General Industrial Technology Option

Degrees Offered: Bachelor of Science and Associate of Technology
Information effective for students admitted since fall 2007.

The general technology option provides a well-rounded and broad-based introduction to industrial technologies. The coursework included in the general technology option will provide experiences in electricity/electronic, mechanical, manufacturing, drafting/design, and graphic communication technologies.

The coursework you'll complete is divided into two basic categories – general education (required by the University) and departmental requirements (major coursework).

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Technical Literacy Core: 9 credit hours (3 courses)

• ITEC 110 - Communications Systems (3 cr.)
• ITEC 120 - Energy, Power, Transportation (3 cr.)
• ITEC 130 - Production Materials & Processes (3 cr.)

Management Core: 15 credit hours (5 courses)

• ITEC 492 - Industrial Organization (3 cr.)
• ITEC 494 - Total Quality Management (3 cr.)
• OSEH 120 - Safety, Health, & Environmental Issues (3 cr.)
• BUAD 251 - Organization & Management (3 cr.)
• BUAD 452 - Production & Operations Management (3 cr.)

Elective Courses in Management: 9 credit hours (3 courses)

Choose any three from the following:

• ITEC 300 - Cooperative Education (3 cr.) 1
• ITEC 392 - Industrial Training (3 cr.)
• ITEC 400 – Cooperative Education (3 cr.)
• OSEH 221 - Industrial Fire Prevention, Protection, & Control (3 cr.)
• OSEH 320 - Safety Engineering Principles (3 cr.) 2
• OSEH 323 - Human Factors in Occupational Safety & Hygiene (3 cr.)
• OSEH 333 - Introduction to System Safety (3 cr.)
• BUAD 161 - Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
• BUAD 352 - Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
• BUAD 353 - Labor-Management Relations (3 cr.)

1. A maximum of six credit hours of cooperative education will be counted towards graduation requirements.
2. OSEH 320: Safety Engineering Principles, is required for all construction technology majors.

Free Electives: 9 credit hours (3 courses)

Technical Option: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (27 cr.)

• ITEC 241 - Drafting Communications (3 cr.)
• ITEC 251 - Graphic Communications (3 cr.)
• ITEC 261 - Electrical/Electronic Systems I (3 cr.)
• ITEC 271 - Processing Nonmetallic Materials (3 cr.)
• ITEC 281 - Processing Metallic Materials (3 cr.)
• ITEC 325 - Power Conversion and Control (3 cr.)

Three related electives - One of the three electives must be R&D (9 cr.)