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College of Technology

Department of Information and Logistics Technology (ILT)

 

Who's Who in the Department

Chair:
Michael Gibson

Professors:
Michael Gibson, Sharon Lund O'Neil

Associate Professors:
Susan L. Miertschin, Jerry J. Waite, Cheryl L. Willis

Assistant Professors:
Liang-Chien Cheng, Edward T. Crowley (Instructional), Jerry Evans (Visiting), Nada Khatib (Visiting), Jamison Kovach, Garth Oliver (Visiting), Robert Seaker, Jeffrey Sumrall

Department Overview

The Department of Information and Logistics Technology (ILT) provides educational opportunities designed to prepare students for careers in business, industry, and government; the programs are closely linked to workforce quality and productivity for the region, the state, and the nation through its programs in Supply Chain and Logistics Technology (LTE), Information Systems Technology (ISTE), and Technology Leadership and Supervision (TELS). Graduates are leaders who bring high levels of technology expertise to the workplace and are prepared to guide technological change.


Our Mission

The mission of the Department of Information and Logistics Technology at the University of Houston is to produce new ideas and knowledge within the fields of information, logistics, graphic communications, and leadership technology, and to educate highly capable and diverse technology leaders for the state of Texas, the nation, and the global community

 

Departmental Learning Objectives

To achieve its educational mission, graduates from the ILT department's programs will have acquired the six capabilities listed below.

Graduates will know how to:

  • Acquire the basic and in-depth knowledge and skills required in their professions.

  • Apply and refine their technological knowledge and skills in leadership, critical thinking, problem solving, decision-making, teamwork processes, and project management to solve novel, ambiguous, and routine problems.

  • Integrate their knowledge of technological, social, organizational, and value systems to improve the creation and application of technological solutions.

  • Contribute to the improvement of their professions and society through the discovery, application, integration, and assessment of technological capability.

  • Anticipate and fulfill their need for new knowledge and capabilities as their disciplines progress.

  • Employ effective oral, written, graphic, and interpersonal modes of communication for expressing technical concepts to diverse audience.

To qualify for a Bachelor of Science degree in the Department of Information and Logistics Technology, 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 most current information is available at the College of Technology Web site, www.tech.uh.edu.

All majors and minors in the Department of Information and Logistics Technology must earn a grade of C or better in all major/minor courses. No grade lower than C will be accepted on any courses applicable to the major transferred to the University of Houston. A grade point average of 2.00 or better is required for graduation.

The Department of Information and Logistics Technology also offers the Master of Science in Technology Project Management with specializations in Supply Chain and Logistics Technology and Information Systems Security. For more information about this graduate program, refer to the Graduate and Professional Studies catalog or to the College of Technology Web site at www.tech.uh.edu.

Supply Chain and Logistics Technology (LTE)


Supply Chain and Logistics Technology is a technically-based program using information technology to optimize the global flow of industrial goods and services from manufacturer to industrial user. Supply Chain and Logistics Technology focuses on the international supply chain from the source of raw material through the final consumption of the product.

Because supply-chain functions are part of all business activities, skills acquired with this degree offer unlimited employment opportunities.

Career options for LTE graduates include supply-chain management with domestic and international manufacturing operations, service companies, third-party logistics providers, transportation companies, distribution centers, and other government and private businesses. Graduates are employed as industrial and transportation sales representatives; logistical analysts and consultants; operations managers; purchasing representatives; inventory control specialists; marketing directors; customer service representatives; and warehouse and distribution center managers.

Requirements: Logistics Technology Major

LOGT 2380. Distribution Channels
LOGT 3384. Logistics Technology and Processes
LOGT 3385. Transportation Economics and Policy
LOGT 3387. Procurement
LOGT 3389. Transportation Law
LOGT 4312. Inventory and Materials Handling
LOGT 4375. Global Supply Chain
LOGT 4380. Quality Systems
LOGT 4387. Global Sourcing
LOGT 4389. Practicum in ID
TELS 2371. Industrial Fiscal Records

College and Department Requirements

COMM 3356. Business and
    Professional Communication
GRTC 3353. Visual Communications Systems
ITEC 1301. Introduction to Computer Application Technology
LOGT 2362. Introduction to Logistics Technology
ITEC 2332. Information Technology Hardware and Systems Software
ITEC 2334. Information Systems Applications
TELS 2360. Business Law
TELS 3340. Organizational
    Leadership and Supervision
     or
     HDCS 3300. Organizational
     Decision in Technology
TELS 3363. Technical Communications


Operations Track (15 SH Minimum)

LOGT 3381. Industrial/Consumer Sales
MECT 1364. Materials and Processes I
TELS 4341. Production and Service Operations
TECH 3365. Applications of Discrete Methods in Technology
** Approved Elective
  
  

Systems Management Track (15 SH Minimum)

