| Grade Range: | |
| 11–12 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Introduction to Design 1,2 | |
| Course duration: | |
| Two to four semesters (see below) | |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: | |
| Practical Arts; community classroom sections may be repeated for credit | |
| UC subject area satisfied: | |
| d - Science (8847, 8848 only) | |
| Notes: | |
| This is a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) course that uses a prescribed curriculum. | |
| Course Description: | |
| This Project Lead the Way course helps prepare students for postsecondary education. The course helps students understand the fields of engineering and engineering technology. Students explore various technology systems and manufacturing processes, which helps them learn how engineers and technicians use mathematics, science, and technology in an engineering problem-solving process to benefit people. The course also addresses concerns about social and political consequences of technological change. Students use computers, measuring instruments, testing equipment, and computer-controlled automation equipment.
This course is offered in single-period and double-period formats. Paid and unpaid internships are part of the course curriculum. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 8847, 8848: 7720 - Intermediate Engineering Technology (Concentrator) 8871: 7720 - Intermediate Engineering Technology (Concentrator) 8801, 8831: 7720 - Intermediate Engineering Technology (Concentrator) 8872: 7720 - Intermediate Engineering Technology (Concentrator) 8838, 8845: 7720 - Intermediate Engineering Technology (Concentrator) | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| Materials supplied by PLTW. | |