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1999-2001
Department of Industrial Technology
Major Degree Plans
Information Systems TechnologyChair: Carole Goodson
Technology Leadership and Supervision
Teacher Certification
Minors in Industrial Technology
The Department of Industrial Technology provides educational opportunities designed to prepare students for careers in business, industry, government, and education; the programs are closely linked to workforce quality and productivity for the region, the state, and the nation. Graduates are workforce leaders who bring high levels of technology expertise to the workplace and are prepared to guide technological change in the 21st Century. In addition, many are teachers or trainers, across a myriad of settings from public schools to industry and government settings, who are highly prepared to use technology in transmitting necessary skills for the present and future workforce.
Students completing the program earn a Bachelor of Science in Technology degree. The majors in Information Systems Technology or Technology Leadership and Supervision have been designed so that graduates will:
- Apply critical thinking skills related to the discovery, application, and integration of
appropriate basic principles;
- Apply problem-solving techniques at a level required for professional practice;
- Demonstrate effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills for
application in the global workplace;
- Indicate a commitment to learn, improve the profession, and maintain professional ethics throughout their lifetime.
To qualify for a Bachelor of Science in Technology degree, students must complete university requirements for a baccalaureate degree, including university core curriculum requirements and departmental requirements for a specific degree program as stated in this section of the catalog.
The Industrial Technology Department also offers the Master of Science in Occupational Technology degree. For more information about this graduate program, refer to the Graduate and Professional Studiescatalog.
Information Systems Technology
The Information Systems Technology program provides for the needs of a dynamic and integral part of business and industry-the information systems environment. Students need a background in business applications, computer concepts, problem solving, decision making, human relations, evaluation, analysis, and communications. Information systems technologists can be found in a broad spectrum of careers in the private and public sectors including the areas of end-user support, telecommunications specialist, applications development, technology management, systems analysis, training, and consulting.
The Information Systems Technology program also offers the opportunity for a student to earn teacher certification through the State Board for Educator Certification by completing a minor related to one of the following teacher education areas: Basic Business, Business Administration, Business Composite, and Business Secretarial. Students may also earn additional teaching endorsements in Computer Information Systems, Information Processing Technologies, and Office Education.
Departmental Requirements
OCTE 2334: Information Systems Applications
OCTE 2360: Business Law
OCTE 3343: Information Systems Analysis and
Design
OCTE 3347: Principles of Information Management
OCTE 3348: Applications of Expert Systems
OCTE 3365: Database Management
OCTE 4335: Integrated Information Systems
OCTE 4337: Advanced Information Systems
Applications
OCTE 4390: Current Issues in Information Systems
OCED 5360: Multimedia
ITEC 2371: Industrial Fiscal Records I
ITEC 4341: Production and Service Operations
COMM 3356: Business and Professional Speaking
ECON 2301: Economic Concepts & Issues
TECH 1300: Computers in Technology
Approved elective: Three semester hours
College and Department Requirements
TECH 1301: Intro to Computer Application
Technology
ITEC 3340: Organizational Leadership and
Supervision
ITEC 3363: Technical Communication or
ITEC 3372: Communication in Science,
Engineering, and Technology
HDCS 4369: Entrepreneurship
OCTE 3353: Visual Communication Systems
ITEC 4377: Practicum
Minor: 15 semester hours minimum.Note: A minor in Education is required for teacher certification. Students must apply to the College of Education for admission to the Professional Development Sequence before beginning any education courses. See advisor for specific requirements or refer to College of Education section in the Undergraduate Catalog.
University Core Curriculum
Communication (6 semester hours)
ENGL 1303,
1304.
English Composition I, II
History (6 semester hours)
HIST 1376 or
1377,
1378 or
1379
American Government (6 semester hours)
POLS 1336,
1337
Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 semester hours)
Six semester hours (three must be writing intensive)
selected from core approved list
(PSYC 1300,
3310)
Humanities (3 semester hours)
Three semester hours selected from core approved list
Visual/Performing Arts (3 semester hours)
Three semester hours selected from core approved list
Mathematics (3 semester hours)
TMTH 1335
Mathematics/Reasoning (3 semester hours)
TMTH 3360
Natural Sciences (6 semester hours)
Six semester hours from core approved list
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Technology
Major: Information Systems Technology
Technology Leadership and Supervision
Note: This program is pending Coordinating Board Approval. See an advisor for the latest information.
