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Department of Technology

BS in Technology Management - Concentration in Precision Manufacturing

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.

Precision Manufacturing Concentration

This concentration is designed to prepare graduates for career leadership and management positions in a computer-intensive/automated manufacturing environment. Students in this concentration take courses in the area of computer-aided design/manufacturing, computer-numeric-control programming (CNC), industrial robotics, automated material handling, electronic control technology, computer-integrated manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and systems integration.

This concentration is also available to nontraditional and transfer students with enough related technical experience or coursework to satisfy the technical competency requirements of the concentration or to students with an associate's degree in a metal working area. See Requirements, below.

A Minor in Precision Manufacturing 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 Precision Manufacturing
(for traditional students)
(see note below for non-traditional/transfer 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 - 15 Credits
     ITP 210 Technical Writing
     MAT 148 Applied Calculus
     Statistics
     ITT 181 Intro to Computers
     Physics or Chemistry

General Elective - 9 Credits
     (Academic, Professional or Technical)

Professional - 30 Credits
     ITP 230 Project Management
     ITP 280 Industrial Organization, Management, & Supervision
     ITP 310 Facility Planning
     ITP 330 Production Control
     ITP 340 Fundamentals of Quality
     ITP 410 Technical Ops. and Strategies
     ITP 490 Cost Analysis and 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 Visualization
     ITT 252 Material Processing
     ITT 282 Computer Aided Design
     ITT 311 Telecommunications
     ITT 323 Fluid Power
     ITT 353 Automated Materials Processing
     ITT 384 Advanced CAD
     ITT 425 Applied Process Control Engineering
     ITT 427 Applied Automation Engineering
     ITT 440 Internship

NOTE: This concentration is also available to nontraditional and transfer students with enough related technical experience or coursework to satisfy the technical competency requirements of the concentration or to students with an associate's degree in a metal working related area.

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 230 Project Management 3   ITT 103 Mat. Prop. & Testing 3
EYE 112 Built Environment 3   ITP 210 Technical Writing 3
ITT 181 Intro to Computers 3   MAT 148 Applied Calculus 3
             
             
  3rd Semester - Fall       4th Semester - Spring  
             
ITS 320 Occup. Safety & Health 3   ITT 231 Technical Graphics 3
  Physics w/Lab 4     Statistics 3
ITT 221 Power & Energy Processing 3   ITT 323 Fluid Power 3
ITT 282 Computer-Aided Design 3   ECO Economics 3
ITT 252 Material Processing 3   ITP 280 Indust.Org.Mgt. & Supr. 3
        General Elective 3
             
             
  5th Semester - Fall       6th Semester - Spring  
             
  Ethical Inquiry 3   ITT 384 Advanced CAD 3
  Thematic Cluster 1 3   ITT 353 Auto. Mat. Processing 3
  Physics or Chem 3   ITT 425 Appl Proc Contr Engineer 3
ITP 310 Plant Layout/Material Handling 3   ACC 110 Financial Accounting 3
ITP 340 Fund. Of Quality 3     Thematic Cluster 2 3
  General Elective 3        
             
             
  7th Semester - Fall       8th Semester - Spring  
             
  Thematic Cluster 3 3   ITP 410 Tech Ops & Stategies 3
ITT 311 Telecommunications 3   ITP 490     Cost Analysis & Control 3
ITP 330 Production Control 3   ITT 440 Occupational Experience 3
ITS 300 Ergo/Time Study 3   ITT 460 Capstone 3
ITT 427 Appl Automation Engineering 3     General Elective 3