44 courses with the subject AUT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Description: This course covers those items necessary to maintain the vehicle: preventive maintenance, minor tune-up, roadside rep
Description: This course teaches the basic skills needed by a beginning apprentice for repair and maintena
Description: This class is the basic theory of operation of standard and electric igni
Description: This class covers the complete automotive suspension system with emphasis on wheel alignment and sus
Description: This course provides a general introduction to the discipline of automotive service, and then guides students through the first three ASE certification
Description: This course provides a general introduction to the discipline of automotive service, and then guides students through three ASE certificatio
Description: This course provides a general introduction to the discipline of automotive service, and then guides the students through the three ASE certification areas
Description: This course covers the complete braking system found on most domestic and foreign cars.
Restricted Electives - Total 6 Minimum Credits
Course Offering Availability: Fall This course covers the diagnosis, repair and service of the vehicle powertrain and related systems. Topics include fundamental operating principles of engines and transmissions and use of proper service procedures for diagnosis, service and removal and replacement of major components. Upon completion, students should be able to perform basic service and diagnosis of the powertrain and related systems, and to perform in vehicle repairs and remove and replace components.
Course Offering Availability: Fall This course covers principles of operation, types, and diagnosis/repair of suspension and steering systems to include steering geometry. Topics include manual and power steering systems and standard and electronically controlled suspension and steering systems. Upon completion, students should be able to service and repair steering and suspension components, check and adjust alignment angles, repair tires, balance wheels, and calibrate/reset related driver assist systems using appropriate tools, equipment, procedures, and service information. AUT 151 Brake Systems 2 3 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Fall This course covers principles of operation and types, diagnosis, service, and repair of brake systems. Topics include drum and disc brakes involving hydraulic, vacuum boost, hydra-boost, electrically powered boost, braking with ADAS, electric braking controls, emerging brake technologies, and anti-lock and parking brake systems. Upon completion, students should be able to diagnose, service, and repair various automotive braking systems using appropriate tools, equipment, procedures, and service information. 259 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
Course Offering Availability: Spring This course is an optional lab to be used as an alternative to co-op placement in meeting the NATEF standards for total hours. Topics include manual and power steering systems and standard and electronically controlled suspension and steering systems. Upon completion, students should be able to service and repair steering and suspension components, check and adjust alignment angles, repair tires, and balance wheels. 198 2012-2013 VGCC Catalog
Students learn the fundamentals of molding operations, including molding terminology, machine part identification, operating safety, machine controls and machine startup and shutdown. Students are taught to identify common part defects such as short shots, flash, warp, surface defects, color changes and shrinkage. Students learn the properties of commonly used molding materials. Lab Hours: 0 Theory Hours: 3
Students learn to safely operate a molding machine. Students learn to properly startup, set machine controls and shutdown a molding machine. Lab Hours: 6 Theory Hours: 0
Required Subject Areas: Engine Performance:
Course Offering Availability: Spring This course is an optional lab to be used as an alternative to co-op placement in meeting the NATEF standards for total hours. Topics include networking and module communication, circuit construction, wiring diagrams, circuit testing, troubleshooting and emerging electrical/electronic systems technologies. Upon completion, students should be able to properly use wiring diagrams, diagnose, test, and repair wiring, lighting, gauges, accessories, modules, and electronic concerns. AUT 181 Engine Performance 1 2 3 0 3 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course covers the introduction, theory of operation, and basic diagnostic procedures required to restore engine performance to vehicles equipped with complex engine control systems. Topics include an overview of engine operation, ignition components and systems, fuel delivery, injection components and systems and emission control devices. Upon completion, students should be able to describe operation, diagnose and repair basic ignition, fuel and emission related drivability problems using appropriate equipment, procedures, and service information. AUT 181A Engine Performance 1 Lab 0 3 0 1 Course Offering Availability: Spring This course is an optional lab to be used in conjunction with or as an alternative to work-based learning placements in order to meet the ASE Education Foundation standards for hours. Topics include overviews of engine operation, ignition components and systems, fuel delivery, injection components and systems and emission control devices and emerging engine performance technologies. Upon completion, students should be able to describe operation, diagnose, and repair basic ignition, fuel and emission related drivability problems using appropriate tools, equipment, procedures, and service information. 260 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
This course is designed to teach students basic mold setter skills. They will learn the fundamentals of molding operations, including molding terminology, machine part identification, operating safety, machine controls and machine startup and shutdown. Students are taught to identify common part defects such as non-fill, burn marks, warpage, discoloration, weld lines, and flash. At the end of this course students should be able to safely work as a mold setter. Lab Hours: 4 Theory Hours: 1
This course is designed to teach students the basic mold setter skills in a laboratory environment. The students will learn the practical application of molding operations, including molding terminology, machine part identification, operating safety, machine controls, and machine startup and shutdown. Students are taught to identify and correct common part defects such as non-fill, burn marks, warpage, discoloration, weld lines, and flash. At the end of this course students should be able to work safely as a mold setter. Lab Hours: 6 Theory Hours: 0
TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATE: 11 151 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
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This course will provide students with the knowledge to do preventive maintenance on automation systems. Also assess tooling, inspect and perform preventive maintenance on various tools. This course provides both classroom and performance based hands on training to inform personnel on preventive maintenance. Lab Hours: 2 Theory Hours: 1
Automotive Technology Electives - Total 6 Credits Choose two additional courses from the list below
Description: This course explores the use of Hybrid, Electric power, and alternative fuels for vehicle transpor
Fall Semester (Second Year) Course Credits
TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATE:
3 III. OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (Select 2 hours)
Credits 3
This course is designed to teach students basic mold processor skills. Topics will include safety, molding materials, machine controls, fill rates, temperature control, pressure control, and timing. Students will learn how various factors affect the mold process and how to compensate for those factors by setting and adjusting machine controls. Lab Hours: 4 Theory Hours: 1
This course is designed to teach students basic mold processor skills in a laboratory environment. The students will learn the practical application of mold processes including safety, molding materials, machine controls, fill rates, temperature control, pressure control and timing. Students will learn how various factors affect the mold process and how to compensate for those factors by setting and adjusting machine controls. Lab Hours: 6 Theory Hours: 0 Southern Union State Community College 2021-22 Catalog
Mathematics Elective (MAT 110 , MAT 143 *, MAT 152 *) 3-4 Total Hours for Semester 14-15 148 2026-2027 VGCC Catalog
Source: Vance-Granville Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
