2024-2025 Catalog

Auto Collision Repair (ACR2) Diploma

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Program Description:

The Auto Collision Repair program is a sequence of courses designed to prepare students for careers in the automotive collision repair profession. Learning opportunities develop academic, technical, and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program emphasizes either major automotive collision repair or automotive paint­ing and refinishing depending on the specialization area a student chooses to complete. Program graduates receive an Automotive Collision Repair diploma, which qualifies them as major collision repair technicians or painting and refinishing technicians.

Entrance Dates:

Fall and Spring Semester (Pre-Occupational Courses Any Semester)

Basic Skills Courses (8 Credit Hours)

EMPL 1000Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development

2

MATH 1012Foundations of Mathematics

3

ENGL 1005Applied Technical Communication

3

OR

ENGL 1010Fundamentals of English I

3

Occupational Curriculum (20 Credit Hours)

COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3

ACRP 1000Introduction to Auto Collision Repair

4

ACRP 1005Automobile Component Repair and Replacement

4

ACRP 1010Foundations of Collision Repair

5

ACRP 1015Fundamentals of Automotive Welding

4

And completion of one of the following specializations:

Major Collision Repair Specialization (12 Credit Hours)

ACRP 2010Major Collision Repair

5

ACRP 2015Major Collision Replacements

5

 

ACRP 2019Major Collision Repair Internship

2

OR

ACRP 2118Major Collision Repair Internship I

1

AND

ACRP 2119Major Collision Repair Internship II

1

Refinishing Specialization (12 Credit Hours)

ACRP 2001Introduction to Auto Painting and Refinishing

5

ACRP 2002Painting and Refinishing Techniques

5

 

ACRP 2009Refinishing Internship

2

OR

ACRP 2108Refinishing Internship I

1

AND

ACRP 2109Refinishing Internship II

1

Mechanical/Electrical Helper Specialization (9 Credit Hours)

ACRP 1017Mechanical and Electrical Systems I

4

ACRP 1019Mechanical and Electrical Systems II

5

Total Credit Hours: 37 Minimum Credit Hours for Graduation