About the Program of Study
The Drafting & Design program will train you to be a draftsman or a designer in the manufacturing industry. The industrial focus of the program provides you with training in product drafting, jig and fixture design, and computer-aided drafting and design. You will learn to prepare technical drawings and plans used in production work to build manufactured products and machinery.

Certificate and Degree Options
The 32-credit Drafting & Design certificate program prepares you to work as a helper for engineers and designers in preparing blueprints, tracings, and inking of master. Credits can be applied to the associate's degree program.

The 61-credit Associate in Industrial Technologies degree in Drafting & Design will qualify you to work directly with a design engineer on conceptual product design and layout.

Associate Degree Requirements

Scholarship Opportunities
In addition to several general scholarships that are based on academic excellence, need, and other criteria the following scholarships are available to students enrolled in the Drafting and Design program:

• American Electric Power Scholarship
• Elisha Gray II Scholarship
• Lakeshore Rotary Joe Carver Memorial Scholarship
• Harry B. Ross Scholarship

To see if you qualify for one of these scholarship, please visit the Financial Aid section of our website.

Transfer Options
The Drafting and Design associate's degree transfers to Ferris State University's Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Product Design Engineering Technology programs. See your advisor for more details.

This program articulates with the Occupational Education Studies program at Western Michigan University to prepare certified vocational teachers for high schools, technical centers and community colleges. If you think you might be interested in teaching, please discuss the OES program with your advisor. You can learn more about the OES program by visiting www.wmich.edu/gus/occupnedn.html