INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Industrial Education Courses
IT 568 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF INDUSTRIAL
EDUCATION. This course is designed to provide the opportunities
for in-depth study of the historical background of the industrial
education movement.
IT 590 DIRECTED STUDIES. This
course is designed to provide students with the opportunity
to gain specialized experience in one or more of the following
areas: (a) Internship, (b) Laboratory Procedures, (c) Individualized
Study, (d) Innovative Curriculum, (e) Workshops, (f) Specialized
Training Schools, (g) Seminar. In the internship and laboratory
procedures segment, the student will gain organization and
management techniques through observation and participation
in conducting classroom activities and associated laboratory
experience. The student may gain experience in a maximum of
two areas of competency. In the individualized studies segment,
the student will select a problem and work under the direction
of a major professor. 1-6 hours, may be repeated or taken
concurrently for a maximum of six hours. (Area of study to
be indicated on transcript.)
IT 631 PLANT LAYOUT AND MATERIALS
HANDLING. A study of the methods in planning and control
of production; operation analysis; routing; scheduling and
dispatching; production charts and boards; inventory control;
accumulation of material requirements; and use of critical
path techniques used in industry.
IT 633 QUALITY CONTROL. Methods
and procedures employed in industrial quality control, theories
of measurement, error, prediction, sampling, test of significance
and models.
IT 634 MATERIALS TEST TECHNOLOGY.
A study of internal stresses and deformation of bodies resulting
from the action of external forces; concepts and techniques
of testing tensile, compression, shear, transverse, hardness
and the elasticity on various materials and fasteners.
IT 635 PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF
RESEARCH IN INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. A study of the basic
principles of research and the techniques of application as
related to Industrial Education.
IT 698,699 THESIS.
This course involves, besides the preliminary study of the
techniques of research, bibliography, and organization of
material, the selection of a suitable problem, a digest of
the related literature, the selection of an appropriate procedure,
the formulation of a plan of investigating and reporting,
the collection and organization of data, and the writing of
the thesis.
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