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Department of Technology

Concentration in Precision Manufacturing

[PM Minor]

This concentration is designed to prepare manufacturing professionals to develop and apply contemporary manufacturing techniques in a broad variety of industries. It provides significant coursework in technical subject areas of the program leading to increased technical specialization.

Courses & Requirements

UNIVERSITY CORE - 37 Credits    
    
College  Writing
EYE 112 Built Environment
Quantitative Reasoning    Pre-Calculus above
Creative Expression    
Socio-cultural    Economics
Science Exploration    PHY w/Lab
Cultural Interpretation     
Ethical Inquiry    
    

THEMATIC CLUSTER
    
Cluster Course 1    
Cluster Course 2    
Cluster Course 3    
    
Capstone    ITT 460
    
DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS - 16 Credits

ITP 210 Technical Writing
ITT 181 Introduction to Computers
MAT 148 Applied Calculus
        Statistics
        Physics or Chemistry

General Elective - 9 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 410 Technical Ops. and Strategies
ITP 490 Cost Analysis & Control
ITS 300 Ergonomics/Time Study
ITS    320 Occup Safety & Health
ACC 110 Financial Accounting

Technical - 33 Credits

ITT 103 Materials Property and Testing
ITT 221 Power and Energy Processing
ITT 231 Technical Graphics
ITT 252 Material Processing
ITT 282 Computer Aided Design
ITT 311 Telecommunications
ITT 323 Fluid Power
ITT 353 Automated Mat. Processing
ITT 384    Advanced CAD
ITT 427 Appl Process Control Engineering
ITT 427    Appl Automation Engineering
ITT 440 Internship/Senior Capstone


Minor: Precision Manufacturing consists of technical courses approved by the Department [18 credits]

  • ITT 103 - Materials Properties & Testing [3 credits]
  • ITT 221 - Power & Energy Processing [3 credits]
  • ITT 231 - Technical Visualization [3 credits]
  • ITT 241 – Info & Communication Technologies [3 credits]
  • ITT 252 - Material Processing [3 credits]
  • ITT 282 - Computer Aided Design [3 credits]
  • ITT 323 - Fluid Power [3 credits]
  • ITT 353 - Automated Materials Processes [3 credits]
  • ITT 384 - Advanced Computer Aided Design [3 credits]
  • ITT 425 – Applied Process Control Engineering [3 credits]
  • ITP 410 - Technical Operations & Strategies [3 credits]