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Mechanical and Electrical Components
AB124

YEAR:

2023-2024

CREDIT HOURS:

3.00

PREREQUISITES:

None

COREQUISITES:

None

COURSE NOTES:

None

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Demonstrate safety procedures. Determine how to diagnose steering and suspension; diagnose electrical concerns; complete headlamp and fog/driving assemblies and repairs; demonstrate self-grounding procedures for handling electrical components. Determine diagnosis, inspection and service needs for brake hydraulic components; examine components of heating and air conditioning systems; determine the inspection, service and repair needs for collision damaged cooling system co mponents; distinguish between under car components and systems. Determine the diagnosis, inspection and service requirements of active and passive restraint systems.

HutchCC INSTITUTION-WIDE OUTCOMES:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and make reasonable judgments by acquiring, analyzing, combining, and evaluating information.
  2. Demonstrate the skills necessary to access and manipulate information through various technological and traditional methods.
  3. Demonstrate effective communication through reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  4. Demonstrate effective interpersonal and collaborative skills.
  5. Demonstrate effective quantitative-reasoning and computational skills.

AREA OR PROGRAM OUTCOMES

  1. Demonstrate safe working habits and procedures within an auto collision/repair facility.
  2. Analyze automotive structural damage and repair requirements.
  3. Analyze automotive non-structural damage and repair requirements.
  4. Diagnose and repair collision-damaged mechanical and electrical components.
  5. Demonstrate automobile painting and refinishing skills.

COURSE OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCIES:

  1. Determine how to diagnose steering and suspension
    1. Identify one time use fasteners
    2. Remove, replace, inspect or adjust power steering pump, pulleys, belts, hoses, fittings and pump mounts
    3. Inspect and adjust (where applicable) steering linkage geometry (attitude/parallelism)
    4. Inspect and replace pitman arm
    5. Inspect and replace relay (center link/intermediate)
    6. Inspect, remove and replace idler arm and mountings
    7. Inspect, remove and replace tie rod sleeves, clamps, and tie rod ends
    8. Inspect, remove and replace steering linkage damper
    9. Inspect, remove and replace upper and lower control arms
    10. Inspect, remove and replace upper and lower control arm bushings, shafts, and rebound bumpers
    11. Inspect, remove and replace upper and lower ball joints
    12. Inspect, remove and replace steering knuckle/spindle/hub assemblies (including bearings, races, seals, etc)
    13. Inspect, remove and replace front suspension system coil springs and spring insulators (silencers)
    14. Inspect, remove, replace, and adjust suspension system torsion bars, and inspect mounts
    15. Inspect, remove and replace stabilizer bar bushings, brackets, and links
    16. Inspect, remove and replace MacPherson strut cartridge or assembly, upper bearing, and mount
    17. Inspect, remove, and replace rear suspension system transverse links, control arms, stabilizer bars, bushings, and mounts
    18. Inspect, remove, and replace suspension system leaf spring(s), leaf spring insulators (silencers), shackles, brackets, bushings, and mounts
    19. Inspect axle assembly for damage and misalignment
    20. Inspect, remove and replace shock absorbers
    21. Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair or replace active suspension systems and associated lines and fittings
    22. Inspect, remove, replace, and align front and rear frame (cradles.sub)
    23. Inspect, remove and replace steering shaft U-joint(s), flexible coupling(s), collapsible columns, and steering wheels
    24. Identify toe-out-on-turns (turning radius) related problems; determine needed repairs
    25. Y. Identify thrust angle related problems; determine needed repairs
    26. Z. Check for front wheel setback; determine needed repairs
    27. Inspect tires, identify direction of rotation and location; check and adjust air pressure
    28. Identify SAI (steering axis inclination), included angle, and KPK (king pin inclination)
    29. Reinstall wheels and torque lug nuts
  2. Diagnose electrical concerns
    1. Inspect, clean, and replace battery
    2. Inspect, test, and replace fusible links, circuit breakers, and fuses
    3. Perform slow/fast battery charge
    4. Check operation of exterior lighting; determine needed repairs
    5. Inspect, remove and replace power seat, motors, linkages, cables, etc.
    6. Inspect, remove and replace components of electric door and hatch/trunk lock
    7. Inspect, remove and replace components of keyless lock/unlock devices and alarm
    8. Inspect, remove and replace components of electrical sunroof and convertible top
    9. Dispose of batteries and battery acid according to local, state, and federal requirements
  3. Complete headlamp and fog/driving lamp assemblies and repairs
    1. Demonstrate competence in the classroom or classroom shop setting
    2. Aim headlamp assemblies and fog/driving lamps; determine needed repairs
  4. Demonstrate self-grounding procedures for handling electronic components
    1. Demonstrate competence in the classroom or classroom shop setting
    2. Demonstrate the proper self-grounding procedures for handling electronic
  5. Demonstrate diagnosis, inspection and service needs for brake system hydraulic components
    1. Demonstrate competence in the classroom or classroom shop setting
    2. Identify, handle, store, and install appropriate brake fluids; dispose of in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations
  6. Examine components of heating and air conditioning systems
    1. Demonstrate competence in the classroom or classroom shop setting
    2. Identify and comply with environmental concerns relating to refrigerants and coolants
    3. Locate and identify A/C system service ports
  7. Determine the inspection, service and repair needs for collision damaged cooling system components
    1. Demonstrate competence in the classroom or classroom shop setting
    2. Check engine cooling and heater system hoses and belts; determine needed repairs
    3. Inspect, test, remove, and replace radiator, pressure cap, coolant recovery system, and water pump
  8. Distinguish between the under car components and systems
    1. Demonstrate competence in the classroom or classroom shop setting
    2. Inspect, remove and replace drive shafts and universal joints
    3. Inspect, remove and replace half shafts and axle constant velocity (CV) joints
    4. Inspect, remove and replace exhaust pipes, mufflers, converters, resonators, tail pipes, and heat shields
    5. Inspect, remove and replace fuel tank, fuel tank filter, fuel cap, fuel filler hose, and inertia switch; inspect and replace fuel lines and hoses; check fuel for contaminants
  9. Determine the diagnosis, inspection and service requirements of active and passive restraint systems
    1. Demonstrate competence in the classroom or classroom shop setting
    2. Inspect, remove, and replace seatbelt and shoulder harness assembly and components
    3. Inspect restraint system mounting areas for damage; repair as needed
    4. Verify proper operation of seatbelt
    5. Deactivate and reactivate Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
    6. Inspect, remove and replace Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) sensors and wiring; ensure sensor orientation
    7. Verify that Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) is operational

