CADD PROGRAM 
Computer Aided Drafting and Design Technology Certificate Program 

Medicine Hat College offers the first year of SAIT's and Lethbridge Community College's Engineering Design and Drafting Technology Program. After successfully completing the first year at Medicine Hat College students may transfer to SAIT or LCC for their second and final year. Students also have the option of transferring to the Technical Illustrator program for their second year at Medicine Hat College. Upon successful completion of all courses in the program at Medicine Hat College, the student will be granted a one-year certificate. 

The Program 

The Computer Aided Drafting and Design Technology Program is designed to prepare individuals in both the traditional and the more advanced computer-aided drafting (CADD) skills to meet the demand of the changing Canadian industry. The program is suitable for both male and female students. Female graduates find the program an ideal outlet for their talents and are able to work in a field that provides equal opportunity for pay and advancement. The successful graduates will have a basic understanding of architecture, computers, mechanical and topographical drawing and design. 

In their second year at the transfer college, students will learn more advanced skills in engineering and computer-aided design and manufacturing. Upon successful completion at SAIT and LCC the student will be awarded a diploma in Engineering Design and Drafting Technology. 

Career Opportunities 

Graduates will be employed by consulting engineers, land surveyors, mining companies, manufacturing companies, federal, provincial and municipal governments and educational institutes. 

The broad engineering background enables a person to be employed in research, design, manufacturing and sales. The individual is an important member of any team engaged in supplying the goods and services required by modern technology. 

Graduates of the two-year program are eligible for membership in the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists after two years of suitable industrial experience. 

Admission Requirements 

High School Diploma with 50% (C) or better standing in English 30 or 33 (or equivalent) and Math 30 or 33 (or equivalent) and credit standing in a Grade 12 science, preferable Physics 30 (or equivalent). 

Mature Student Status - Mature students nineteen years of age or older may be admitted to the program without a high school diploma after appropriate advising and/or testing. They still must present a grade 12 English, grade 12 Math, and a grade 12 science (preferable Physics 30). 
 

Graduation Requirements 

• minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0
• successful completion of the program with no failures or incompletes in the required courses

Fall 
CADD 100     Introduction to Drafting 
CADD 105     Computer-Aided Drafting 
CADD 135     Introduction to Fluid Mechanics 
ENGL 123      Fundamentals of Writing and Speech 
MATH 145     Algebra & Trigonometry 
MICO 191      Introduction to Computers 
SURV 140      Introduction to Surveying 

Winter 
CADD 130     Electrical Design & Drafting 
CADD 145     Concrete/Asphalt 
CADD 150     Advanced Design Drafting 
CADD 155     Statics 
CADD 170     Descriptive Geometry 
CADD 185    Architecture Design 
ENGL 125     Introductory to Report Writing and Speech 

Spring 
CADD 160     Topography 
ENGG 144     Engineering Materials 
ENGG 150     Strengths of Materials 

NOTE: Course content and hours may vary.