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The Drafting program at Amarillo College utilizes the most up-to-date industry-related software — Autocad, Microstation, Inventor, Chief Architect, etc. — to equip students with all the drafting, architectural, and mechanical know-how that leads to career success.

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Drafting and Design Technology

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Austin Community College offers architecture courses through the Architectural & Engineering Computer Aided Design department.  These courses are those that would be taken as part of a first-year architecture school curriculum including foundational courses in design, graphics, and architectural history.

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Blinn College’s Architecture department, which is in the Visual/Performing Arts and Kinesiology division, has offered classes since 2009. This program provides a variety of the architecture studios and lecture courses ranging from construction to architectural history. The courses taught are the same as those offered in the first-year curriculum at a four-year institution.

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The Computer-Aided Drafting and Design department at Central Texas College can help you enter into the field of drafting and design by providing you a flexible, competency-based program of study. Emphasis is on developing the student’s critical thinking process, work skills, drafting procedures, and techniques, and three-dimensional perception and thinking.

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The Dallas College Architecture program is an opportunity for students to get exposure to the wide variety of skills that architects must master, through a curriculum of transferable college-level courses. The Architecture program specializes in architectural history, aesthetics, elements of design, hand-sketching techniques, computer graphics, and structural concepts, and the courses are transferable into any public university architecture program in the state of Texas.

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Del Mar College offers a wide variety of Architecture and Construction programs, including a two-year, transferable Associate in Science in Architecture degree. The technical content of these programs is intended to supply a wide background in the diverse areas of applied architecture and construction, including computer-aided drafting.

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The Drafting Program at Lamar State College-Port Arthur is part of the department of Business & Industrial Technology. The students receive a well-rounded education to prepare them for any field of drafting: mechanical, pipe, architectural, structural, & civil.

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Computer Aided Drafting Design Technology

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In the Creative Arts program at Lee College, students gain an understanding of the fine and creative arts through foundation studies, history, critical analysis, and performance/exhibition. Learning opportunities include courses in architecture, as well as: theater/theatrical performance, choir, piano, instrumental ensemble, orchestra, ceramics/sculpture, drawing/painting, and photography/digital imaging.

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Established in 1958, the Architecture Program at San Antonio College has provided the first two years of professional education for generations of Texas architects, interior design and construction management professionals. San Antonio College offers the full range of courses that are normally required for the first two years of a bachelor’s degree in architecture. The majority of these courses are transferable to most universities throughout Texas as well as other states.

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This program is designed to provide a pathway to the fields of architectural, visual, and civil engineering technologies. Students take basic courses that introduce them to a wide range of disciplines in the design-build community. In addition, students are introduced to architecture through several academic courses and provided an opportunity to transfer credit to a four-year institution. The program offers specialization in Architectural & Engineering Design Technology, Architectural & Visual Technology, and Architectural & Civil Engineering Technology.

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The Computer-Aided Design program teaches students entry-level design skills in five areas: manufacturing, electronics, architecture, civil engineering, and geographic information systems. The certificate program trains experienced and aspiring professionals in various engineering fields to use CAD® software to produce designs, drawings, illustrations, and presentations.

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The program at Trinity Valley Community College takes a multi-discipline approach to Drafting education. We are a rural college and thus cannot specialize in one field. We offer courses covering various topics such as general drafting, architectural, mechanical, electrical, piping, structural, topographical, manufacturing, and technical animation. We prepare drafters for entry-level employment in our service area and beyond.