What is Industrial Technology?
The Department of Industrial Engineering also offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology. This curriculum is especially designed to prepare two-year technology graduates to work effectively in the engineer-technologist team and to assume management responsibilities.
The first two years of this program are administered by the Lamar University Institute of Technology or Lamar State College at Orange or Lamar State College at Port Arthur. Student are also accepted from other technical two-year programs throughout the state and nation. This degree requires successful completion of an Associate of Applied Science degree - or equivalent - composed of a minimum of 36 semester hours of related and sequential courses. Technology courses beyond those specified in a major field must be approved by the Industrial Engineering Department.
Admission to the Industrial Technology Program will be granted, upon application, after completion of a minimum of 40 semester hours toward the Associate of Applied Science Degree or the Engineering common program with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.00. Technology students who intend to continue their education to obtain this degree should substitute six hours of Freshman English for Business Communication and Mth 1334 for Technical Math with their advisor's approval.
Any student in the Industrial Technology program considering working toward an Industrial Engineering degree at any time in the future should so inform his or her advisor.