ITEC 2338. Technology in the Community
ITEC 3343. Information Systems Analysis and Design
ITEC 3347. Principles of Information Management
ITEC 3365. Database Management
** Approved Elective

**Electives to be chosen from College of Technology, Engineering, or Business (other choices must be preapproved)

Recommended Electives

ELET 2307. Electrical-Electronics Circuits
GRTC 2350. Graphics for Digital Media
GRTC 3350. Graphic Communications Materials and Processes
GRTC 3351. Graphic Production Process Control I
HDCS 3369. Entrepreneurship
HDCS 4386. Communication Strategies for Merchandising and Industrial Distribution
TELS 3345. Human Resources in Technology
TELS 4371. Leading Change in the Workplace
TELS 4390. Current Issues in Technology Leadership and Supervision

University Requirements

Communication (6 semester hours)
     ENGL 1303 and 1304. English
         Composition I and II

History (6 semester hours)
     HIST 377, 1378

American Government (6 semester hours)
     POLS 1336, 1337

Social and Behavioral Sciences
(3semester hours)
     ECON 2304

Writing in the Discipline
(3 semester hours)
     Three semester hours selected from core approved list

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/Reasoning (12 semester hours)
    MATH 1310. College Algebra
    MATH 1313. Finite Mathematics
    MATH 1314. Calculus for Business and the         Life Sciences
    TMTH 3360. Applied Technical Statistics

Natural Sciences (6 semester hours)
     Six semester hours selected from
        core approved list

Degree awarded: Bachelor of Science
Major: Supply Chain and Logistics Technology

Information Systems Technology (ISTE)

The Information Systems Technology program provides for the needs of a dynamic and integral part of business and industry--the information systems environment. Students will obtain 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.

Requirements: Information Systems Major

COSC 1304. C Programming
ITEC 1301. Introduction to
     Computer Application Technology
ITEC 2332. Information Technology Hardware and Systems Software
ITEC 2334. Information Systems
     Applications
ITEC 2336. Internet Application Development
ITEC 2348. Information Systems Application Development
ITEC 3335. Integrated Information
     Systems
ITEC 3343. Information Systems
     Analysis and Design
ITEC 3347. Principles of
     Information Management
ITEC 3365. Database Management
ITEC 4338. Database Administration
     and Implementation
ITEC 4339. Enterprise Applications
     Development
ITEC 4375. Project Management
     and Practice

Approved Technical electives:
     Six semester hours

College and Department Requirements

ACCT 2331. Accounting Principles I:
     Financial
ECON 2301. Economic Concepts
     and Issues
LOGT 2362. Introduction to
  Logistics Technology
LOGT 4380. Quality Systems
TELS 3340.Organizational Leadership
     and Supervision
TELS 3363. Technical Communications
TELS 4341. Production and Service
     Operations
MATH 1431. Calculus I
TECH 3365. Applied Discrete Methods
     in Technology
TMTH 3360. Applied Technical Statistics

University Core Curriculum

Communication (6 semester hours)
     ENGL 1303, 1304. English
     Composition I, II

History (6 semester hours)
     HIST 377, 1378

American Government
(6 semester hours)
     POLS 1336 and 1337

Social and Behavioral Sciences
(3 semester hours)
 PSYC 1300

Writing in the Discipline
(3 semester hours)
    PSYC 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/Reasoning
(6 semester hours)
MATH 1310. College Algebra
MATH 1330. Precalculus

Natural Sciences
(6 semester hours)
     Six semester hours
          from core approved list

Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science
Major: Information Systems Technology



Technology Leadership and Supervision (TELS)

The Technology Leadership and Supervision (TELS) 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 success of today's businesses and organizations demand leadership that is informed, forward-thinking, and able to optimize the capabilities of knowledge-based workers and the solutions they create. The Technology Leadership and Supervision degree develops exactly this set of skills. Students learn about leadership, the creation of organizational vision and value, and the development of human resources while leading technological change.

The Technology Leadership and Supervision 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, nonprofit, 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.

The Technology Leadership and Supervision program consists of 123 hours of undergraduate academic credit. In addition to meeting the 42 semester hour university core curriculum requirement, students must complete 48 semester hours in major core courses, and 33 semester hours in directed emphasis coursework. Students must earn a 2.0 minimum GPA in all major and directed emphasis courses attempted at the university.   Transfer students must have earned a 2.0 GPA or better in all major and directed emphasis courses to be transferred for credit.

The major areas of coursework within the Technology Leadership and Supervision program are (1) analysis and reasoning, (2) organizations, (3) human resources, (4) communications, (5) integration through an original senior project, and (6) directed technology emphasis.


Program Admission

UH undergraduate students wishing to transfer into the TELS program from another degree plan must have a minimum 2.00 GPA and be in good academic and disciplinary standing in order to apply for admission. Upon acceptance into the TELS program, your university core curriculum requirements may transfer, and up to 33 semester hours from your previous major may transfer into the area of directed emphasis. A minimum 2.00 GPA must have been earned in each directed emphasis transfer course, otherwise that course must be repeated.

