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The DDM program is designed to train and prepare students for various careers in which the software skills learned through the CAD program and the Office Management Program can help to open career paths. Students who complete the program will find themselves leaving high school with the skills necessary to find entry level drafting positions at many companies. They also will be able to continue their education in a host of various related degree programs at many colleges and universities. The students enrolled int this program greatly increase their marketability. Enrolled students will also have the opportunity to earn six college credits through the CHS CAD class and the CHS Microsoft class. The DDM program is a combination of classes from the CAD Program and the Office Management Program. It has a total of 4 different classes for a total of 3.5 credits. As a part of the program students will take the NOCTI CAD exams, as well as the Microsoft Office Certifications. Students will work on the AutoDesk (2013) suite of software, including Inventor, AutoCAD, and Architectural Desktop, and Microsoft Office 2010, incuding MS Word, MS Excell, MS PowerPoint.
Career and Financial Management
(½ credit)
This course is required by the NYS State Education Department for any student pursuing a sequence in career and technical education. The emphasis is on business and economic systems, career planning, selection and success, and financial literacy.
Design and Drawing for Production
(1 credit)
(Art Credit)
Have you ever wondered how your cell phone went from and idea to a product? Design and Drawing for Production (DDP) is an activity-based course which will teach you how products are created from start to finish. Students in DDP will develop solutions to various design or product problems using research, sketching, drawing and presentation techniques.
Individual and group projects will emphasize the development of the critical thinking and encourage you to think creatively. The computer will be used to create original 3-D solutions. DDP may be used to satisfy the art requirement for graduation.
Computer Aided Design
(1 credit)
(UHS 3 Credits)
(Grade 11/12 or permission of instructor)
College credit in high school for free! This course teaches the basics of computer aided drafting as applied to engineering drawings using the AutoCAD 2020 drafting package. Student will learn various topics in CAD that map to the SCCC CAD class at Schenectady County Community College. Upon successful completion of the class with a “B” or better, the student will receive a SCCC transcript. Did I mention the cost? ITS FREEEE
MICROSOFT OFFICE: INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES
(1 CREDIT)
(UHS 3 Credits)
(Grade 11/12 or permission of instructor)
This course provides students with an in depth introduction to the Microsoft Office 20XX suite including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. It exposes students to practical examples of the computer as a useful tool and acquaints students with the proper procedures to create documents, worksheets, databases and presentations suitable
for coursework, professional purposes and personal use. This course uses an exercises-oriented approach that allows learning by doing.
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