BLCK 121 Shop Cultures: Safety and Devices

School of the Arts

BLCK 121:  Shop Culture: Safety and Devices will introduce students to shop culture and to safe operating practices for all tools in the shop. Students will be given an overview of the two metal certificates (Blacksmithing and Metal Casting) and will start to develop the skills necessary to proceed into BLCK 123: Fabrication Techniques: Welded Forms.

Prerequisites: None

Corequisite: None

Crosslisted: None

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Course Details
Total number of weeks1
Total Credits1.50
Total Hours30
Typical hours per week breakdown
Lecture14
Lab (lab, field, computer)16

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. demonstrate the ability to safely operate all tools and equipment, understand the practices of the Metal Shop, and perform basic forging exercises; and
  2. through a series of assignments completed with the instructor present, students will demonstrate the ability to work co-operatively in a hot, busy, shop environment, demonstrate competency in the safe use of shop tools (including consumables removal/replacement), and demonstrate foundational forging skills.

Grading Table

Percentage Letter Grade GPA
90-100 A+ 4.33
85-89 A 4.00
80-84 A- 3.67
76-79 B+ 3.33
72-75 B 3.00
68-71 B- 2.67
64-67 C+ 2.33
60-63 C 2.00
55-59 C- 1.67
50-54 P 1.00
0-49 F 0.00
  DNW 0.00

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Disclaimer

Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.