Engineering Blueprint Reading Micro-Credential

The Engineering Blueprint Reading Micro-Credential is comprised of one 3 credit course, EGR117, usually offered in the spring semester. The course focuses on the different methods of drawing, size, and shape descriptions, industrial terms, symbol identification, abbreviations, and visualization skills necessary to correctly interpret production drawings. The Blueprint Micro-credential utilizes industry standards ANSI, ISO, and DOD as guidelines.

Skills covered in the course include:

• Visualize mechanical production drawings.
• Differentiate the meanings of symbols on a drawing (line, types, holes, threads, finishing, etc.)
• Calculate missing dimensions derived from shown dimensions using basic algebra
• Differentiate imperial dimensioning from Metric dimensioning systems.