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2020-2021 Catalog [Archived] [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Tutor Training
  

  • TUTR 200 - Theory and Practice of Tutoring

    1 unit
    1 hour lecture
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This course is designed for students who intend to be tutors. It meets the College Reading and Learning Association training program requirements and is designed to help student tutors learn to communicate clearly and effectively with students needing academic assistance. Course content includes learning theories, tutorial techniques, program procedures and responsibilities, and tutoring practice.

    Note: Pass/no pass only. To be considered for El Camino College employment as a tutor, students need to have completed the course they wish to tutor with a final grade of B or better. The recommendation of the appropriate instructor is also necessary.

Welding
  

  • WELD 1A - Introduction to Multi-Process Welding

    4 units
    2.5 hours lecture, 5 hours lab
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This course is designed to provide students with basic performance qualification skills needed for employment in manufacturing and the maintenance industry. Students are introduced to multiple processes with a primary focus on developing manipulative skills commonly used in manufacturing. Welding processes covered include oxyacetylene cutting, plasma arc cutting, Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), and Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW). The course also includes a study of occupational safety, weld symbols, and joint design.

    Note: Letter grade or pass/no pass option
  

  • WELD 1B - Advanced Welding for Manufacturing

    4 units
    2.5 hours lecture, 5 hours lab
    Prerequisite: WELD 1A  or WELD 10A  with a minimum grade of C in prerequisite or equivalent
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This course continues the development of students’ theory and practice of their manual and semiautomatic welding skills, joining ferrous and non-ferrous metals for manufacturing technology. Welding processes include Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), spray transfer, aluminum Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and Dual- Shield Flux Core Arc welding (FCAW-G). The course is an in-depth study into advanced manufacturing processes, work procedure specifications, occupational safety and calculations of material cost and sizes. Additional topics include fractional, decimal and metric conversions.

    Note: Letter grade or pass/no pass option
  

  • WELD 10A - Introduction to Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)

    4 units
    2.5 hours lecture, 5 hours lab
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This course is designed for the beginning student. Students will develop manipulative skills using the oxygas and Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) processes. Emphasis is placed on safety procedures, use of manual and semi-automatic welding equipment, welding techniques, electrodes and joints. Practical aspects of Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW) process will be introduced.

    Note: Letter grade or pass/no pass option.
  

  • WELD 10B - Intermediate Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)

    4 units
    2.5 hours lecture, 5 hours lab
    Recommended Preparation: WELD 10A 
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This course is designed for the intermediate student. Students will enhance their skills by developing their technique in the open root processing using Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) electrodes. The course emphasizes the theory and practice of joint preparation, Complete Joint Penetration (CJP), and various cover pass processes including semi-automatic arc welding.

    Note: Letter grade or pass/no pass option.
  

  • WELD 10C - Advanced Certification and Career Preparation Lab

    2 units
    6 hours lab
    Prerequisite: WELD 10B  with a minimum grade of C or equivalent
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This advanced level welding lab is third of a series specifically designed for students to refine their welding skills in E7018 electrodes used in structural steel Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW), and E6010 electrodes used in open root welding of ferrous metals in the vertical (3G) and overhead (4G) position. Taken in succession, this course prepares students to advance to level III in American Welding Society (AWS) national skill standards.

    Note: Letter grade or pass/no pass option.
  

  • WELD 15 - Basic Welding for Allied Fields

    3 units
    2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This is a basic course to support trade skills for students in allied fields. The course introduces students to welding equipment, nomenclature, safety, plasma and mechanical cutting, metallurgical exploration of ferrous and nonferrous material, ductility of materials, effects of coldworking and heating treating.

    (formerly Welding 15ab)
  

  • WELD 20A - Flux Core and Gas Metal Arc Welding

    4 units
    2.5 hours lecture, 5 hours lab
    Prerequisite: WELD 10C  or WELD 23  with a minimum grade of C
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This course is designed to develop semiautomatic welding skills. Welding processes include Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW). The course offers an in-depth study into work procedure specifications, operation and maintenance of constant voltage welding machines, occupational safety, and D1.1 code semi-automatic classifications/specifications. Emphasis is placed on the theory and practice of joint preparation, complete joint penetration (CJP), and various cover pass processes utilizing semi-automatic arc welding.

    Note: Letter grade or pass/no pass option.
  

  • WELD 23 - Advanced Arc Welding Specialty Lab

    2 units
    6 hours lab
    Prerequisite: Welding 10 with a minimum grade of C in prerequisite or equivalent
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This advanced level welding course is designed to further develop advanced specialized welding skills in the structural, sheet metal, and construction industries. This course is for the advanced arc welding student preparing for the American Welding Society (AWS) Structural Steel practical exam and certification.

