MCHN 1311 Precision Measurement Syllabus 963 Spring 2026

Credit Hours 1.00 Lecture Hours 1 Clinical/Lab Hours 1
Type of Credit
CIP Code
27.0301
Course Meeting Time

6-8:15

Course Description
This is a course designed to provide students with skills that are essential to a wide variety of industrial and technical trade areas. Topics include on-the-job applications of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages, measurement and operations with signed numbers.
General Education Outcomes

General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:

  1. Communication
  2. Critical Thinking
Explanation of Course Alignment

Precision Measurement

Instructor: Jeff Snedecor Phone 815-735-0323 Email Jsnedecor@kcc.edu.com

Location: Mnfg. & Ind. Tech. Ctr., Manufact & Indust Tech Center MT15

Time and date: T 6:00 PM - 8:15 PM 1/10/2023 - 2/17/2023

Course Overview

This is a course designed to provide students with skills that are essential to a wide variety of industrial and technical trade areas. Topics include on-the-job applications of using Micrometers, Calipers, Gauge Blocks, Tape Measure. Basic Blueprint reading, converting fractions, and making sketches for various parts supplied.

Course Material

All tools, and materials are supplied.

Course work

All work is done in class, except a few videos to watch, which will have a short quiz the next night.

Course Calendar

 

Faculty Contact Information

Faculty Name
Jeffrey Snedecor
Faculty Email
Faculty Phone
8157350323
Faculty Information

Jeff Snedecor 815-735-0323

Course Information

Course Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Solve on-the-job applications involving whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percents
  2. Calculate conversions within and between the English and metric systems of measurement
  3. Obtain accurate measurements using signed numbers
  4. Find areas and volumes of geometric figures
  5. Solve right triangle using trigonometric functions
Textbook/s and Course Materials

None

Academic Division

Business, Technology & Human Services

Dean, Paul Carlson; 815-802-8858; V105; pcarlson@kcc.edu; Division Office – W102; 815-802-8650

Course Policies

follow KCC guidelines

Expectations for Classroom and Online Behavior

Being prepared and participating

Course Calendar

First night. Introduction to Blueprints, tolerancing, and basic fraction conversion and simplifying.

Second night. Introduction to the Tape measure, ruler and Caliper. Reading a simple blueprint.

Third night. Instructions on making simple sketches from a given part. In Depth instruction on reading the Tape measure, ruler and Caliper.

Fourth night. Instructions on making simple sketches from a given part Introduction to the Micrometer. In Depth instruction on the Micrometer.

Fifth night. Final sketches of supplied parts, review of all previous nights.

Sixth night. Final

College Policies, Resources and Supports

College Policies

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Resources

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