Catalog 2010-2011 - South Texas College

LOWER DIVISIONREQUIREMENTSSTC CORE CURRICULUM 45 CreditsThe student is required to take 45 semester credithours from the STC Core Curriculum listed on page83 in the Catalog. Technology Management majorsmust take ECON 2301-Principles of EconomicsI - MACRO to fulfill to Social/Behavioral Sciencecomponent of the Core Curriculum. Studentsmust take MATH 1414 to fulfill the Mathematicscomponent of the Core Curriculum.Students beginning the Bachelor of AppliedTechnology Program upper-level courseworkupon completion of an approved Associate ofApplied Science (A.A.S.) degree must completean additional 30 general education credit hoursin order to fulfill the forty-five (45) credit hourgeneral education Core Curriculum required atSouth Texas College.Students beginning the Bachelor of AppliedTechnology Program upper-level coursework aftercompletion of an Associate of Arts or Associateof Science degree will have fulfilled the CoreCurriculum requirement for bachelor degreegraduates.TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREAS(30 Semester Credit Hours)The student is required to complete 30 semestercredit hours of technical specialty courseworkfrom an approved Associate of Applied Science(A.A.S.) degree. The 30 semester credit hoursmust include the 5 courses (16 semester credithours) listed below. The approved A.A.S. degreesare as follows: Business Administration, BusinessComputer Systems, Child Development, ComputerAided Drafting and Design, Culinary Arts, LegalOffice Management, Office Management, Nursing,Paralegal, Precision Manufacturing Technology,and Radiologic Technology. Coursework fromother A.A.S. degrees will be evaluated on a caseby case basis.Course Number Course TitleBUSISemester Credit Hours1301 Business Principles orLMGT 1319 Intro toBusiness Logistics...............................3BMGT 1301 Supervision, or HRPO 2301Human Res. Management...................3ACCT 2401 Principles of Financial Accounting ......4ECON 2302 Principles of Economics II-MICRO .....3BUSI 2301 Business Law......................................3*Note: Students entering the BAT program with acompleted Associate of Science (AS) or Associate of Arts(A.A.) degree may apply their field of study courseworktoward the 30 semester credit hour technical specialtyrequirement.UPPER DIVISIONREQUIREMENTSPREREQUISITES FOR UPPER-LEVELCOURSEWORK• Junior Standing- Completion of an Associate of Applied Science(A.A.S.) Degree or completion of sixty (60)credit hours from a regionally accreditedinstitution with at least fifteen (15) credit hoursin general education coursework; or- Completion of an Associate of Arts (A.A.)or Associate of Science (AS) Degree from aregionally accredited institution.• Senior Standing- A minimum of ninety (90) credit hours froma regionally accredited institution with at leasttwenty-one (21) credit hours in upper-levelcoursework.• A minimum GPA of 2.5 in previous coursework.Required TechnologyManagementMajor Courses (39 hours)The upper-division Technology Management majorcourses educate students in the fundamentalsof business management, finance, informationtechnology, and manufacturing, while buildingupon skills already learned in the technical supportareas. The curriculum design provides a broadtraining experience through general educationcourses in a variety of disciplines, core programcourses in technology management, electivecourses with specialization options and specializedprojects and seminars that provide a window intothe real world. The choice of electives permitsstudents to tailor their studies toward their owncareers and personal goals, giving them moreopportunity for advancement and promotion tosupervisory or managerial positions within theirchosen occupational field.Course Number Course TitleSemester Credit HoursTMGT 3302 Business and Economic Statistics.......3TMGT 3303 Communications forTechnical Managers.............................3TMGT 3336 Legal Issues for Technical Managers..3TMGT 3310 Decision Making..................................3TMGT 3312 Resource Management ......................3TMGT 3305 Organizational Theory and Practice ...3TMGT 4304 Risk Management................................3TMGT 3337 Economics for Technical Managers.....3TMGT 3338 Accounting for Technical Managers.....3TMGT 4320 Organizational Managementand Design Seminar............................3TMGT 4342 Supply Chain Security.........................3TMGT 4341 Purchasing and Supply Management..3TMGT 4347 Production & Inventory Planning andControl; OR..........................................3TMGT 4396 Managing Technology Projects............3Technology Management ElectiveCourses(6 hours, student must select two courses fromthe following list:)TMGT 3321 Supply Chain Management ................3TMGT 3322 Logistics Management.........................3TMGT 3340 Quality Assurance, Managementand Improvement.................................3TMGT 3353 International Business.........................3TMGT 3411 Technology Enterprise Management...4CITP 4340 Advanced Network Security................394B.A.T.-Technology Management