Industrial Technology

Industrial Management Concentration

This concentration is designed to prepare graduates for leadership and management positions in technical environments such as those found in business and industry. Students in this concentration take courses to develop an understanding of the many organizational elements and functions that make up industrial operations.

There are two versions of this concentration, one designed for traditional students which is described on this page and one for students with an associate degree or significant prior training in a technical area.

Program Requirements

Core Curriculum - 31 credits

Basic Competency - 9 credits
ENG 100C English Competency
Pre-Calculus (or above)
Reasoning

Fine Arts - 6 credits (courses from a different department)
Performance Centered
History Centered

Humanities - 6 credits (courses from a different prefixes)
Literature
Other Times/Other Culture

Social Sciences - 6 credits (courses from a different department)
Economics

Natural Sciences - 4 credits (with Lab)
Physics

Writing Intensive - 3 Credits
ITP 210 Technical Writing

Departmental Requirements - 15 Credits
ITT 102 Technology and Society
MAT 148 Applied Calculus
ITP 240 Industrial Statistics
ITT 181 Intro to Computers
Physics OR Chemistry

General Elective - 6 Credits

Professional - 36 Credits
ITP 230 Project Management
ITP 280 Industrial Org., Mgt., and Supr.
ITP 310 Plant Layout & Material Hand.
ITP 330 Production Control
ITP 340 Fundamentals of Quality
ITP 350 Conference Leading
ITP 381 Human Resource Dev./Ind.
ITP 410 Technical Ops. and Strategies
ITP 490 Cost Analysis & Control
ITS 300 Ergonomics/Time Study
ITS 320 Occupational Safety and Health
ACC 110 Financial Accounting Information for Decision Making

Technical - 36 Credits
ITT 103 Materials Property and Testing
ITT 221 Power and Energy Processing
ITT 231 Technical Graphics
ITT 241 Graphics Communications
ITT 252 Material Processing
ITT 282 Computer Aided Design
ITT 323 Fluid Power
ITT 353 Automated Mat. Processing
ITT 425 Electronic Control Technology
ITT 440 Internship/Senior Capstone

Technical Electives - 6 Credits

Undergraduate Degrees & Minors:

Industrial Technology

Industrial Management
Precision Manufacturing
Electro-mechanical Systems
Information & Communications Technolgy
Construction Management (Degree)
Construction Management (Certificate)

Applied Technical Leadership

Minors in Industrial Technology

References

Fall 08 Course Schedule

Early Student Success WebSite

DOT Writing Manual

Research & Scholarship

University of Southern Maine Department of Technolgoy
211 John Mitchell Center, Gorham, Maine 04038
Phone: 207-780-5440 Fax: 207-780-5129