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| Hours Required: | 120 |
| Categories: | Major, Undergraduate |
| Delivery: | On-Campus |
The Industrial Technology option is designed to prepare technical and management oriented professionals for leadership responsibilities and employment in business, industry, education, and government. Industrial Technology is primarily involved with the management, operation, and maintenance of complex, technological systems. Typical positions held by graduates include, but are not limited to, industrial managers, training directors, operations managers, plant managers, production supervisors, and quality and safety engineers. Core classes include fundamentals of manufacturing, quality, maintenance management, production and inventory control, industrial safety, work analysis, industrial management, engineering economic analysis, manufacturing policy and ethics.
Learning Goals
- Our graduates effectively communicate scientific knowledge.
- Our graduates have the knowledge to make informed and ethical scientific decisions.
- Our graduates utilize appropriate quantitative skills in making decisions.
- Our graduates demonstrate the information literacy required for scientific study.
- Our graduates possess the knowledge and skills in engineering and the physical sciences to be successful.
Major in Engineering-Physics (BS) – Industrial Technology Option
120 hours
University Requirement (2 Hours)
- GSTD 1002 – Freshman Seminar
General Education (22 Hours)
- English Composition (6 Hours)
- Fine Arts/Humanities (6 Hours)
- U.S. History/Government (3 Hours)
- Social Science (3 Hours)
- Physical Science (4 Hours)
Note: 13 hours of biological science, fine arts/humanities, mathematics, and social science requirements are included in the major.
Basic Courses (40 Hours)
Basic courses to be approved by Industrial Technology program directory/advisor.
Industrial Technology (34 Hours)
- ITEC 2023 – Introduction to Industrial Technology
- ITEC 2032 – Industrial Safety
- ITEC 3003 – Quality Control
- ITEC 3012 – Maintenance
- ITEC 3043 – Work Analysis
- ITEC 3073 – Economic Analysis for Technology
- ITEC 3263 – Operations Management I
- ITEC 3363 – Operations Management II
- ITEC 3503 – Computational Methods
- ITEC 3803 – Industrial Materials
- ITEC 4043 – Advanced Manufacturing Systems
- ITEC 4053 – Lean Manufacturing
Other Core Requirements (22 Hours)
- MATH 1023 – College Algebra
- MATH 1033 – Plane Trigonometry
- MATH 2125 – Applied Calculus
- MATH 3043 – Applied Probability and Statistics I
Work experience, upper-level technical electives, and/or applied projects (8 Hours)
Total Hours – 120
Note: A minor in Management (18 hours), Marketing (18 hours), or General Business is strongly recommended.
