The Certificate of Achievement in Engineering Computer-Aided Design and Drafting: SOLIDWORKS prepares students to work in the engineering industry to create technical drawings for the design of many different products, machines, and structures ranging in size from small microchips to large aircrafts. Students completing this program will be well versed in 3-D SOLIDWORKS drawing software, and will be prepared to take the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate-Academic, and Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional examinations. Students earning the two Certifications in SOLIDWORKS will be able to enter their name in the industry database with a link to their resume. Furthermore, with the Professional SOLIDWORKS Certification students may obtain a business card from SOLIDWORKS which they can use during job interviews. 

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

• demonstrate preparedness for the Certified SolidWorks Associate-Academic (CSWA-Academic), and Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) examinations.
• demonstrate skills necessary in using AutoCAD’s 2-D drawing software and SolidWorks 3-D modeling software to create technical drawings, plans, and designs in order to help the engineers and the architects with the design of any different products, machines, and structures.