COURSE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION:

1. Worksheets 2. Job sheets 3. Objective test 4. Performance assessments

ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT:

Any student who has a documented disability and wishes to access academic accommodations (per the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disability Act) must contact the HCC Coordinator of Disability Services, at 620-665-3554, or the Student Success Center, Parker Student Union. The student must have appropriate documentation on file before accommodations can be provided.

ACADEMIC HONESTY:

Education requires integrity and respect for HutchCC's institutional values. HutchCC students are required to maintain honesty through a "responsible acquisition, discovery, and application of knowledge" in all academic pursuits. Preserving and upholding academic honesty is the responsibility of Hut chCC students, faculty, administrators and staff.

I. Student Responsibilities

All HutchCC students are required to:

  • Submit all work in all courses without cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, dissimulation, forgery, sabotage, or academic dishonesty as defined below.
  • Provide all academic records such as transcripts and test scores that are free of forgery.
  • Refrain from participating in the academic dishonesty of any person.
  • Use only authorized notes and student aids.
  • Use technology appropriately, including refraining from submitting AI (Artificial Intelligence)-generated work without express written consent from your instructor.
  • Protect the security of passwords/login/privacy/electronic files, and maintain sole individual access for any online course information.

II. Definition of Academic Dishonesty

  • Academic dishonesty is any intentional act, or attempted act, of cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, dissimulation, forgery, or sabotage in academic work.
  • Cheating includes using unauthorized materials of any kind, whether hard copies, online, or electronic, such as unapproved study aids in any academic work, copying another student's work, using an unauthorized "cheat sheet" or device, or purchasing or acquiring an essay online or from another student.
  • Fabrica tion is the invention or falsification of any information or citation in any academic work, such as making up a source, providing an incorrect citation, or misquoting a source.
  • Plagiarism is the representation of words, ideas and other works that are not the student's own as being original to the student. A no n-inclusive list of examples includes work completed by someone else, work generated by an external entity (such as AI), omitting a citation for work used from another source, or borrowing the sequence of ideas, arrangement of material, and/or pattern of thought of work not produced by the student, even though it may be expressed in the student's own words.
  • Dissimulation is the obscuring of a student's own actions with the intention of deceiving others in any academic work, such as fabricating excuses for absences or missed assignments, or feigning attendance.
  • Forgery of academic documents is the unauthorized altering, falsification, misrepresentation, or construction of any academic document, such as changing transcripts, changing grades on papers or on exams which have been returned, forging signatures, manipulating a digital file of academic work, or plagiarizing a translation.
  • Sabotage is any obstruction or attempted obstruction of the academic work of another student, such as impersonating another student, stealing or ruining another student's academic work.
  • Aiding and abetting academic dishonesty is considered as knowingly facilitating any act defined above.
  • Academic honesty violations can also include the omission or falsification of any information on an application for any HutchCC academic program.

