CAD/BIM
Gain the skills needed to succeed in engineering, design, and architecture.
About the CAD/BIM Program
What You Will Learn
- How to work on simulated real-world projects with industry professionals.
- The process professionals go through to create and assemble the components required for the creation of working documents.
- A foundation in CAD and BIM software that can be applied immediately to current jobs or future employment.
This Program Is Designed For
- Those who want to learn Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Revit software programs.
- Those seeking to enter or advance in the Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) industry.
- Trade professionals, facilities managers, engineers, architects, designers, illustrators and numerous others.
CAD/BIM
Required Courses
12 units
Certificate Guidelines
This certificate can be completed in one quarter. Students have up to 5 years to complete the certificate if needed.
All six courses are offered online every quarter:
AutoCAD I, II, III, and Revit I, II, III.
Conditions for Admission
Students should have a basic knowledge of computers (PC or Mac). Please see the application for specific admission requirements for this program.
UC San Diego Extended Studies programs are designed to best serve college-prepared working professionals. Programs are open to all adult learners.
Additional Information
For further information about this program, please contact the Arts, Humanities & Languages Department at ahl@ucsd.edu.
Special Notes
Important Information about the Required Autodesk Software:
- Students enrolled in the CAD/BIM Certificate program are eligible to access the free educational version of the software. Proof of certificate enrollment is needed (certificate verification PDF can be accessed through MyExtension).
- Students enrolled in individual courses (those who don't intend to take the certificate program) are not eligible to access the educational version; those students will need to sign up for a free trial or purchase the software.
- Instructions are provided on the first day of class on how to download the AutoCAD and Revit Autodesk software.
FAQs
Please Note:
- Students enrolled in the CAD/BIM Certificate program are eligible to access the free educational version of the software. Proof of certificate enrollment is needed (certificate verification PDF can be accessed through MyExtension).
- Students enrolled in individual courses (those who don't intend to take the certificate program) are not eligible to access the educational version; those students will need to sign up for a free trial or purchase the software.
Instructions are provided on the first day of class on how to navigate to and download the AutoCAD and Revit Autodesk software via Autodesk's website.
Students pay per course as they go through the program, not in one lump sum.
- In your My Extension account, click on “My Courses.”
- On the right side of the page under “My Certificates,” click on the name of the certificate.
- On the right side of the page under “Tools,” click on “Request Certificate Audit.”
- Complete and submit the form that appears.
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Students are advised to be enrolled no later than the day before the start date of the course.
You will have access to the online Canvas course on the official start date of the class/exam/info session. Access will be available at 12:01am Pacific Time.
Enrollment to online classes can take up to 24 hours to process and sync up to our online platform, Canvas. For example, if a class started on Tuesday and that is the day a student enrolled, they will likely not have full access to the class until 24 hours later on Wednesday.
For exact course dates of upcoming sections, visit the page of the course you are interested in taking on our website.