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Technology Management (BTM)
(Effective Fall 2009)
- School of Business & Computer Technologies
- Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.)
- Available Online via Distance Learning
- More Information about Technology Management
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.
Curriculum
| First Semester | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PTM | Previous Program Courses | 15 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 15 | ||
| Second Semester | Credits | ||
| PTM | Previous Program Courses | 15 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 15 | ||
| Third Semester | Credits | ||
| PTM | Previous Program Courses | 9 | |
| ENL111 | English Composition I | 3 | |
| CSC124 | Information, Technology, and Society | 3 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 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 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 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 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 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 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 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 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 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 | |
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| 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 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 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
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and The International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE)