III. Sanctions for Academic Dishonesty

Students who violate the Academic Honesty Policy may be subject to academic or administrative consequences.

Instructor Sanctions for Violation:

Students suspected of violating the Academic Honesty Policy may be charged in writing by their instructor and any of the following may apply:

  • Assign Avoiding Plagiarism Bridge Module
  • Receiving written warning that could lead to more severe sanction if a second offense occurs
  • Revising the assignment/work in question for partial credit
  • Voiding work in question without opportunity for make-up
  • Reducing the grade for work in question
  • Lowering the final course grade
  • Failing the work in question

Institutional Sanctions for Violation:

Students charged with academic dishonesty, particularly in instances of repeated violations, may further be subjected to an investigation and any of the following may apply:

  • Instructor recommendation to the Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) to dismiss the student from the course in which the dishonesty occurs
  • Instructor recommendation to the VPAA to dismiss student from the course in which the dishonesty occurs with a grade of 'F." Student will not be allowed to take a 'W' for the course
  • Instructor recommendation to the VPAA that the student be suspended and/or dismissed from the program
  • Student barred from course/program for a set period of time or permanently
  • May be recommended by the instructor (after documented repeated offenses) to the VP AA that the student be placed on probation, suspended and/or dismissed from the institution.

IV. Procedure

  • Instructor will communicate in writing via the student's HutchCC email account and/or LearningZone email account to the student suspected of violating the Academic Honesty Policy.  That communication may include sanction(s). Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation Form.
  • For each violation, the instructor will submit a completed Academic Honesty Violation Form to the Department Chair. Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation form.
  • Should the instructor choose to pursue institutional sanctions, the instruct or shall notify the student in writing via the student's HutchCC email account.  Instructor shall also submit a completed Academic Honesty Violation Form and all prior completed forms regarding said student to the Department Chair and the office of the VPAA with recommendation to proceed with specific Institutional Sanctions. Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation Form.
  • The decision of the VPAA on Institutional Sanction is final. The VPAA will notify the student's academic advisor of any institutional sanctions.

V. Due Process Rights

Students charged with violations of academic honesty have the right of appeal and are assured of due process through the Academic Honesty Appeal process.

Academic Honesty Appeal Process

I. Due Process Rights: Students charged with violations of academic honesty have the right of appeal and are assured of due process through the Academic Honesty Appeal process.

  • If an instructor has recommended course or program dismissal, the student may continue in coursework (provi ding there are no threatening or security behavioral issues) until appeal processes are concluded. However, if an issue has been documented at a partnership location (e.g., clinical sites, secondary institutions, correctional or military facilities), then the student is no longer eligible to continue participation in internships, apprenticeships, and/or clinical-based practice. For clinical sites, this sanction is immediate.

II. Process

If the student disagrees with the charge of a violation of academic honesty, the student has the right to due process as described in the Academic Honesty Appeal process below:

  • If the matter is not resolved upon communicating with the instructor about the violation, the student shall, within five business days of the issuance of the written notice of violation, submit a completed Academic Honesty Appeal Form and supporting documentation to the appropriate department chairperson to initiate an Academic Honesty Appeal.
  • Within two business days of receiving the student's completed Academic Honesty Appeal Form, the Department Chair and VPAA will review and the VPAA will render a decision.
  • Within two business days, a response will be sent to the student's HutchCC email address. The VPAA's decision is final.

INCOMPLETE GRADE:

Instructors may give a student a grade of Incomplete (I) under the following conditions:

  1. The student must initiate the request prior to the time final course grades are submitted to Records.
  2. The request must be made because of an emergency, illness or otherwise unavoidable life-event.
  3. The instructor must agree to the request before a grade of Incomplete can be submitted.
  4. A written contract between the instructor and student, signed by both, will document the work required and date needed to complete course work.
  5. If a student does not complete the course requirements within the time frame established by the instructor, a grade of "F" will be recorded on the student's transcript at the end of the next semester.

PROGRAM ACCREDITATION:

National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation, Inc.
101 Blue Seal Drive, S. E., Suite 101
Leesburg, VA 20175

HLC ACCREDITATION:

Hutchinson Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The Higher Learning Commission is one of six regional institutional accreditors recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Last Revised: 09/22/2023