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Digital Fabrication and Design – Diploma

Program Details

Length: 2 years

Total Credits: 60

Intake Terms: Fall

Campus: Trail

Student Loans: This program is eligible for student loans

Credential Received

Diploma in Digital Fabrication and Design

Overview

Program Summary

The Digital Fabrication and Design Program will prepare students for employment or advancement in the fields of digital fabrication, advanced manufacturing, engineering technologist, and solid modeling, technical/equipment sales and support, with an emphasis on emerging technologies and strategies

The Digital Fabrication and Design Program will teach hands-on skills for a wide variety of digital fabrication production facilities. Instruction is primarily delivered in work groups, with peers, mentors and machines. This program is delivered in modules that will give students a full spectrum of digital fabrication implementations and opportunities.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  1. Apply efficient computer-aided design workflows
  2. Apply 3D-scanning methods and processes for reverse engineering, quality control and metrology
  3. Apply subtractive and additive manufacturing techniques and efficient workflows for rapid prototyping
  4. Use current and emerging technologies and recognized best practices
  5. Apply project planning and evaluation skills
  6. Operate shop tools and digital fabrication equipment
  7. Explain terms, concepts and processes of digital fabrication
  8. Communicate effectively and efficiently in various formats to a variety of stakeholders, consistent with industry expectations
  9. Apply emerging problem-solving skills
  10. Demonstrate developing collaborative skills
  11. Demonstrate developing critical and creative thinking skills
  12. Conduct themselves in a professional and ethical manner in academic and work-related environments

Program Admission Requirements

Academic Requirements

In addition to meeting the general admission requirements to Selkirk College, as outlined in Policy 8611: Admission, applicants to the Digital Fabrication and Design Program must meet the following requirements to be considered fully qualified:

  • Math 11 (Foundations or Pre-Calculus) with a minimum of 73% or higher
  • English 12 with minimum of 67% or higher
  • Completed applicant information questionnaire
  • Note: Recommended but not mandatory: Physics 11 with a minimum of 67% or higher

Additional Requirements

No additional requirements in this program.

Graduation and Promotion

In order to receive your credential in your program, you must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.00.

Program Courses

Term 1

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours

Required Courses

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours
DFAB101Introduction to Digital Fabrication and Design

1.00

15
DFAB103Design for Digital Fabrication 2D

4.00

90
DFAB104Design for Digital Fabrication 3D

5.00

105
DFAB111Introduction to Desktop 3D Printing

2.00

45
DFAB112Traditional Fabrication Principles

3.00

63

Term 2

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours

Required Courses

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours
DFAB105Design for Additive Manufacturing

4.00

90
DFAB106Additive Manufacturing I

1.50

30
DFAB107Design for Subtractive Manufacturing

5.00

105
DFAB108Subtractive Manufacturing 1

3.00

75
DFAB113Traditional Fabrication Practices

2.00

42

Term 3

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours

Required Courses

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours
DFAB2013D Scanning and Reverse Engineering

3.00

75
DFAB202Subtractive Manufacturing 2

4.00

90
DFAB203Additive Manufacturing II

4.00

90
DFAB204Computer Aided Design and Rapid Prototyping

4.00

90

Term 4

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours

Required Courses

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours
DFAB205Entrepreneurship

1.00

15
DFAB206Molding and Casting for Advanced Manufacturing

3.00

75
DFAB207Advanced CNC Technologies

3.00

75
DFAB208Sustainability and Adaptive Design

3.00

75
DFAB209Capstone

5.00

75

Additional Program Policies

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