Drafting and Design Articulation

Academic agreements are used to identify comparable courses or pathways between educational institutions. This allows students to receive credit at a receiving institution without having to duplicate courses recently completed and to continue their education between schools. In order to receive credit for course work included in these agreements, students must provide an official transcript to the receiving institution. Any additional requirements are stated below.

Snow College

AS Engineering Technology

Students who have completed an OTECH certificate may receive up to 30 credits toward an Associate of Science degree at Snow College. This degree can then be transferred to any public university in Utah for further education. For more information, visit Snow College TechConnect.

Weber State University

AAS Construction Management – (07/01/2023 to 06/30/2025)

*This agreement is in effect only when all criteria and conditions of the Career Pathways Program and Student have been met. Selection criteria must be met for acceptance into each postsecondary program. Program requirements from either partner may change without notice.
OTECH WSU
Course OTECH Title Credits Course WSU Title Credits
CADT 1216 Architectural CAD Modeling Interior Design 4 ARCH 1040 CA Intro to Architecture 3
CADT 2330 Materials & Methods 4 CM 1310 Materials & Methods 4
CADT 2535 BIM (Building Information Modeling) 3 CM 2360 Commercial Design & Codes 4
CADT 2720 Civil Drafting 3 CM 2340 Civil Design & Layout 4
CADT 2725 Civil Design 3

AAS Pre-Architecture – (07/01/2023 to 06/30/2025)

*This agreement is in effect only when all criteria and conditions of the Career Pathways Program and Student have been met. Selection criteria must be met for acceptance into each postsecondary program. Program requirements from either partner may change without notice.
OTECH WSU
Course OTECH Title Credits Course WSU Title Credits
CADT 1216 Architectural CAD Modeling Interior Design 4 ARCH 1040 CA Intro to Architecture 3
CADT 1105 Architectural 2D Design 4 IDT 1050 Architectural Drafting 3
CADT 2340 Residential Architectural Design 4 ARCH 1350 Architectural Design Communication I 3
CADT 2331 Architectural CAD 4 ARCH 2000 Architectural Design Communication II 3
CADT 2230 Materials & Methods 4 CM 1310 Materials & Methods 4
CADT 2535 BIM (Building Information Modeling) 3 CM 2360 Commercial Design & Codes 4
CADT 2720 Civil Drafting 3 CM 2340 Civil Drafting and Layout 4
CADT 2725 Civil Design 3

AAS Product Design and Development – (07/01/2023 to 06/30/2025)

Students MUST be declared in the AAS Degree indicated before coursework is added to their record.
*This agreement is in effect only when all criteria and conditions of the Career Pathways Program and Student have been met. Selection criteria must be met for acceptance into each postsecondary program. Program requirements from either partner may change without notice.
OTECH WSU
Course OTECH Title Credits Course WSU Title Credits
CADT 1010 Intro to Engineering and Technical Design 4 PDD 1010 Introduction to Engineering & Technical Design (Solidworks) 3
CADT 2160 Production Drafting (GD&T) 3 PDD 1160 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing Using 3D CAD 3
CADT 2140 Machine Design 3 PDD 2460 Product Design Fundamentals Using 3D CAD 3

Product Design & Development (AAS Degree) – (06/30/2019 to 07/01/2021)

*If more than one course is listed, all of them need to be completed in order to receiver credit for the equivalent course.
Course OTECH Title Hours Course WSU Title Credits
CADT 1010 Intro to Engineering and Technical Design 120 DET 1010 Intro to Engineering & Technical Design (SolidWorks) 3
CADT 2160 Production Drafting (GD&T) 90 DET 1160 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing 3D CAD 3
CADT 2140 Machine Design 90 DET 2460 Product Design Fundamental Using 3D CAD 3

Building Design Construction (AAS Degree) – (04/13/2020 to 07/01/2021)

*If more than one course is listed, all of them need to be completed in order to receiver credit for the equivalent course.
Course OTECH Title Hours Course WSU Title Credits
CADT 2311 Architectural Design 60 BDC 1040 Intro to Architecture 3
CADT 2340 Residential Architectural Design 120 BDC 1350 Residential Design & Codes 3
CADT 2530 Introduction to BIM 60 BDC 2000 Intro to BIM 3
CADT 2331 Architectural CAD 120 CMT 2360 Commercial Design & Codes 4
CONS 1120 NCCER Construction Introduction 80 CMT 1100 Intro to Construction Management 1

TechTransfer

Students who have completed an OTECH certificate may receive up to 21 elective credits toward an Associate of Science in General Studies or any undergraduate degree. For more information, visit WSU Tech Transfer.

Utah Valley University

AAS Business Management – (08/15/2024 to 08/14/2025)

Students must meet current UVU admission requirements and deadlines, provide an official transcript, and pay all application/admission fees associated with the awarding of credit and acceptance into UVU.
*Before admission to UVU, students must meet with the applicable program advisor at UVU.
**Students of the Institution will have five years in which to start an applicable UVU program, at the discretion of the receiving academic department.
OTECH UVU
Course OTECH Title Credits Course UVU Title Credits
Completion of OTECH’s 30-credit Computer Aided Design program 28 credits for electives in the AAS Business Management degree with certificate in technical area


Utah State University

AAS Degree

The Associates of Applied Science (AAS) degree at USU is a minimum of 63 credits. Upon fulfillment of the AAS degree requirements the student will receive thirty (30) semester hours of credit for their certificate from OTECH. The student must provide an official transcript from OTECH to USU when the apply for graduation. Students must be admitted to USU within 12 months of completing the course(s) at OTECH to apply for higher education credit. Students may apply at www.usu.edu/apply

High School

*If more than one course is listed, all of them need to be completed in order to receive credit for the equivalent course.
Courses must have been completed within the last three years.
Courses must show B average grade or better in order to receive credit for the equivalent course.
Utah High Schools OTECH
Core Code Course Name Credits Course Title Credits
38010011300 Intro to Engineering Design (PLTW) 1 TEDR 1010 Advanced Technical Drafting 3
38.01.00.13.052 Mechanical Design & Engineering 2 0.5 TEDR 1200 Parametric Solid Modeling 3
38.01.00.13.053 Mechanical Design & Engineering 3 0.5
38010011390 Engineering Design & Development (PLTW) OR 1 TEDR 2800 Capstone Project 3
38.01.00.00.990 Engineering Capstone 1
38.01.00.13.041 Architectural Design 1 0.5 TEDR 1100 Residential Drafting 3
38010011330 Civil Engineering & Architecture (PLTW) OR 1 TEDR 1110 Introduction to Building Information Modeling 3
38.01.00.13.042 Architectural Design 2 AND 0.5
38.01.00.13.043 Architectural Design 3 0.5
40.10.00.13.072 Machining 1 0.5 TEDR 1275 Milling Machining 3