The Technology Leadership and Supervision (TLS) degree focuses on providing individuals with a competitive advantage when moving into leadership and supervisory roles in technology-based organizations. The program investigates the rapidly changing and complex nature of leadership in organizations that use and rely on technology. The TLS degree provides a long term, empowering approach to the practice of leading people rather than the short term, command and control approach to utilizing human resources. Students learn about leadership, the importance of organizational vision and values, developing human resources, and managing technological resources in corporate, government, non-profit, or community organizations. Leadership skills in goal setting, time management, verbal and visual communication, and leadership values and abilities are developed through relevant real world applications.
Technology Leadership and Supervision students choose between two options to complete their major requirements--Option 1: Technology Leadership and Supervision, and Option 2: Technology Leadership and Supervision/Occupational Technology. Although students in one option may enroll in courses within the other option, they may not receive official university recognition as receiving either a double major or a major and a minor within the TLS major.
Graduates of the Technology Leadership and Supervision program may enter a wide variety of leadership and managerial careers in areas such as human resource development, supervision, production control, quality control, customer service, training and development, technical sales, technical education, and technology education.
Option 1: Technology Leadership and Supervision
The Technology Leadership and Supervision option provides students with the knowledge and skills to enter careers related to the effective and appropriate utilization of human resources. The focus is the development of outstanding leaders in technology-driven organizations. Students develop an understanding of the relationships between organizational behavior, technology, and leading change. The major develops knowledge and skills related to information technology, leadership, supervision, verbal and visual communication, human resource development, organizational dynamics, and continuous process improvement.
Students completing the Technology Leadership and Supervision option must select among two elective blocks: Group A, with courses in training and development, and Group B, with courses in graphic communications technology.
The elective block in Group A provides additional human resource development knowledge and skills in training and development that will allow leaders and supervisors to maximize the talents and abilities of the people they lead and supervise. Students develop a practical understanding of the strategies and techniques leaders use to enhance and utilize the technical expertise of their employees.
The elective block in Group B prepares people in graphic communications technology to become leaders in the printing and publishing industries. Printing and publishing is ranked among the largest industries in the United States. This curriculum has been created in conjunction with the leaders of the printing and publishing industry in Texas.
Elective or Minor Selection
Students are encouraged to take electives or a minor that includes a planned program of technical skill courses that will provide meaningful background for their future careers as well as permit them to function effectively in tomorrow's high technology society.
Option 2: Occupational Technology
The Occupational Technology option prepares students to become technical and technology educators in public schools. TLS Occupational Technology students are required to pursue a technical specialization and an approved sequence of pedagogical courses that will provide the knowledge and skills they need to facilitate the transfer of technical expertise to students. The pedagogical courses prepare students to meet the certification requirements of the State Board for Educator Certification for Trade and Industrial Education or Technology Education.
The technical specialization in TLS Occupational Technology also provides and opportunity for students who have completed a UH-approved community or junior college technical program to continue their education and earn a bachelor's degree. Students may transfer up to 36 hours of technology-based courses into the major requirements, as well as approved general education courses that are transferable into the University core curriculum.
