ATECH 114 - Automatic Transmission and Transaxle

Credits: 1-6
Covers theory, application, diagnosis and repair of fluid power, hydraulics, power transmission, and final drive units as applied to automatic transmissions and trans-axles. Emphasizes development of a positive attitude toward work ethic, cultural and gender diversity, personal and workplace safety, and hazardous materials handling and disposal.

Enrollment Requirement: ATECH 110 and instructor consent. Eligible for READ 104. All students must have a current valid driver’s license.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Diagnose transmissions and transaxels.
Maintain and repair in-vehicle transmissions and transaxles.
Repair off-vehicle transmissions and transaxles.

Program Outcomes

Demonstrate safe shop practice and hazardous material handling.
Diagnose and repair automotive automatic and manual transmission/transaxle systems to ASE Standards.

College-wide Outcomes

Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.