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COURSES

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Industrial Arts and Technology (IA)

1. Elements of Woodwork (3)
Processes of bench woodwork and wood turning; use and care of hand tools; fundamentals, exercises, correct construction methods; basic operations on light woodworking machinery.

2. Machine Woodworking (3)
Prerequisite: IA 1. Operation and upkeep of woodworking machinery in the construction of various types of cabinet work, case work, and furniture.

5. Beginning Carpentry (3)
For technical majors, prospective industrial arts teachers, and students interested in architecture. Principles of carpentry and frame construction; building materials, concrete, brick, plaster, glass, roofing, and insulation.

6. Welding (2)
Laboratory course in the fundamentals of welding; oxyacetylene welding and cutting; electric arc welding.

9. Automotive Essentials (3)
For students taking only one course of auto mechanics or specializing in an automotive area of concentration. Automotive components, servicing tools, and equipment.

10A-B. Machine Shop (3-3)
(A) Construction and operation of the lathe, drilling machine, milling machines, shapers, and grinders; simple operations performed by the machinist, including bench work, methods of layout. (B) Operation of machine tools, including the shaper, milling machine, and grinders; special machine tools and instruments.

11. Practical Problems in Electricity (3)
Fundamentals of electricity; application to industry and everyday life; practical projects and teaching aids constructed in shop laboratory.

19. Applied Drawing (3)
Not open to students with credit in IA 20. Grammar and composition of drawing; sketching, lettering, orthographic projection, working drawings, dimensioning, developments, pictorial drawing, and blueprinting.

20. Mechanical Drawing (2)
Not open to students with credit in IA 19. For engineering and mathematics students. Elementary lettering, orthographic and isometric projections, intersections, developments, simple machine drawings.

21. Home Planning (2) (Same as H Ec 21)
Preliminary drawings for a practical and economical residence; home financing, building costs, building codes and restrictions; functional aspect of home planning and provision of adequate storage space.

22. Architectural Drawing (3)
For technical majors, prospective industrial arts teachers and students interested in architecture. Production of a complete set of plans, details and specifications for an up-to-date medium sized residence.

26. Hand Compostition (3)
Introduction to the graphic arts; hand composition and typography; trade history; fundamentals and application of design; ise and operation of composing room equipment; prrofreading, lockup and imposition.

27. Presswork and Bookbinding (3)
Fundamentals of letterpress equipment, operation and adjustments; imposition, make-ready; solvents, inks, and ink mixing; paper calculations; fundamentals of basic bookbinding, side and saddle stitching; hand sewing, case making; gold stamping.

28. Platemaking and Offset Lithography (3)
Principles of photolithography, development and application; copy preparation, camera work, stripping, platemaking, offset presswork; preparation of nonphoto- graphic plates; halftone screens, line, and color work.

29. Graphic Arts Processes (3)
Fundamentals and techniques of silk-screen printing, linoleum block printing, marbling, rubber stamp making, and stereotyping, intaglio processes, collotype, and printing plates.

30. Industrial Arts for Elementary Schools (2)
Techniques of using simple hand tools; leather craft, weaving, and other crafts.

34. Elementary Stagecraft (2 or 3) (See Speech 34)

40. General Metal (3)
Occupational exploration, appreciation of good design and sound construction; selection of industrial products and making articles for home and recreation; art metal, bench metal, forging, machine shop practice, heat treating, metal casting, ornamentation, sheet metal.

50. Orientation to Industrial Arts (1)
Orientation and problems relating to industrial arts.

100. Carpentry (3)
Wood frame house construction; principles of roof framing; estimating and ordering materials. Occasional field trips.

101. Mill Cabinet and Furniture Construction (3)
Prerequisite: IA 2, 19. Use of woodworking machinery for building construction and machine-made cabinets, fixtures, and furniture; routing and managing of work and the possibilities of each machine; adjustment, care, and upkeep of machines, motors, and other equipment.

103A-B. Woodwork Specialties (3)
For senior teaching majors. Prerequisite: IA 1, 2. (A) Organization and management of woodworking laboratory; review of bench and machine woodwork processes; skills in woodwork teaching. (B) Units in wood finishing, upholstery, wood turning, veneering,carving, bending and laminating.

106. Advanced Welding (2)
Prerequisite: IA 6. Welding processes; fields of application; metallurgy and engineering application; welding symbols; heat treatment, testing and determining strength of welds.

107. Jewelry (2)
Techniques and materials used in the designing and fashioning of jewelry; basic processes and techniques; useful and artistic projects.

108A-B. Handcraft (2-2)
IA 108A is not prerequisite to IA 108B. Recommended for general students as well as industrial arts majors. Creative and recreational experiences in craft media; wood carving, plastics, metal tooling, leatherwork, enameling and other industrial arts craft areas; historical and industrial related materials.

109A. Advanced Automotive Fundamentals (3)
Prerequisite: IA 9, 11. Advanced study of fundamental principles and modern refinements in the action and construction of the components studied in IA 9.

109B. Auto Diagnosis and Repair (3)
Prerequisite: IA 109A. Basic diagnosis and service procedures on automotive repair jobs; motor testing, tune tip, and trouble shooting.

