DEPARTMENT OF WATCHMAKING J. McCormac The curriculum in Watchmaking prepares the student for employment after completion of two years of training. Watchmaking CURRICULUM Course Description Credit Basic English 81 English Essentials 3 Requirements Health Educ. 1 Personal Hygiene 2 Mathematics 81 Applied Mathematics 5 Orientation 11 Freshman Orientation 2 Phys. Educ. 3 approved activities 3 Major Field Watch. 51-56 Shop Practice 30 Requirements Watch. 61-66 Trade Technical 30 Related Tech. Educ. 87 Machine Shop 2 Requirements Tech. Educ. 88 Welding 2 Recommended Economics 21 Industrial Economics 3 Electives Sociology 21 Social Relationships 3 Tech. Educ. 84 Industrial Safety 3 Tech. Educ. 91, 92 Mech. Draw. 4 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION Shop Practice 51. Bench Work. A course devoted to bench practice and use of small marking tools, including sawing and filing, etc.; making of small parts and tools; also heat treating of metals used in horology. Five quarter hours. Autumn. McCormac 52. Elementary Watch Lathework. A course designed to teach the care and operation of the watchmaker's lathe. Special attention is given to the basic operation possible on this delicate machine, such as the making of parts tools. Five quarter hours. Winter. McCormac 53. Fundamentals of Clock Mechanisms. A course dealing with dissassembly repair and overhaul of clocks. Attention is given to the adjustment of various types of escapements and chime mechanisms, etc. Five quarter hours. Spring. McCormac 54. Elementary Watch Mechanisms. An elementary shop course designed to develop the necessary skill and technique in disassembly, cleaning and reassembly of watches, and replacement of minor parts. Five quarter hours. Autumn. McCormac 55. Intermediate Watch Mechanisms. A course including the overhaul of the escapement, replacement of balance staffs, resetting of pallet jewels, truing and poising balance wheels, and resetting roller jewel and roller table. Five quarter hours. Winter. 56. Advanced Watch Mechanisms. A special shop course given to students who have completed five quarter hours of watchmaking. The course includes final adjustment, correction for temperature changes, correction for position, and inspection and estimation of needed repairs. Five quarter hours. Spring. McCormac 57. Small Clock Repair. A course devoted to the bench practice of small clock repairs, replacing parts, making parts, adjusting parts, and shaping plastic crystals. Five quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. McCormac 58. Complicated Clock Repair. A course dealing with chime clocks, intricate clock mechanisms, and French clocks, their construction and repair. Five quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. McCormac 59. Advanced Clock and Timer Repair. An advanced course in repair of all kinds of clocks. Special problems on timers and unit measurement. Five quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. McCormac 70. Self-Winding Watches. A course dealing with self-wind and calendar watches, their construction and repair. Five quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. McCormac 71. Watch Manufacture. A course devoted to making parts for intricate watch mechanisms and special timers. Five quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. McCormac 72. Special Unit Timers. An advanced course dealing with practical problems, designs of dials for special uses and overview of special watches. Five quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. McCormac Trade Technical 61. Time Keeping Mechanisms. A course dealing with the history of horology and theory of timekeeping mechanisms, and a study of the metals used in watchmaking; also the process used in the heat treatment. Five quarter hours. Autumn. McCormac 62. Theory of Metal Machining. A course devoted to the study of design and construction in the watchmakers lathe and lathe attachments. Attention is also given to the study of the different graver or cutting tool edges. Problems in gear and thread cutting on the lathe form an integral part of this course. Five quarter hours. Winter. McCormac 63. Time-Keeping Escapements. A study of the theory and development of time-keeping escapements, nomenclature, and parts are also studied. Five quarter hours. Spring.