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Diesel Course Syllabus Information

AUTO 1305 Automotive Manual Transmissions/Power Trains Lab

  • Division: Business and Applied Tech
  • Department: Transportation Technology
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 0; Lab: 6
  • Clock/Hour Requirements: 90
  • Corequisites: AUTO 1301
  • Semesters Offered: TBA
  • Semester Approved: Fall 2020
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2026
  • End Semester: Spring 2026
  • Optimum Class Size: 15
  • Maximum Class Size: 20

Course Description

This course gives students the hands-on lab experience required for Auto 1301. It covers theory, operation, diagnosis, maintenance, and overhaul of the clutch, standard transmission, standard trans-axles, drivelines, differentials, front-wheel drive units, and four-wheel drive components.

Justification

This course is required for Automotive Service Excellence (A.S.E.) certification and ASE Education Foundation accreditation. It is approved by the advisory committee. It is a core course for the Automotive Technology AAS degree and certificates.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to safely perform the tasks listed in the current edition of ASE Education Foundation Certification and Accreditation for Automobile Training Programs.
  2. Students will be able to follow and demonstrate the powerflow through a manual transmission or transaxle.
  3. Students will be able to diagnose and explain the operation of a synchronizer assembly.
  4. Students will understand the operational characteristics of a constant velocity joint.
  5. Students will maintain a reasonably clean work environment.

Course Content

•Course specific safety •Drive train theory •Clutch design and operation •Manual transmission/transaxle design, operation, and maintenance •Front drive axle design, construction, types, maintenance, and repair •Drive shafts and universal joints construction, types, maintenance, and repair •Differential and drive shaft operation, types, and repair •Four-wheel drive system design and types •Drive train electrical and electronic system design and operation.