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Automotive Course Descriptions

Title Number Credits Time Location
Brakes "Automotive Youth Educational Systems" (AYES) AUTO 1516 4 credits

8-10 a.m. Fall

Apollo
Course Description
A specific technical course designed to teach the principles of automotive hydraulic brake systems. This course builds on the essential laws of physics, motion, forces, hydraulics, thermodynamics, and chemical reactions and how these principles apply to the operation and diagnosis of automotive brake systems.
Pre-Requisites

General Service TRAN 1502
(articulated through Tech Prep)
Available to High School Juniors and Seniors

 

Title Number Credits Time Location
Electrical/Electronic Systems AUTO 1509 4 credits 8-10 a.m.
Spring
Apollo
Course Description
A specific technical course designed to teach the principles of electricity and electronics and apply them to automotive systems. This course builds on the essential concepts and measurement of electrical parameters, such as voltage, current, resistance, power, magnetism, electromagnetism, and magnetic induction that the student has learned in earlier physics courses.
Pre-Requisites

General Service TRAN 1502
(articulated through Tech Prep)
Available to High School Juniors and Seniors

 

TitleNumber
Credits
Time
Location
Steering and Suspension
AUTO 1508
4 credits
10am-12pm Fall
Apollo
Course Description
A specific technical course to teach the principles of automotive suspension/steering systems and 4-wheel suspension alignment. This course builds on the essential concepts of geometry, gear reduction, hydraulics laws, and characteristics of liquids and how they apply to the operation and diagnosis of power steering and suspension systems.
Pre-Requisites
General Service TRAN 1502
(articulated through Tech Prep)
Available to High School Juniors and Seniors
 
Title Number Credits Time Location
Engine Performance AUTO 1522

4 credits

10am-12pm Spring

Apollo
Course Description
A specific technical course designed to teach the principles of automotive engine performance and diagnosis. This course builds on the essential laws of physics, thermodynamics, and chemical reactions and teaches how these principles apply to the operation and diagnosis of engine performance systems.
Pre-Requisites

AUTO 1509 Electrical / Electronic Systems
Available to High School Juniors and Seniors if they have completed AUTO 1509



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