If you drive it, fly it, play with it, listen to it, work with it, wear it, watch it, write with it, throw it, hit something with it, cook with it, build with it, machine with it, draw with it, farm with it, wash with it, sit on it or in it, even eat with it... chances are a mechancial drafter drew it!
Drafters design products or special tooling required to manufacture a product. It’s a career that can be challenging and rewarding since you are involved in the creation and development of new ideas.
WHY VU?
Vincennes University’s two-year drafting program is designed to give you a broad background in product design, working drawings, tooling design, and computer-aided drafting. Using the latest in design systems, Pro/ENGINEER, you learn how to create complex solid parametric geometry and document the design electronically.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
DRAFTING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
PLACEMENT AND SALARIES
Many manufacturing industries visit VU's Drafting and Design department annually to conduct interviews, plus graduates are able to individually secure employment after they complete a required Employment Seeking Methods course offered in the program. Average salaries of graduates are among the highest of all graduating students at VU.
Graduates in our program consistently receive job offers ranging from $35,000 to $42,000 with an average starting annual salary nearly $39,000, excluding overtime.
THE VU ADVANTAGE - TYPICAL EMPLOYERS
A major benefit of attending a two-year university is that you get the one-on-one education you need to succeed. At VU, you receive the personal attention necessary to build your confidence and the technical assistance needed to prepare for a career in automated manufacturing.
Tutors are available for help in all courses in your major, and class sizes will be small so your lab instructor will be able to provide you with personal assistance.
Note: The suggested curriculum below is for the A.A.S. degree and assumes any developmental requirements have been met.
For more information, please email Gary Shaw or call 812-888-4186.
Semester I
Mechanical Drafting
Computers for Technicians
Pro/ENGINEER Fundamentals
Descriptive Geometry
English Composition I
Applied Mathematics II
Semester II
Advanced Mechancial Drafting
Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Part Design
Tolerancing Applications
Manufacturing Processes
Applied Mathematics III
Semester III
Jig and Fixture Design
Plastic Part Design
Pro/ENGINEER
Production Drawings
and Surface Modeling
Employment Seeking Methods
Lifetime Fitness/Wellness
Interpersonal Communication
Semester IV
Die/Mold Design
Pro/ENGINEER
Sheetmetal, Cabling,
and Piping
Pro/ENGINEER
Advanced Assembly and
Mechanism Design
Technical Physics
Humanities, Social Science
or Science Elective
Social Science Elective