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Welcome to the Engineering Department, it is our 
goal to provide students opportunities to explore the areas of Engineering, Architecture, Computer Aided Design, and Drafting. We offer a variety of courses that introduce basic drafting and design skills along with industry benchmarks and standards. Students are also introduced to real world problems through hands on projects and experiments. We work closely with the General Motors Technical Academy and other local industries to design our curriculum, this offers students the latest innovations and ideas available. Our curriculum is constantly changing and being updated to give students the best learning experiences possible. Our courses are filled with students from all four grade levels and from both Bloomfield Hills High Schools.
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Oakland Schools
Vehicle and Design Academy
(formerly GM Academy)
The Detroit metro region will remain the global
leader in advanced concept prototype design
engineering in the 21st Century. Professional graduate mechanical and electrochemical engineers will be in high demand globally.
For more information about this program
click on the brochure on the left .
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Course Objectives:
- Engineering Drafting – Introductory course in board drafting and industry standards. Introduction to Computer Aided Design. Strongly recommended for those students interested in GM Technical Academy.
- Architectural Drafting – Introductory course in residential architecture and design. Strong emphasis on codes and regulations.
- Design & Technology – Students must have one year of Architectural or Engineering Drafting to take this course. All Computer Aided Design with some hands on projects. Students are given opportunities to explore areas/projects of their choice.
- Engineering Applications – Students must have one year of Architectural or Engineering Drafting to take this course. Small group work on hands on projects including: Micro-electric vehicles, CO2 cars, basic electronics, and many other.
- General Motors Technical Academy – Juniors and Seniors only. Student must have one year of drafting to apply for the Academy and will apply during their sophomore year. Once admitted into the Academy student spend half a day at their home schools and half a day working at GM with engineers and designers.
