Certificate of Accomplishment in Computer Aided Drafting and Digital Media for Architecture, Industrial Design and Engineering

Drafters make drawings and plans to specify dimensions, materials and processes used in the making of a final product. These drawings are guidelines for the workers who will actually build or make whatever is being produced. Drafters also make drawings from blueprints, engineering sketches, photos and other sources which show how parts and other objects work, their relation to one another, and how they will be put together. Drafters create drawings and plans to specify dimensions, materials and processes for the finished product. Such drawings and plans provide guidance to those working to complete the finished product. Drafters also render drawings from blueprints, sketches, photos and other sources which show the interplay of components and their relationships to one another, and to provide guidance for final assembly.

To be admitted, students must have graduated from high school (or have attained a high school graduation equivalency) or be at least 18 years of age by the beginning of the entering semester. Official transcripts from high school are required from applicants who do not reach 18 years of age at the beginning of the term. Submission of high school and college transcript is highly recommended for all students for possible academic requirement completion.Diablo Valley College does not offer a high school completion program. California State law clarifies that a student must be 18 years of age or a high school graduate by the time their first semester begins.