Course Syllabus

CGT 360- Applications of Construction Documentation I

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Instructor: Prof. Clark Cory
Office: Knoy 325 , Phone 494-8730
Off. Hrs: TBA

Email: ccory@purdue.edu

Course Description:

Principles of document standards applied to creation and distribution within the construction enterprise.  Construction documents are created as products of a three-dimensional model used as a database.

Course Objectives:

Students will demonstrate the following behaviors relative to a variety of documents produced by freehand and computer drawing processes. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

•   Utilize parametric technologies to Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) problems.
•   Produce renderings and 3D models to increase communication effectiveness.
•   Demonstrate understand of how loading and framing techniques affect structures.
•   Identify how codes affect documents.
•   Demonstrate understanding of new building technologies and how they affect building design and documentation.

Course Textbooks:

Required Books:

• Jefferis, A., Maden, D.A. (2001). Architectural Drafting and Design-Fifth Edition, ISBN 0-7668-1546-3

Recommended

Spence, W.P. (1993). Residential Framing, ISBN 0-8069-8594-1

• Also listed as a required book under the BCM 130 course.

Course Equipment:

• Flash Card- make it a big one!
• Calculator- Contractors, purchase at lumber yard
• Architect's Scale
• Sketching Paper- Get both grid paper and blank paper
• Highlighters or color pencils (as needed)

Course Administration - Lectures

Lectures will concern the body of knowledge surrounding construction graphics. Demonstrations will cover specific operations and techniques. Students are expected to be at all class sessions (see Excused Absences policy below). If a student has to miss a lecture or a demonstration, permission for an excused absence must be granted by the professor before class. It is the responsibility of the students to secure all materials and information presented in class, even with an excused absence. Lectures will not be repeated. Lectures may be tape recorded with the professor's permission.

Excused Absences:

Students must clear any absence beforehand with the instructor, who will require documentation before the absence is excused. Absences due to illness or other circumstances beyond a students control will be handled on a case-by-case basis and will also require documentation. 

Campus Emergency

In the event of a major campus emergency; course requirements, deadlines, and grading percentages are subject to change that may be necessitated by a revised semster calendar or other circumstances. Here are ways to get information about changes in the course; Vista web page, my email address: ccory@purdue.edu , or my office phone 494-8730

Attendance Policy:

• CGT 360 students are considered Computer Graphics Technology professionals and are responsible for directing their own education. As such, the decision to attend class is at each student's personal discretion. However, it is Purdue's policy for every student to attend every lecture and lab session.

• Absences CAN effect student grades if they do not understand the material or are not aware of changes to the class that can include (but are not limited to) the scheduling of quizzes, exams, assignments, projects, and extra credit. The instructor has the right to alter the course at his own discretion, so students missing class may not be aware of important information.

• Students are responsible for the body of information in the lectures, labs, and assigned reading materials. Students who do not attend class will not be given makeup lecture sessions or notes by the instructor. Similarly, makeup tests and quizzes will also not be given. If a student misses a class, it is up to them to make sure they acquire the relevant material from another source. Do NOT send the instructor an e-mail asking to explain the contents of a missed lecture or lab.

• Students are expected to attend class for mandatory events such as tests and quizzes, and it is up to the individual student to know when those events are. Ignorance of these events is not an excuse, and any student who wants current information is expected to attend class.

About the Web site:

Aside from the syllabus, the information contained on this web site is subject to change and is NOT the most current source of information concerning CGT 360.The instructor has the right to make changes to many portions of the curriculum and due to the ever-changing nature of technology, certain information on the web site may be obsolete or out-of-date. As such, it is up to the student to confirm this information by either attending class or obtaining the information from another source.

 

Philosophy: 

As a student in a upper-level course you will often be expected to do original analyses of your work and that of others - your peers and recognized professionals. Your ability to plan, evaluate, and critically analyze project goals, guidelines, and problems to create a unique, self-generated solution is a central activity of this course. You will be expected to attend class and laboratory sessions and to turn in assigned work on time. Late work will not be accepted. Failure to do so demonstrates a lack of readiness to handle independent work and may call for individual counseling, loss of course points, or failure.

 

Outside work:

Outside work will be absolutely necessary. Students will NOT be able to do well in this course if they work only in regularly scheduled class sessions.

File Security and Disks:

Students are responsible for the security of their files. Period. They should have multiple copies on multiple sources (disks, Zip, PUCC server, flash cards) at all times. Given a faulty diskette or other media, the instructor will assist students in attempting to recover lost files. However, ultimately each individual is responsible for maintaining their digital data. Loss of data, files, or other associated items needed for a project will require that a student recreate their work, with no exceptions. 