Requirements for Option 1: Technology Leadership and Supervision
ITEC 2371: Industrial Fiscal Records
ITEC 3345: Human Resources in Technology
ITEC 4341: Production and Service Operations
ITEC 4348: Supervisor Employee Relationships
ITEC 4349: Organizational Dynamics
ITEC 4350: Industrial and Environmental Safety
OCTE 2360: Business Law
OCTE 4371: Leading Change in the Workplace
TRDE 3346: Wage and Salary Administration
HDCS 3300: Organizational Leadership and
Supervision
ECON 2301: Economic Concepts & Issues
Approved electives: 12 semester hours minimum,
or minor
Students must complete one of the following groups of electives to complete the major requirements above:
TRDE 4340: Training Techniques for Supervisors
TRDE 4344: Computer Applications in Training
TRDE 4346: Adult Group Processes
TRDE 4351: Instructional Strategies in Training and
Development
EPSY 3300: Educational Psychology
Requirements for Option 2: Technology Leadership and Supervision/Occupational TechnologyITEC 3350: Graphic Communications Materials and
Processes
ITEC 3351: Image Technology I
ITEC 3352: Press Technology I
ITEC 4372: Costing in Graphic Communications
Technology
ITEC 4373: Image Technology II
Students may transfer a total of 36 hours in a technology-based specialization that is approved by the College.Departmental Requirements for Option 1 and Option 2Approved Technical Electives: 6-9 semester hours
Minor: Occupational Technology (T & I Certification) or minor that has been pre-approved by the coordinator of the major.
(21 semester hours)
ITEC 3340: Organizational Leadership and
Supervision
ITEC 3363: Technical Communications or
ITEC 3372: Communication in Science,
Engineering, and Technology
ITEC 4377: Practicum
HDCS 4369: Entrepreneurship
OCTE 3353: Visual Communication Systems
TECH 1301: Introduction to Computer Application
Technology
TECH 3365: Computer Applications in Technology
University Core Curriculum
Communication (6 semester hours)
ENGL 1303,
1304.
English Composition I, II
History (6 semester hours)
HIST 1376 or
1377,
1378 or
1379
American Government (6 semester hours)
POLS 1336,
1337
Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 semester hours)
Six semester hours (three must be writing intensive)
selected from core approved list
(PSYC 1300,
3310)
Humanities (3 semester hours)
Three semester hours selected from core approved list
Visual/Performing Arts (3 semester hours)
Three semester hours selected from core approved list
Mathematics (3 semester hours)
TMTH 1335
Mathematics/Reasoning (3 semester hours)
TMTH 3360
Natural Sciences (6 semester hours)
Six semester hours from core approved list
Degree awarded: Bachelor of Science in Technology
Major: Technology Leadership and Supervision
Teacher Certification
Teacher certification, approved by the State Board for Educator Certification, within the
Department of Industrial Technology can be earned by completing any of the following with a minor
in education:
Business Administration Teacher Education
Basic Business Teacher Education
Business Composite Teacher Education
Business Secretarial Teacher Education
Computer Information Systems
Technology Education
Vocational Certification Programs
Vocational certification programs, approved by the State Board of Educator Certification, within
the Department of Industrial Technology are offered in:
Career Investigation
Marketing Education
Trades and Industrial Vocational Education
Occupational Technology
Office Education
Vocational Counselor
Vocational Supervisor
Information Processing Technologies Endorsement
Students desiring to teach computer literacy in middle school may elect to obtain an endorsement
as an addendum to teacher certification. The following courses are recommended as preparation:
TECH 1300
OCTE 3365
OCTE 2334 or OCTE 4337
OCED 6313 or CUIN 7350
Minors in Industrial Technology
Graphic Communications Technology (15 semester hours)
Required courses:
OCTE 3353
ITEC 3351,
3352
Six hours to be selected from the following:
ITEC 3350,
4372,
4375
Industrial Supervision (15 semester hours)
Required Courses:
ITEC 3340,
4341,
4350
Six semester hours to be selected from the following:
ITEC 2371,
3345,
3373,
4348,
4349,
OCTE 2360,
TRDE 3346
Information Systems Development (18 semester hours)
Required Courses:
OCTE 2234,
3343,
3347,
3348,
3365,
4337
Information Systems Management (18 semester hours)
Required Courses:
OCTE 2234,
3343,
3347,
4335,
4390
Three hours advanced Information Systems elective
Occupational Technology (18 semester hours)
Required courses for vocational certification:
OCED 5300,
5301,
5302,
5303,
5304,
5305
Training and Development (15 semester hours)
Required Courses:
ITEC 3345
TRDE 4340,
4351
Six semester hours to be selected from the following:
ITEC 2340,
OCTE 4348
TRDE 3346,
4344,
4346
Files Archived: October, 2001