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CIVL 1121 - Graphical Communication

Civil Engineering Part-time Studies Course

School of Construction and the Environment

BCIT is planning for a substantial return to on-campus activity for the Winter 2022 term as informed by BC Provincial Health Officer guidelines. Refer to each course listing for details.

Course Details

In this course, you will be presented with an overview of fundamental graphical techniques necessary for plan reading and production of working drawings and introduced to a variety of civil engineering terminology. Subject materials for the course are drawn from the civil engineering industry. Topics include freehand sketching, field sketching, drawing scales and layout, orthographic projections, contour drawings, and geometric constructions. Lettering and line work will be emphasized throughout.

Credits

2.5

Cost

$678.92

Winter 2022

Below is one offering of this course for the Winter 2022 term.

CRN 89567

Tue Jan 11 - Tue Mar 15 10 Weeks

Class Meeting Times

Dates Days Times Locations
Jan 11 - Mar 15 Tue 18:30 - 21:30 Online

Instructor

Steven Zivin

Course Outline

Cost

$678.92

Notes

  1. Internet delivery format.
  2. Instructional sessions are delivered through a live interactive web-lecture through online course portal (BCIT Learning Hub) by industry subject matter expert instructors. For more information, please visit our commons webpage: https://commons.bcit.ca/civiltech/
  3. Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.

This course offering is in progress. Please check back next term, subscribe to receive email updates or contact us with your comments or questions.

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Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Illustrate engineering concepts graphically.
  • Interpret elementary engineering drawings.
  • Define common terms used in civil engineering.
  • Produce elementary construction drawings in various scales and employ standard lettering and dimensioning techniques.

Effective as of Winter 2015

Related Programs

CIVL 1121 is offered as a part of the following programs:

School of Construction and the Environment

  1. Civil Technology
    Part-time   Associate Certificate
  2. Civil Technology
    Part-time   Certificate

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