110. Advanced Automotive Processes (3)
Prerequisite: IA 109A. Shop practice in maintenance and repair in automotive specialty areas, automotive machine shop, wheel alignment, body work, electrical service, power equipment, and trouble shooting.

111 A. Principles of Electrical Motors (3)
Prerequisite: IA ii. Principles of construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of alternating current and direct current motors and generators. Occasional field trips.

111B. General Electricity (3)
Prerequisite: IA 11. Instruction in basic radio; organization and management of the public school electricity and radio shop. Laboratory practice in construction of practical projects and teaching aids.

111C. Applied Radio and Television (3)
Prerequisite: IA 111B. Maintenance and repair in the field of radio and television; use of oscilloscope, signal generator, signal tracer, and other radio test instruments in service operations; principles of television; frequency modulation.

112. Advanced Machine Shop (3)
Prerequisite: IA 10A. Design, repair, and construction of machines and tools for practical use; making of repair parts for tools, machines.

115. General Machine Shop (3)
Prerequisite: IA 10A. Review of fundamental operations; machine shop organization, management and ordering of materials and supplies; development of teaching devices, projects; care, repair, maintenance of machine shop tools, machines, supplementary equipment.

116. Automotive Technical Problems (3)
For industrial arts auto mechanics teaching and technical majors. Prerequisite: IA 109A. Planning, organization and management of an auto mechanics laboratory. Occasional field trips.

117A-B. Metal Craft (2-2)
Use of copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, pewter, gar-alloy, and silver in construction of artistic and useful projects; historical and industrial related materials. (A) Basic tools of the silversmith and coppersmith; design, annealing, surface and contour enrichment, hard and soft soldering, piercing, high and low raising, etching, repousse, chasing, coloring and finishing. (B) Spinning and precision centrifugal casting of nonferrous metals; lost wax investment; low and high form and sectional spinning.

118. Advanced Sheet Metal (3)
Pattern drafting and layout; tool operations and techniques through practice in make-up of sheet metal work.

119. General Metal (3)
Development of appreciation and manipulation of metals; metal casting, forging, bench metal, and ornamental iron.

120. Industrial Arts Design (2)
Prerequisite: Ind. Arts 19. Form, construction, and decoration of wood and metal projects used in industrial arts and technical classes.

121. Machine Drawing (3)
Prerequisite: IA 19 or equivalent. Sketching and drawing of machine parts in detail and assembly; use of standard tables.

122. Advanced Architectural Drawing (3)
Prerequisite: IA 22 or permission of instructor. Perspective elements developed from working drawings in IA 22; mechanical perspective representation for general drawing, architectural and industrial designing.

123. Methods of Teaching Industrial Arts (3)
Prerequisite: Ed 185. Teaching techniques and procedures in industrial arts; organization of teaching material; literature of the field; professional standards for teachers. Observation in public schools.

125. Curriculum Development in Industrial Education (2)
Prerequisite: IA 123. Development of the curriculum for industrial arts in elementary and secondary schools through individual planning and laboratory experimentation.

126. Teaching Aids in Industrial Education (2)
Preparation and use of various teaching aids such as models, mockups, cutaways, charts, motion pictures, slides; application to the planned lesson.

127. Typography (3)
Fundamentals of typographic layout and design, type styles and faces; adaptability, limitations, and peculiarities of hand and machine-set type; photoengraving and other art reproduction.

128. Graphic Reproduction Fundamentals (2)
Overview of the processes, materials, and personnel of the graphic arts industry; major reproduction processes of letterpress, intaglio, and plane surfaces; line, half-tone, and process color reproduction; silk-screen and block printing.

129. Printing Management (3)
Problems of production, control, cost, safety, equipment and supplies; bookkeeping, ordering, job tickets, organization, and management.

130. Handwork in Elementary Education (3)
For elementary credential candidates. Not open to others except by permission of instructor. Developing and fabricating teaching aids and integrated handwork units for elementary schools; basic skills in use of simple construction materials and tools.

134A-B. Scene Design (3) (See Speech 134A-B)

190. Independent Study (1-5)


GRADUATE COURSES



Industrial Arts (IA)

(See Course Numbering System Definitions and Eligibility)

224. Industrial Education Philosophy and History (2)
Evolution, development, and present status of industrial education; industrial arts education and trade and industrial education; industrial arts in general education; developing, promoting, and improving a program of instruction in industrial arts.

270. Graduate Technical Problems in Industrial Arts
(2-9; max total 9 if no area repeated)

Technical work in selected areas; research under supervision of instructor.

280. Problems in Industrial Arts Research (2)
For graduate majors and minors in industrial arts. Research and study of problems in all phases of industrial arts education.

285. School Shop Planning and Organization (2)
Problems in planning and organizing various types of school shops; architectural considerations, selection of equipment, specifications. Visits to schools and shop buildings under construction.

286. Safety and Related Problems (2)
Research and study of safety problems in school shop, home, and community; planning specific safety programs for shops, units of shops, and public school systems.

287. Seminar on the General Shop (2)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and 12 units upper division industrial arts. The general shop and its place in industrial arts education; organization, advantages, limitations; equipment, supplies, safety; subject matter, content, and methods of teaching.

288. Administration and Supervision of Industrial Arts (2)
Policies and procedures in administration and supervision of industrial arts.

290. Independent Study (1-5)




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