Students from other degree granting accredited institutions may apply for admission. To be eligible for admission, a student must have completed an A.S. or A.A.S. degree and have a minimum 2.00 GPA. Students that are accepted into the program may apply up to 66 semester hours from their Associate degree towards the completion of their Bachelor of Science degree.     

Freshmen students are admitted into the TELS program; many areas of directed emphasis are available such as Graphics Technology, Supply Chain and Logistics, Information Systems Technology, Electrical Power Engineering Technology, etc. Please see an academic advisor, located in 108 T, for assistance.



Major Requirements

GRTC 3353. Visual Communications Technology
LOGT 2362. Introduction to Logistics Technology
LOGT 4380. Quality Systems
PHIL 1321. Logic I
TELS 3340. Organizational Leadership and
     Supervision
TELS 3345. Human Resources in Technology
TELS 3355. Project Leadership
TELS 3363. Technical Communications
TELS 3365. Team Leadership
TELS 4341. Production and Service Operations
TELS 4371. Leading Change in the Workplace
TELS 4372. Proposal and Project Writing
TELS 4390. Current Issues in Technology
    Leadership and Supervision
TELS 4378. Senior Project**
    or
     GRTC 4378. Senior Project**
TMTH 3360. Applied Technical Statistics
Will include 3 hours of Elective or Computer      Literacy***


Directed Technology Emphasis Example
GRTC 2350. Graphics for Digital Media
GRTC 3350. Graphic Communication Materials
     and Processes
GRTC 3351. Graphic Production Process Control
     I
GRTC 3352. Graphic Production Process Control
     II
GRTC 4372. Costing in Graphic Communications
GRTC 4373. Graphic Production Process Control
     III
GRTC 4376. Multimedia Authoring
GRTC 4390. Current Issues in Graphic
     Communications
HDCS 3369. Entrepreneurship
LOGT 3381. Industrial and Consumer Sales
GRTC 4396. Internship: Graphics Communication

Note: This block of courses is an example of the directed emphasis for freshmen majoring in the TELS program.

Directed EMPHASIS (33 SH) (Transfer/change of major students will create an emphasis that is composed of at least 33 SH. This block DOES NOT apply to freshman students).

Note: The Academic Services Center can assist in determining the directed emphasis that best fits your degree requirements.

University Core Curriculum

Communication (6 semester hours)
     ENGL 1303, 1304. Freshman
     Composition I, II

History (6 semester hours)
     HIST 1377, 1378

American Government
(6 semester hours)
     POLS 1336 and 1337

Social and Behavioral Sciences
(6 semester hours)
     Six semester hours selected
     from core approved list

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)
     MATH 1310

Mathematics/Reasoning
(3 semester hours)
     MATH 1313

Natural Sciences
(6 semester hours)
     Six semester hours
          from core approved list


Degree awarded: Bachelor of Science
Major: Technology Leadership and Supervision


Minors in Information and Logistics Technology

Students may minor in graphic communications technology, computer graphics, supply chain and logistics technology, technology leadership and supervision, information systems development, information systems management, or purchasing. Students who select one of these minors must satisfy the general university requirements for a minor as well as the specific minor requirements below.

Minors in the department of Information and Logistics Technology must earn a grade of C or better in all minor courses.

Prerequisites are strictly enforced for all minor courses and may not be listed in the required hours.

Graphic Communications Technology
(15 semester hours)

     Required courses:
     GRTC 3350, 3351, 3352
     Six hours to be selected from the following:
     GRTC 4372, 4373, 4376, or 4390

Computer Graphics
(18 semester hours)

     Required courses:
     GRTC 2350, 3353, and 4376
     Nine hours (at least three of which must be
     advanced) to be selected from the following:
     GRTC 3351, 4373, ITEC 2332, COMM 1301, 2320, 3353

Supply Chain and Logistics Technology
(15 semester hours)

     Required Courses:
     LOGT 2362
     Twelve semester hours to be selected from the      following:
     LOGT 2380, 3381, 3384, 3385, 4312, 4389,
     TELS 4341


Information Systems Development
(18 semester hours)

     Required Courses:
     ITEC 2334, 3343, 3347, 3348, 3365, and 4337


Information Systems Management
(18 semester hours)

     Required Courses:
     ITEC 2334, 3335, 3343, 3347, and 4390
     Three hours advanced Information Systems elective


Purchasing
(15 semester hours)

     Required courses:
     TELS 2360
     LOGT 3385, 3387, 4312, and 4387


Technology Leadership and Supervision
(18 semester hours)

Required Courses:
TELS 3340
Twelve semester hours to be selected
from the following:
GRTC 3353, LOGT 2380, TELS 3345, 3355, 3363, 3365, 4371, 4390

 

 

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