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Diesel Course Syllabus Information

DMT 2705 Heating and Air Conditioning Lab

  • Division: Business and Applied Tech
  • Department: Transportation Technology
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 0; Lab: 6
  • Clock/Hour Requirements: 90
  • Prerequisites: N/A
  • Corequisites: DMT 2701
  • Semesters Offered: Spring
  • Semester Approved: Spring 2020
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2025
  • End Semester: Fall 2025
  • Optimum Class Size: 15
  • Maximum Class Size: 20

Course Description

This course gives students the hands-on lab experience for DMT 2701. It covers the principles, operation, and servicing of automotive, diesel, and transportation air conditioning and heating systems and their components.

Justification

This course is required for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Education Foundation accreditation. It is approved by the program advisory committee. It is a core course for the Diesel and Automotive Technology AAS degrees.

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 learn to use the appropriate specialized tools for proper testing, inspecting, and charging of air conditioning systems.
  3. Students will understand the appropriate steps to disassemble and reassemble an HVAC system.
  4. Students will understand air conditioning and heating theory and the requirements for the proper operation of the climate control system.
  5. Students will maintain a reasonably clean work environment.

Course Content

•Course specific safety
•Theory of HVAC operation
•HVAC diagnosis
•HVAC tools and equipment
•HVAC removal and disassembly
•Pressure relationships
•Moisture and moisture removal
•Maintenance of the HVAC system
•Retro fitment of R-12 to R134A
•Electrical operation
•Environmental impacts