Although a rare occurrence, Flash drives have been known to become corrupted, resulting in the permanent loss of the data. As such, it is highly recommended that students use flash drives for storage only, and that they not work directly from them. Instead, they should work from a copy on your local hard drive, then save to the Zip disk once they are finished working with the file(s).

Student Conduct and Policies:

• No swearing, or derogatory comments about, or towards, any member of the class will be tolerated in any class period. 
• No food or drinks of any kind will be allowed in any lab sessions. 
• Students are expected to arrive on time for all class and lab sessions. 
• Standards set by Purdue University as outlined in the Student Handbook and the University Regulations (1996-1997) will be observed in this course. Students are expected to be present at each and every meeting of the class. In the event that a student must miss a class period, they must inform the supervising instructor of the course of their absence and NOT a teaching assistant (TA). Should the student not be able to reach the instructor they are to leave a message for him/her at their office with the secretary. Should circumstances not allow this, the student may contact the Dean of Students Office and explain their emergency. The Dean's office will then pass the word along to each of the student's professors for them. Upon your return to Purdue, contact the supervising instructor as soon as possible in order to make arrangements for work, handouts, quizzes, or tests that they may have missed. The supervising instructor has the final word on what work, etc. students may be allowed to make up. Every student has the right to appeal to the university any decision made by their supervising instructor.
• Late assignments will not be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made with the Instructor and because of extreme circumstances. (Not coming to lab, or forgetting, doesn't rate as an extreme circumstance.) 
• No student will be allowed to make up any written exam, lab practical, exam, or quiz unless they have an official or medical excuse.
• Standards set by Purdue University as outlined in the Student Handbook and the University Regulations (1996-1997) will be observed in this course. Any student found participating in cheating, plagiarism, copying material from another person's disk, using illegal cribs or other materials during a written examination, lying to course instructors and lab assistants about his or her own work, stealing tests, quizzes, or answer keys, and any such activities will be considered in conflict with the printed academic honesty guidelines as set out by Purdue University and the School of Technology. In such cases the matter will be reported to the Office of the Dean and the appropriate Purdue University administration officers for consideration and possible disciplinary action. (See Student Conduct Action Report).
• Students who have special needs, i.e. hearing or visually challenged, etc., or in need of tutoring, etc., may contact the Dean of Students Office located in Schleman Hall, Room 207, 494-1747 for further assistance.

Laptops, Pagers and  Cell Phones:

It is permissible to bring a laptop (notebook, palmtop) computer to class for the purpose of taking notes. However, it must be used QUIETLY ... that is, no clicking, clacking, or sound effects. If a laptop becomes a distraction to others in the class, students will be asked to turn it off and not bring it back. Similarly, there will be no tolerance for beeping, chirping, ringing (or any other sound) from a pager or cell phone in class. If students must use your cell phone for any reason, they must leave the room.

Course Assignments - Projects:

Students will be expected to successfully complete multiple projects throughout the course of the semester. Projects will be graded on professionalism, execution, creativity, technical merit, and communicative value.

Written Analyses:

All analyses should be spell-checked and free of grammatical errors. Typos or grammar problems automatically result in a C for the analysis assignment. .

Analyses should be formatted as follows: 

Header: Name, Date, Class & Section, flush right top of page, one line for each item, Arial or Helvetica, 10pts, bold. 
Title: Analysis # (1-4) with article title centered on page, Arial or Helvetica, 10 pts, bold, centered. 
URL Location: Full path to the article, beneath title, Arial or Helvetica, 10 pts, bold, centered. 
Body text: Times New Roman, 10 pt. 1" margin all-around, 1.5 line spacing, left justification.

The body should be divided into two sections:

Synopsis: An abstract of the article. The synopsis should point out the major themes or ideas that the author was trying to convey. This section should be approximately 1/2 -1 page long.

Significance: The significance section should describe how this article relates to you. What new knowledge did you learn from the article? What did you think about what the author was saying. Do you agree/disagree? Why? This section should be approximately 1/2 -1 page long.

 

Exams: 

The lecture quizzes will cover material from the lecture, demonstrations, and laboratory portions of the course and be administered during the regularly scheduled lecture period.

The midterm practical will test your ability to solve problems in the laboratory setting or on the jobsite. This entails a problem given on the computer in the lab.

The final exam will be a comprehensive exam and given at the appropriately scheduled time. 

 

Evaluation:

Grading Philosophy: