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2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 College Catalog

Ship Drafting and Design (221-729-55) Career Studies Certificate


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The Ship Drafting and Design Career Studies Certificate includes training in computer aided software, ship drafting and design, ship nomenclature, and ship engineering processes. Upon successful completion of the program students may transfer their earned credits to the AAS in Computer Aided Drafting and/or Old Dominion University’s Digital Shipbuilding Certificate program.

Upon completion of the program students will be able to demonstrate basic CAD software concepts, and develop isometric and orthographic drawings, assembly drawings, and detail drawings. Students will have the ability to create 3D parametric models and produce a set of working drawings, and create production drawings related to machining, welding, forging, castings, sheet metal fabrication, piping, fasteners, CNC machining, and other manufacturing processes. Our students will be introduced to ship nomenclature, ship coordinate systems, ship components such as the rudder, anchor, bow, keel, propeller; they will create 3D models of ship components using CAD and create assembly drawings of various ship systems. They will be introduced to the latest advanced CAD software used in the shipbuilding industry and attend presentations from guest speakers about real world applications in the shipbuilding industry.

Upon successful completion of the Ship Drafting and Design Career Studies Certificate students will receive the AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor Certification and the Siemens NX Certification.

Semester Total Credits 10


Semester Total Credits 6


Semester Total Credits 3


Total Minimum Credits 19


Program Information (STEM)


For additional information about this program visit the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics webpage, stop by room 321 Hastings Hall, phone 757-825-2898, or email stemoffice@vpcc.edu.

Students may take courses in the summer session where available. Please consult with an academic advisor to review course scheduling options. Students are encouraged to speak with a financial aid advisor to determine funding eligibility.

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