ENGR 183, CAD I, Syllabus

Course Syllabus:  Full ENGR 183 Syllabus

Prof. Susan Sherod

email: sherod_susan@sac.edu
Office Hours: MW 1:10-1:40p TTh 3:30-5:30p

Course Description:  A first course in computer drafting focused on AutoDesk software, with AutoCAD as a base. Topics include display and file management, units, entities, object selection, advanced editing, layers, dimensions, text, graphic exchange, and phone apps. 

Textbook Information: AutoCAD 2018: A Problem Solving Approach. ISBN: 978-1-942689-86-7, CADCIM
Technologies, USA, Prof. Sham Tickoo, Purdue University Calumet, USA

Course Learning Objectives:  By the end of this course, students will have produced a series of beginning level 2D CAD drawings that include text and dimensions.
Student Learning Objectives:  Proficient in skill and knowledge sufficient to produce a series of 2D CAD drawings that include text and dimensions.

Meet Your Instructor: 

Susan M. Sherod holds a B.S. in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana, IL (3.55 GPA), an M.A. in Industrial and Technical Studies from California State University, Los Angeles (4.0 GPA), and Master of Architecture from NewSchool of Architecture and Design, San Diego, CA (3.93 GPA). Sherod received two awards from CSULA: Outstanding Graduate Student, and an Alumni Achievement Recognition Award.

Sherod began her career in Architecture and is a licensed Architect in the state of CA. Sherod has taught CAD since 1993. Sherod has taught technical drafting since 1995. Topics taught have included math preparation, computer use, web page authoring, architecture, engineering technology and employment preparation studies. Sherod authored online training materials for teachers in 1995, and served as consultant to OTAN in 1999. Sherod won a CAROP Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award in 2000.

Past teaching assignments included College of the Canyons in Valencia, California, an AutoDesk Training Center at College of the Canyons, in Valencia, California, West Valley Occupational Center in Woodland Hills, California and ORT Technical Institute in Sherman Oaks, California. Sherod joined the staff at Santa Ana College (SAC) Engineering Department in Fall of 2000. 

Since joining Santa Ana College Sherod has created new certificate programs, new courses and revised programs and courses significantly. Sherod has enhanced her courses with the online Learning Management System (LMS) software used by SAC. Sherod wrote a proposal for a grant for curriculum improvement in Summer of 2001 and was awarded a grant to develop one of the classes as 100% online which was the first such course available in the engineering department. This course, ENGR 142, included lecture and lab components all online, but with an in person final exam requirement that at the same time allowed for proctoring for the in person final exam. Sherod has also contributed to the development of a tech-prep website for the SAC Engineering Department. Sherod implemented the 2010 Imperative through all AEC courses to include ecological literacy and reduction of fossil fuel use. Sherod's sabbatical work was focused in the area of Energy Studies. Sherod has served on the Facilities Committee, and anchored the Environmental Task Force for Santa Ana College. Her recommendations are sustainable, money-saving, and proposed solutions include documented savings possible for strategies such as LED tube lamps, solar assisted natural ventilation, and exterior shading options. Sherod has been a member of the Engineering Liaison Council since 2001, and served as the Southern CA representative. Sherod has participated in Statewide Career Pathway Discipline work groups as well as facilitated for them. Sherod has attend LAOCRC meetings in the Energy and Utilities Sector. Sherod's community service efforts began with local cleanups along a river in her high school years. Her service over the years of her career have been memberships and volunteer plus pro-bono work in numerous orgs such as Nature Conservancy, National Wildlife Federation, Tree People, CRSP, Eco-Home Network, Los Angeles Eco-Village, Sierra Club, and Surfrider Foundation, where she served as Intern Coordinator, and then Executive Committee member at a chapter, for several years.

Sherod has completed numerous trainings for online teaching, including SAC's Online teaching Certificate in 2014.  Most recently Sherod completed the LMS Canvas Bronze and Silver Certificates and Badges 2017 training.