AR 125 - Print Reading and Specifications

Description
Students apply fundamental principles, methods and techniques in the reading, interpreting, and understanding of construction documents. Both prints and specifications of commercial and residential buildings are studied. Students learn quantity takeoffs of buildings.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Architectural Technology, A.A.A.S., Architectural Technology, A.A.A.S. (Ferris State University-Construction Management), Architectural Technology, A.A.A.S (Ferris State University-Facility Management)

Other Courses Where This Course is a Prerequisite: None
Other Courses Where this Course is a Corequisite: None
Other Courses Where This course is included in within the Description: None

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Introduce some basic construction terminology.

2. Read and interpret the construction drawings of residential and commercial buildings.

3. Read and interpret specifications of residential and commercial buildings.

4. Write a portion of a technical specification according to the CSI Master Format for a commercial building.

5. Complete a small quantity takeoff exercise.
Course Outline:
I. Introduction to the course

II. The construction process

III. Introduction to print reading

IV. Reviewing details of residential and commercial prints (working drawings)

V. Introduction to the specification

VI. Review details of residential and commercial specification

VII. Specifying materials

VIII. Writing techniques, procedures, and language for writing specification

IX. Reference sources

X. Writing a section of specification

XI. Do a small quantity takeoff exercise

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
Yes
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 25-35%

Applied Time to Review Plans and Specification: 35%

Multimedia: 0-10%

Specification Projects: 10-15%

Testing: 15-25%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: N/A

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
People Soft Course ID Number: 102521
Course CIP Code: 04.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 24
High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Articulation Agreement With What Area: No
Identify the Non Credit Programs this Course is Accepted: NA

School: School of STEM
Department: Architectural and Mechanical Design
Discipline: AR
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
The instructor must know Architectural Drafting thoroughly. He or she must have good interpersonal teaching skills. Must have 4,000 hours of work experience in the construction industry.

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20250224T18:42:07
Course Review & Revision Year: 2029-2030