.
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Scholastic dishonesty is strictly prohibited (Zero Tolerance)
"Scholastic dishonesty" includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.
"Cheating" on a test includes:
 Copying from another student's test paper;
 Using materials during a test that are not authorized by the Instructor;
 Collaborating with another student during a test without permission by the Instructor;
 Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part the contents of an unadministered test;
 Bribing another person to take a test for someone else;
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Using cell or mobile phone for voice and or text messaging and receiving materials relevant to a test.
"Plagiarism" means the use of another's work and the deliberate incorporation of that work into work you offer for
credit without citation or acknowledgement.
"Collusion" means the unauthorized collaboration with another student in preparing work offered for credit.
Determination of scholastic dishonesty will be at the discretion of the instructor.
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I hereby acknowledge that I have read and I understand the class expectations, grading scheme, and attendance policy
for this course
Course Label: _________________
Semester: _________________
Instructor: Dr. Edward Osakue
Student Name: _________________________________________________ (Print)
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