Woodworking Manufacturing Technologies (A.S.)
Department website: https://www.cerritos.edu/woodworking/
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
The goal of the Woodworking Manufacturing Technologies Department is to provide students with high-quality woodworking education programs leading to certificates, degrees, and jobs; provide the industry with highly capable cabinet and furniture makers; provide the community with high-quality avocational woodworking education programs; provide the industry with material, process, and equipment training programs; and support other schools in the promotion and delivery of woodworking education.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Students build a casegood project to meet the requirements of specified planning documents.
- Students build a face frame or frameless cabinet project to meet the requirements of specified planning documents.
- Students build a table project to meet the requirements of specified planning documents.
- Students convert rough lumber to a flat, straight and square-edged piece suitable for project use.
- Students select and install base, case, and crown moldings.
- Students install a cabinet and scribe it to the wall.
- Students select, prepare for, and apply the appropriate finish for a furniture or cabinet project.
- Students use a lathe to create a faceplate or spindle project.
Program Requirements
| Code Number | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Core Courses | ||
| WMT 101 | Introduction to Woodworking | 3.0 |
| WMT 102 | Introduction to Solid Wood Casegoods | 4.0 |
| WMT 103 | Introduction to Tables | 4.0 |
| WMT 107 | Wood Finishing | 3.0 |
| WMT 118 | Introduction to Woodturning | 2.0 |
| WMT 151 | Introduction to Faceframe Cabinetmaking | 4.0 |
| or WMT 153 | Introduction to Frameless Cabinetmaking | |
| WMT 154 | Introduction to Cabinet Installation | 4.0 |
| or WMT 155 | Architectural Millwork | |
| Total Units | 24 | |
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Complete a minimum of
- 60 units to include the above major requirements,
- the general education requirements,
- and electives as needed.3
Recommended Electives
| Code Number | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| WMT 123 | Decorative Boxes | 4.0 |
| WMT 144 | Jigs and Fixtures | 2.0 |
| WMT 187 | Woodworking Machine Maintenance and Repair | 1.5 |