2006-07 Catalog Archive (Archived July 31, 2006)
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Technology Management (BTM)
Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.)
Also offered via Distance Learning
This major is designed as a two-plus-two program. The bachelor of science degree in Technology Management will allow students who enter with an associate's degree in a technical/professional area to obtain a baccalaureate degree with the last two years having an emphasis in the development of business/management skills.
Career Opportunities: The major will lead students to advanced positions in their respective technical/professional areas. The management/administrative skills gained through the major will ensure an opportunity to advance in the field. As the technical/professional area will vary according to the respective students enrolled, no specific jobs can be identified.
Special Admissions Requirements: Students seeking entrance must have completed an associate's degree in a technical or professional area. Students will not be permitted to enter this major as first- or second-year students. Technical/professional associate's degrees would include degrees where a concentrated area of study is in a technical/professional area. This will exclude majors with a heavy business management emphasis such as retail management, marketing management or business management.
Remediation Strategies: All students entering the baccalaureate degree major will be expected to meet the College standards for mathematics, reading and English proficiency. Students who test at a deficiency in these areas will be encouraged to remediate the deficiency during the first semester in the major.
Transfer Procedures: All students entering the Technology Management bachelor-degree major will be considered for junior-level status, as they will have earned the first two years in their respective associate-degree majors. This will apply to Pennsylvania College of Technology associate-degree graduates as well. It is expected that students will carry a minimum of 60 credits from the associate's degree into the bachelor's degree curriculum. Where students have not met the bachelor-degree requirements for the first four semesters, they will be required to take the necessary courses in order to complete the degree.
Program Goals: A graduate of this major should be able to:
- understand how to plan, organize, lead, and control within an organizational setting.
- increase their individual knowledge and understanding of self, the dynamics of group and team interactions, and their impact upon productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
- recognize the skills and techniques needed for problem solving and decision making.
- understand the application of laws and the legal system to the business environment.
- communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- understand basic accounting methods and their business applications.
- utilize financial analysis within a business environment.
- identify the broad functions of marketing and their applications to business.
- understand basic statistical analysis and its application in the business environment.
- apply the strategic management process to an analysis of the current business environment, identifying and forecasting trends, and making recommendations on preferred courses of action.
- integrate and synthesize the knowledge and competencies gained from technical and managerial courses.
| First Semester | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PTM | Previous Program Courses | 15 | |
| 15 | |||
| Second Semester | Credits | ||
| PTM | Previous Program Courses | 15 | |
| 15 | |||
| Third Semester | Credits | ||
| PTM | Previous Program Courses | 9 | |
| ENL111 | English Composition I | 3 | |
| CSC110 | Introduction to Information Technology | 3 | |
| 15 | |||
| Fourth Semester | Credits | ||
| ENL121 | English Composition II | 3 | |
| or | |||
| ENL201 | Technical and Professional Communication | 3 | |
| MTH | Mathematics Elective | 3 | |
| SCI | Science Elective | 3 | |
| HUM | Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| SSE | Social Science Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| ART | Art Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| FOR | Foreign Language Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| AAE | Applied Arts Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| IFE | International Field Experience Elective | 3 | |
| FIT | Fitness and Lifetime Sports Elective | 2 | |
| 14 | |||
| Fifth Semester | Credits | ||
| MGT115 | Principles of Management | 3 | |
| MGT230 | Business Communications | 3 | |
| ACC113 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 | |
| ECO111 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| or | |||
| ECO112 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | |
| COR | Liberal Arts Elective | 3 | |
| SPC101 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 | |
| 18 | |||
| Sixth Semester | Credits | ||
| MGT330 | Managerial Decision Making | 3 | |
| MGT301 | Business Law I | 3 | |
| MKT240 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | |
| MTH160 | Elementary Statistics with Computer Applications | 4 | |
| OEA | Open Elective | 3 | |
| 16 | |||
| Seventh Semester | Credits | ||
| MGT315 | Business Ethics | 3 | Science, Technology and Society Requirement |
| MGT355 | Quantitative Methods for Business | 3 | |
| MGT410 | Management of Organizational Behavior | 3 | Writing Enriched Requirement & Cultural Diversity Requirement |
| HUM | Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| SCL | Science Elective with lab | 4 | |
| 16 | |||
| Eighth Semester | Credits | ||
| MGT497 | Business Policy and Strategy | 3 | |
| FIN350 | Finance | 3 | |
| BTM | Directed Technology Management Elective | 3 | |
| BTM | Directed Technology Management Elective | 3 | |
| HUM | Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| SSE | Social Science Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| ART | Art Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| FOR | Foreign Language Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| AAE | Applied Arts Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| IFE | International Field Experience Elective | 3 | |
| ART | Art Elective | 3 | |
| 18 | |||
Three of the six credits of Directed Technology Management electives must be at the 300 or 400 course level.
Note: Semesters 1-4 outline the bachelor degree courses as they relate to the College requirements.
Additional Information: Courses taken to fulfill associate-degree requirements cannot be used in the final four semesters of this major. Each student will be expected to meet the following criteria to satisfy the bachelor-degree requirements: 1) an earned associate degree in a technical/professional area with a minimum of 60 credits. 2) completion of all College-approved specified course requirements for the baccalaureate degree. 3) a total of 66-68 credits beyond the associate's degree to complete the bachelor of science degree, plus any unmet major requirements.
Accreditation: Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and The International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE)