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Course Syllabus

AUTO 1501 Automotive Brake Systems

  • Division: Business and Applied Tech
  • Department: Transportation Technology
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 2; Lab: 0
  • Clock/Hour Requirements: 30
  • Corequisites: AUTO 1505
  • Semesters Offered: Spring
  • Semester Approved: Fall 2018
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2023
  • End Semester: Summer 2024
  • Optimum Class Size: 15
  • Maximum Class Size: 20

Course Description

This course covers the construction and operational principles of basic gasoline engine systems and major overhaul of the complete automotive engine.

Justification

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

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 NATEF Certification and Accreditation for Automobile Training Programs.
  2. Students will understand the basics of hydraulic theory, including pressure increase, fluid transfer and compressibility, piston travel relationships, etc.
  3. Students will be able to use the appropriate specialized tools and equipment to diagnose and repair braking systems
  4. Students will understand and diagnose the electronic computing processes needed for the proper operation
    of Anti-Lock Braking Systems.
  5. Students will maintain a reasonably clean work environment.

Course Content

• Course specific safety
• History and evolution of automotive brake systems
• Brake system fundamentals and hydraulic principles
• Master cylinders and brake fluids
• Hydraulic lines, valves, and switches
• Power brake systems
• Disc and drum brake systems
• Parking brake systems
• Anti-lock brake systems and brake by wire
• The relationship of related systems: tires, wheels, bearings, suspension, etc.