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Department of Technology

BS in Technology Management - Concentration in Information and Communications Technology

Students in the Technology Management degree program will become technically oriented management professionals who plan, direct, organize, and control operations in a wide variety of industrial, business, and service organizations. In that program, students concentrate in one of the areas listed below.

Information and Communications Technology Concentration

This concentration is designed to prepare graduates for career leadership and management positions in a computer applications-oriented environment integral to most organizations. Students in this concentration take courses that emphasize theory and application relating to the management and operation of computer and technical systems used for communications, information management, control technology, and publishing. Students completing this program will develop a focused understanding of computer applications-based and data/information-intensive operations. Students completing this program may elect also to complete minors in computer science, business administration, economics, or studio art.

A Minor in Information and Communications Technology is also available.

All students must meet University Core curriculum requirements and additional Departmental requirements. Specific requirements for bachelor of science degree programs offered through the Department of Technology are indicated in the following tables. A minimum of 15 credit hours or 5 courses must be taken in the Department.

Students in the technology management degree program will be required to complete a senior assessment as part of the graduation requirement.

Bachelor of Science in Technology Management - concentration in Information and Communications Technology
(for traditional students)

The minimum number of credits required for the degree: 127

University Requirements
     Writing Readiness
     Math Readiness

University Core (37 credits –See Notes)
     College Writing
     EYE 112 Built Environment
     Quantitative Reasoning - MAT 140 (or above)
     Creative Expression
     Socio-cultural (See Note 1) - Economics (ECO)
     Science Exploration - Physics with Lab
     Cultural Interpretation
     Ethical Inquiry
     Diversity (See Note 2)
     International (See Note 2)
     Thematic cluster (See Notes 3 & 4)
     Cluster course 1
     Cluster course 2
     Cluster course 3
     Capstone ITT 460
Notes:
     1. Economic course must satisfy the socio-cultural core requirement
     2. Courses taken to fulfill the diversity and international requirements may overlap with other courses.
     3. Courses from a minor can be used in place of the thematic cluster.
     4. Only 1/3 of a minor used for the cluster can be applied to the major.

Departmental Requirements - 18 Credits
     ITP 210 Technical Writing
     MAT 148 Applied Calculus
     Statistics
     Computer Programming
     MIS, spreadsheet, or database course
     Science

General Elective - 6 Credits
     (Academic, Professional or Technical)

Professional - 27 Credits
Required - 15 Credits
     ITP 230 Project Management
     ITP 280 Industrial Organization, Management, & Supervision
     ITP 350 Teambuilding and Facilitation
     ITP 381 Human Resource Development
     ITS 300 Ergonomics/Time Study OR ITS 320 Occupational Safety and Health
Professional Electives - 12 credits
     From approved ITP courses or students completing an approved minor may use courses in their minor as professional electives if they are not required courses in the INT program or otherwise used to fulfill INT degree requirements. Courses may not be used to fulfill more than one requirement on the degree worksheet. When the minor is used to fulfill the thematic cluster, the remaining minor courses may be used as professional electives up to the 1/3 restriction of the core. The remaining professional elective requirements will be filled using department professional courses. Approved minors are listed below:
     Computer Science
     Economics
     Business Administration
     Studio Art

Technical - 39 Credits
Required - 27 Credits
     ITT 181 Introduction to Computers
     ITT 241 Information and Communications Technologies
     ITT 272 Intro to Computer Networking
     ITT 281 Internet Web Site Development
     ITT 282 Computer Aided Design
     ITT 311 Telecommunications
     ITT 343 Graphic Communications Technologies
     ITT 373 Intermediate Computer Networking
     ITT 382 Advanced Web Site Development

Technical Electives - 12 Credits
     ITT Designated Courses

NOTE: Students in the Technology Management degree programs will be required to complete a senior assessment as part of the graduation requirement.

  1st Semester - Fall       2nd Semester - Spring  
 
ENG 100 College Writing 3     Cultural Interpretation      3
MAT 140 Pre-Calculus 3     Creative Expression 3
ITP 350 Teambldg.& Facilitation 3   MAT 148 Applied Calculus 3
EYE 112 Built Environment 3   ITT 281    WebSite Development 3
ITT 181 Intro to Computers 3   ITP 210 Technical Writing 3
             
 
  3rd Semester - Fall       4th Semester - Spring  
 
ITT 241 Graphic Communications 3   ITT          Technical Elective 3
  Physics w/Lab 4   ITP 230 Project Management 3
ITS 300 Ergonomics/Time Study 3     Statistics 3
ITT 272      Intro Comp.Networking 3   ITT 343 Desktop Publishing 3
ITT 282 Computer-Aided Design 3   ECO Economics 3
        ITP Prof. Elective 3
 
  5th Semester - Fall       6th Semester - Spring  
             
  Ethical Inquiry 3   ITP 280 Indust.Org.Mgt. & Supr. 3
ITT 311 Telecommunications 3   ITP Prof.Elective OR Minor 3
ITP 381      Human Resource Dev/Ind. 3   ITT Technical Elective 3
  Thematic Cluster 1 3     Computer Programming 3
  Science 3   Thematic Cluster 2 3
  General Elective 3        
 
  7th Semester - Fall       8th Semester - Spring  
 
BUS 345 Info Tech/MIS 3   ITP Prof. Elective 3
ITT Technical Elective 3   ITP Prof. Elective 3
ITT Technical Elective 3   ITT Technical Elective 3
  General Elective 3   ITT Technical Elective 3
  Thematic Cluster 3 3   ITT 460 Capstone 3