Drafting and Design
Taking ideas and bringing them to life is at the heart of careers in the field of drafting and design. Every piece of equipment, building or widget started off as a concept that had to be taken through an exacting process in order to become a reality.
ITT Technical Institute's School of Drafting and Design provides the knowledge and skills that can help graduates enter this field. If you love to focus, get lost in the most minute detail, and are interested in how things get built, you may have a knack for drafting and design. Skills taught include creating drawings, plans and computer models. Having an aptitude for math is also important.
In addition to careers in drafting and design, we offer a bachelor degree in construction management, where an understanding of many of the same principles, including reading blueprints, is taught. The ability to work with a team is also a useful skill for careers in these fields.
Students will work with a computer-aided design (CAD) program and other hands-on applications in a laboratory environment, in addition to traditional and online classroom experiences.
ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM
Computer Drafting and Design
Drafting is a graphic language that is used to communicate ideas and plans from the creative design stage through production. Many industries use drafters to translate the ideas, sketches and specifications of an engineer, architect or designer into working plans.
The Computer Drafting and Design program in the School of Drafting and Design at ITT Technical Institute combines computer-aided drafting with conventional methods of graphic communication to solve drafting and basic design-related problems. The program balances classroom theory and hands-on applications in a laboratory environment. Students create a variety of drawings on different drawing media using conventional and computer-aided drafting equipment.
If you have a strong drawing ability, visual aptitude, and attention to detail, studying computer drafting and design may fit your skills and interests.