AM 120L - Automotive Maintenance and Practices Lab

4 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Must be an Automotive Technology or Diesel Technology student enrolled as a declared major in the program.

Corequisite(s): MTH 20 and BT 113 or WR 115, or designated placement.

Course Description: Practice basic mechanical shop safety and industrial practices, professionalism and ethics, shop tools and equipment use, and basic automotive maintenance. Course or equivalent work experience required of all entering Automotive Technology students.

Course Level: Career/Tech Preparatory

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Demonstrate safe working habits as practiced within the mechanical trades.
CLO#2: Demonstrate a working knowledge of the care and use of common mechanical trades tools.
CLO#3: Demonstrate competency in the use of information systems to locate procedures, prices, labor time and parts. (ILO: Information Literacy)
CLO#4: Perform basic mechanical maintenance operations.
CLO#5: Demonstrate a professional attitude, practice ethics expected by the industry, and work effectively in a team environment.
CLO#6: Demonstrate knowledge of hazardous materials found in the mechanical trades and how to handle them.