Woodworking Technology: Furniture Making (A.S.)
Department website: https://www.cerritos.edu/woodworking/
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
The Furniture Making program option prepares students for employment in the woodworking industry, primarily in custom furniture shops. Through courses focusing on tables, casegoods, and other forms, students learn how to use traditional woodworking machinery and hand tools. Core topics include furniture design and finishing. Electives include advanced casegoods, advanced tables, advanced hand-tool topics, veneering, and SketchUp. Graduates are employed as furniture makers, general woodworkers, or are self-employed. Spatial intelligence, cognitive ability, and eye-hand coordination are recommended for those entering the program.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Students safely and confidently use woodworking tools and equipment to build a furniture project.
- Students utilize hand tools to augment machine tools used in constructing a furniture project.
- Students build several furniture projects to meet the requirements of specified planning documents.
- Students prepare and present a design portfolio, including concept sketches, scale drawings, and a scale model and/or full-sized drawing of several furniture projects.
Program Requirements
Full-time students may take option one or Part-time students may take option two.
Option One: Full-Time Students (24.5 Units)
| Code Number | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| WMT 101 | Introduction to Woodworking | 3.0 |
| WMT 171A | Introduction to Tables and Woodworking Hand Tools | 6.5 |
| WMT 171B | Topics in Cabinetmaking | 6.5 |
| WMT 171C | Woodworking Design and Fabrication | 6.5 |
| WMT 171L | Furniture Intensive Lab | 2.0 |
| Total Units | 24.5 | |
Option Two: Part-Time Students (27 Units)
| Code Number | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| WMT 101 | Introduction to Woodworking | 3.0 |
| WMT 102 | Introduction to Solid Wood Casegoods | 4.0 |
| WMT 103 | Introduction to Tables | 4.0 |
| WMT 130 | Furniture Design | 4.0 |
| WMT 184 | Introduction To Digital Fabrication | 4.0 |
| WMT 201 | Woodworking with Hand Tools | 4.0 |
| Subtotal | 23 | |
| Choose a minimum of 4 units | 4.0 | |
| Woodworking Essentials (2) | ||
| Wood Finishing (3) | ||
| Wood Carving for Furniture (2.5) | ||
| Woodworking Appreciation (1) | ||
| Introduction to Woodturning (2) | ||
| Decorative Boxes (4) | ||
| History of Furniture Design (3) | ||
| Windsor Chair (4) | ||
| Jigs and Fixtures (2) | ||
| Introduction to Faceframe Cabinetmaking (4) | ||
| Running A Woodworking Business (3) | ||
| Alphacam and the CNC Router (4) | ||
| SketchUp for Woodworkers (3) | ||
| Woodworking Machine Maintenance and Repair (1.5) | ||
| Advanced Furniture Casegoods (4) | ||
| Advanced Tables (4) | ||
| Veneering and Marquetry (4) | ||
| Advanced Handtools-Handplanes (2) | ||
| Advanced Handtools - Joinery (2) | ||
| Advanced Handtools - Dovetails (2) | ||
| Outdoor Seating (4) | ||
| Chair Design and Construction (4) | ||
| Morris Chair (4) | ||
| Traditional American Furniture (4) | ||
| Curved and Tapered Forms for Furniture (4) | ||
| Sculptural Chair (4) | ||
| Total Units | 27 | |
Recommended Electives
| Code Number | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| WMT 187 | Woodworking Machine Maintenance and Repair | 1.5 |
| WMT 107 | Wood Finishing | 3.0 |
| WMT 202 | Advanced Furniture Casegoods | 4.0 |
| WMT 204 | Advanced Tables | 4.0 |
| WMT 205 | Veneering and Marquetry | 4.0 |
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Completion of a minimum of 60 semester units to include
- total major requirements,
- the general education requirements, and
- a grade of "C" or better in all courses required by major.