The primary mission of the Department is to offer programs of study designed to prepare students as "management-oriented technical professionals" who have practical knowledge, competencies, skills and training to serve and function in the Industrial/Manufacturing Enterprise System.

In pursuing this mission, the Department seeks to prepare Industrial Technologists and Technical Managers for career opportunities in the Manufacturing, Construction, and Communications Industries.

Students wishing to earn the B.S. in Industrial Technology (that is, students who wish to declare undergraduate majors in the Department) must

1. Gain admission to the University.
2. Satisfy TASP requirements and eradicate identified deficiencies through the General University Academic Center (GUAC).
3. Contact the Department Office while satisfying TASP requirements for advisement, and must petition the Department for admission once TASP requirements have been completed and deficiencies removed.
4. Students wishing to minor in Industrial Technology should contact the Department Office once they have been admitted as majors in other academic units of the University and have met all TASP requirements.
5. Prior to graduation, majors must pass an exit examination during their senior year.

For the minor in Industrial Technology, twenty-one (21) semester credit hours must be completed with grades of "C" or better (grades below "C", including "C-" are unacceptable). Fifteen (15) of the twenty-one (21) credits must be selected from one of three academic disciplines offered through the unit: CONST, DRFTG, or MFG.

Three (3) additional semester credit hours must be selected from a second of these three disciplines. The last three (3) semester credit hours required must be taken through enrollment in one of the following: ITEC 331, ITEC 333, or ITEC 439.

Minors must also complete the following two (2) mathematics courses or their equivalents in conjunction with the designated twenty-one (21) semester credit hours above and with the same grade restrictions: MATH 133 (3 credits) and MATH 134 (3 credits).

All programs of study for minors must be approved, in advance, by the faculty Chair prior to enrollment in courses.

The minor in Community Development represents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach that includes courses offered through the unit, as well as courses offered through other units at the University A total of twenty-one (21) semester credit hours must be completed which are broadly apportioned between theoretical knowledge (18 credits) and experiential learning (3 credits).

Courses enrolled for in seeking this minor must be completed with grades of "C" or better where grades below "C", including "C-", are unacceptable.

Students seeking the Community Development minor are required to enroll in the following courses offered through this unit: ITEC 131 (3 credits), ITEC 335 (3 credits), CONST 344 (3 credits), CONST 435 (3 credits), and COE 333 (3 credits). Outside of this unit, students are required to complete the following two courses in order to complete the minor: SOC 337 (3 credits), and MGMT 400 (3 credits).