VCT 173 Rough Framing and Exterior Finishing

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Course title: VCT173 Rough Framing & Exterior Finishing
Campus: CTEC	Initiator: Xavier Yarofmal	Date: 03/07/20
Course description: This course is designed to teach the student construction terms, materials, and methods in concrete form construction for residential and commercial buildings. The course also introduces the care and maintenance of leveling and sighting instruments.

COURSE HOURS/CREDITS:

	Hours per Week		No. of Weeks		Total Hours		Semester Credits
Lecture	3	x	16	x	48	=	3
Laboratory	0	x	0	x	0	=	0
Workshop	0	x	0	x	0	=	0
			Total Semester Credits				3

PURPOSE OF COURSE:

[ ] Degree requirement (LA)

[ ] Degree elective

[X] Certificate

[ ] Other

PREREQUISITES: None

PSLOs OF OTHER PROGRAMS THIS COURSE MEETS: None

PSLO#	Program
None

CAC Chair signatures:_______________ Date recommended:_________________

VPIA signature::___________________ Date approved:___________________

1. INSTITUTIONAL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES(Check all that apply)

[ ]	1. Effective oral communication:capacity to deliver prepared, purposeful presentations designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.
[ ]	2. Effective written communication: development and expression of ideas in writing through work in many genres and styles, utilizing different writing technologies, and mixing texts, data, and images through iterative experiences across the curriculum.
[X]	3. Critical thinking: a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.
[ ]	4. Problem solving: capacity to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.
[ ]	5. Intercultural knowledge and competence: a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.
[ ]	6. Information literacy: the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand.
[X]	7. Foundations and skills for life-long learning:purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills, and competence.
[ ]	8. Quantitative Reasoning: ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations; comprehends and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats.

2). PROGRAM STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (PSLOs): The student will be able to:

Identify safety and occupational health requirements in the Carpentry trade.
Use competently specified hand and power tools.
Perform basic hand skills in constructing projects to given specifications.
Interpret construction information from blueprint drawings.
Participate in the construction industry.

3). COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs) (General): The student will be able to:

Identify the parts of a floor and wall systems from a blueprint or sketch.
Identify the parts of a ceiling and roof systems from a blueprint or sketch.
Compute materials needed for floors, walls, ceilings, and roofs from a set of blueprints.
Identify tools and building materials required for a rough construction of a structure.

4). COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs) (Specific): The student will be able to:

CSLO (General) 1: Identify the parts of a floor and wall systems from a blueprint or sketch.
Student Learning Outcomes (specific)	ISLO	PSLO	Assessment Strategies
1.1 Identify the parts of a floor system.	3,7	4	Through a checklist/rubric, the student will be assessed using direct observation of knowledge by identifying the parts of a floor system.
1.2 Identify the parts of a wall system.	3,7	4	Through a checklist/rubric, the student will be assessed using direct observation of knowledge by identifying the parts of a wall system.
CSLO (General) 2: Identify the parts of a ceiling and roof systems from a blueprint or sketch.
Student Learning Outcomes (specific)	ISLO	PSLO	Assessment Strategies
2.1 Identify the parts of a ceiling system.	3,7	4	Through a checklist/rubric, the student will be assessed using direct observation of knowledge by identifying the parts of a ceiling system.
2.2 Identify the parts of a roof system.	3,7	4	Through a checklist/rubric, the student will be assessed using direct observation of knowledge by identifying the parts of a roof system.
CSLO (General) 3: Compute materials needed for floors, walls, ceilings, and roofs from a set of blueprint.
Student Learning Outcomes (specific)	ISLO	PSLO	Assessment Strategies
3.1 Compute needed materials for a floor system.	3,7*	3,4	Through a checklist/rubric, the student will be assessed using direct observation of knowledge by computing needed materials for a floor system.
3.2 Compute needed materials for a wall system.	3,7	3,4	Through a checklist/rubric, the student will be assessed using direct observation of knowledge by computing needed materials for a wall system.
3.3 Compute needed materials for a ceiling system.	3,7	3,4	Through a checklist/rubric, the student will be assessed using direct observation of knowledge by computing needed materials for a ceiling system.
3.4 Compute needed materials for a roof system.	3,7	3,4	Through a checklist/rubric, the student will be assessed using direct observation of knowledge by computing needed materials for a roof system.
CSLO (General) 4: Identify tools and building materials required for a rough construction of a structure.
Student Learning Outcomes (specific)	ISLO	PSLO	Assessment Strategies
4.1 Identify appropriate tools required for a rough construction of a structure.	3,7	2,3	Through a checklist/rubric, the student will be assessed using direct observation of knowledge by identifying appropriate tools required for a rough construction of a structure.
4.2 Identify appropriate building materials required for a rough construction of a structure.	3,7	2,3	Through a checklist/rubric, the student will be assessed using direct observation of knowledge by identifying appropriate building materials required for a rough construction of a structure.

5). COURSE CONTENTS

Parts of a floor and wall systems
Parts of a ceiling and roof systems
Computing materials for a floor, wall, ceiling, and roof systems
Required tools and materials for a rough construction project

6). METHODS OF INSTRUCTION

[X] Lecture [ ] Cooperative learning groups

[ ] Laboratory [X] In-class exercises

[X] Audio visual [X] Demonstration

[ ] Other

7). REQUIRED TEXT(S) AND COURSE MATERIALS:
Freirer, J. L., Freirer, M. D., & Hutchings, G. R. Carpentry and Building Construction. New York: Glencoe McGraw-Hill. Fifth edition (1997) or the latest edition.

Lumbers and plywood, tool kit

8). REFERENCE MATERIALS:
Allen, E. Fundamentals of Building Construction- materials and methods.Massachusetts: John Wiley & Sons. (1990) or the latest edition.

Hepler, D. E., Hepler, D. J., & Wallach, P. R. Architecture Drafting and Design. Seventh edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. Seventh edition (1998) or the latest edition.

Hardware and manufacturers manuals

9). INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS: None

10). EVALUATION:
Students majoring in the carpentry program must achieve 70% mastery or a “C” to pass this course. Summative assessment will be based on the midterm exam, final exam, and final practical project with
the use of checklist/rubric.

11). CREDIT BY EXAMINATION: None

VCT 173 Rough Framing and Exterior Finishing

Approved by VPIA: 04/11/22

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