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Course Description
Catering
CUL-251

Gain knowledge and experience of the catering process in a commercial food setting with emphasis on practical experience in booking, record keeping, planning, production and service in all types of catered events. Demonstrate a working knowledge of all aspects of dining room procedures and service.

Food and Beverage Management
CUL-253

Basic skill necessary to understand and utilize cost controls. Focus on measurements, recipe costing and yield analysis. Knowledge of efficient food purchasing, storage, production, budgeting and inventory.

Advanced Cuisine
CUL-258

Laboratory experience in applying principles of food preparation to produce a variety of food products from American, Regional, and International Cuisine for consumers as well as development of skills in knife, tool, and equipment use, cleaning and maintenance.

Field Experience
CUL-259

Knowledge and skills will be used in a commercial food service operation within the community. Students will work and train with professional chefs and experienced food service workers in order to completely understand the workings of a commercial kitchen and/or a professional catering business.

Detention Officer Training Academy 1
DET-160

Introduction to correctional operations as well as an overview of ethics and professionalism, communication, custody and control, conflict and crisis management, and medical and mental health issues.

Detention Officer Training Academy 2
DET-260

Academy 2 provides correctional operations training in ethics and professionalism, problem solving, officer integrity, hostage survival, riot control measures, defensive tactics, CPR/AED for first responders, and field experience.

Advanced Detention Officer Training
DET-262

Student must be appointed to the Detention Officer Training Academy either through the Open Enrollment Program or by an Arizona Law Enforcement Agency.

AutoCAD 1 - Drafting
DFT-100

The course provides an understanding of basic drafting fundamentals, drafting standards/conventions and the methods of graphic preparation, principles of drafting and design using Computer Aided Drafting (CAD), and the role that graphic language plays in the conception/analysis for the communication of ideas for industry. This course introduces a beginning level of AutoCAD features.

AutoCAD 2 - Drafting 2
DFT-102

Introduction to more advanced features of AutoCAD, building on the skills gained in DFT 100.

Revit 1 Introduction to Revit Modeling - Drafting
DFT-106

An introduction to Revit Modeling for building information management systems and drafting design.

Revit 2 Revit Modeling - Drafting
DFT-107

A second course for development of higher order skills in the use of Revit Modeling for building information management systems and drafting design

CAD (Computer-Aided Drafting) with SolidWorks
DFT-180

Fundamentals of graphical communications, including sketching, computer-aided drafting, design, and parametric modeling.

Construction Graphics1
DFT-201

Integrates the skills gained in DFT 100 with more advanced knowledge of commercial and residential drafting standards and practices.

Construction Graphics 2
DFT-202

Integrates the skills gained in DFT 201 with more advanced knowledge of commercial and residential drafting standards and practices.

AutoCAD 3 - Drafting 3
DFT-203

Introduction to advanced drafting techniques using CAD software, focusing on the creation and manipulation of three-dimensional models and objects.

AutoCAD 4 - Drafting 4
DFT-204

Integrates the skills gained in DFT 100, 102 and 203 with more advanced knowledge of standard drafting techniques and practices in preparation for the AutoCAD Certified Exam.

Revit 3 Revit MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbin
DFT-208

Integrates the skills gained in DFT 203 with more advanced knowledge of commercial and residential drafting standards and practices. In preparation of the AutoCAD certified exam.

Revit 4 Structural - Drafting
DFT-209

A course for development of higher order skills in the use of Revit for development of structural drawings for building information management systems and drafting design

Digital Marketing & E-Commerce
DME-101

This course focuses on the skills that employers are seeking, including email marketing, designing, and running an online store, social media marketing, and marketing analytics. This course is Open Entry/Open Exit (OE/OE).

Ballroom Dance
DNC-070

Ballroom dance for personal, social and fitness benefits. CR/NC