INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
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.