    Note: Letter grade or pass/no pass option.
    (formerly Welding 23abc)
  

  • WELD 28 - American Welding Society (AWS) D1.1 Certification Test Preparation

    3 units
    3 hours lecture
    Prerequisite: WELD 10C  or WELD 23  with a minimum grade of C in prerequisite or equivalent
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This course prepares the student to pass the written examination of the Los Angeles City Department of Building and Safety Structural Steel American Welding Society (AWS) D1.1 examination. Both the midterm and final examinations will be administered under same testing conditions as the actual Los Angeles City written exam.

    Note: Letter grade or pass/no pass option.
    (formerly Welding 28ab)
  

  • WELD 29 - Blueprint Reading

    3 units
    3 hours lecture
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This course is designed to provide principles of reading and interpreting basic industrial prints and shop drawings as applied to the welding trade. Emphasis is placed on shape identification, nomenclature, and welding symbols.
  

  • WELD 40A - Introduction to Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)

    3 units
    2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This course is designed for the beginning student. Students develop manipulative skills using the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) process on ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. Related classroom instruction covers technical data pertaining to this welding process with special emphasis on operational parameters of inverter type machines. This course begins preparation for eligibility for American Welding Society (AWS) D17.1 certification.

    (formerly Welding 40)
  

  • WELD 40B - Intermediate Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)

    3 units
    2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
    Recommended Preparation: WELD 40A  
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This is an intermediate course in Gas Metal Arc Welding (GTAW). Special emphasis is placed on the welding of ferrous and non-ferrous metals in the various positions and building skill development in GTAW. Students continue to prepare for the American Welding Society (AWS) D17.1 certification.

    Note: Letter grade or pass/no pass option.
  

  • WELD 40C - Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Skills Lab

    2 units
    6 hours lab
    Prerequisite: WELD 40B  with a minimum grade of C or equivalent
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This course is designed to develop the advanced specialized skills used within the structural steel, sheet metal, and aerospace manufacturing industries using the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) process. Repair of cast welding and tooling maintenance will be introduced. Students will develop various specialized skills that will help them achieve students’ goals and attain the necessary traits that employers are seeking. This course prepares students for American Welding Society (AWS) D17.1 certification.

    Note: Letter grade or pass/no pass option.
  

  • WELD 45 - Structural Fabrication

    5 units
    4 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
    Prerequisite: WELD 1  or Welding 21 with a minimum grade of C in prerequisite
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU

    This welding course focuses on skills required to fabricate a project from an engineering drawing to the finished product. Emphasis is placed on interpreting engineering drawings, proper use of tools and equipment, math, and shop safety.

    (formerly Welding 45ab)
  

  • WELD 95 - Cooperative Work Experience Education

    2-4 units
    hours to be arranged
    Enrollment Limitation: Employment or volunteer work in a position related to the student’s major or career goal by the second week of the semester. Completion of or current enrollment in one course from the major.
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU*

    Through a set of learning objectives established by the student, supervisor, and instructor, each student will work with and learn from experts in the Welding field. These experiences will enable students to improve job skills, analyze career opportunities and requirements, and compare them to personal abilities and career expectations.

    Note: *Transfer limitations apply. The total units earned for Cooperative Work Experience Education may not exceed 16 units.
    (formerly Welding 95abcd)
  

  • WELD 99 - Independent Study

    1-3 units
    hours to be arranged
    Enrollment Limitation: two courses in Welding with a minimum grade of B in each and acknowledgment by the instructor with whom student will work
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU*

    This course provides special advanced studies in a subject field of Welding not covered in the regular departmental offerings. Regular conferences with the instructor are coordinated with assigned Welding projects (54 hours per unit).

    Note: *Transfer limitations apply. For eligibility requirements, go to www.elcamino.edu/admissions/credit.asp
    (formerly Welding 99abc)

Women’s Studies
  

  • WSTU 1 - Introduction to Women’s Studies

    3 units
    3 hours lecture
    Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 1A  
    Credit, degree applicable
    Transfer CSU, UC

    This interdisciplinary course introduces students to the key concepts, theoretical perspectives, and history of the field of women’s studies.  Feminist activism in the U.S. and the social construction of sex, gender, and sexuality will be examined.  Utilizing feminist perspectives, students will analyze how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, social class, and sexuality as well as the representation, participation, and statuses of women in American institutions such as the media, workplace, and family.
 

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