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Course Syllabus

AUTO 1505 Automotive Brake Systems Lab

  • Division: Business and Applied Tech
  • Department: Transportation Technology
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 0; Lab: 6
  • Clock/Hour Requirements: 90
  • Corequisites: AUTO 1501
  • Semesters Offered: Spring
  • Semester Approved: Fall 2019
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2024
  • End Semester: Summer 2025
  • Optimum Class Size: 15
  • Maximum Class Size: 20

Course Description

This course gives students the hands-on lab experience required for Auto 1501. It covers the principles, repair, and adjustment of the automotive brake system and includes hydraulic theory, diagnosis, and service of brake systems. Students study drums, disks, power units, and Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) brakes.

Justification

This course is required for Automotive Service Excellence (A.S.E.) certification and ASE Education Foundation 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 ASE Education Foundation Certification and Accreditation for Automobile Training Programs.
  2. Students will demonstrate 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 diagnose and repair failures in 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.