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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Technology (B.S.)


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Emphasis 1. Electrical Engineering Technology


Requirements outside Department (30-31)


Total Hours for Emphasis 1, Electrical Engineering Technology: 100-102


Emphasis 2. Manufacturing Engineering Technology


Requirements in Department (78-79)


Requirements outside Department (22-23)


Total Hours for Emphasis 2, Manufacturing Engineering Technology: 100-102


Emphasis 3. Industrial Management and Technology


Technology majors cannot use TECH 294 as a TECH Elective. A grade of C or better is required in MATH 155.

Requirements in Department (72-75)


One of the following areas of study (23-24)


Environmental Health and Safety (24)

Students interested in Ergonomics and/or Industrial Hygiene studies should take BIOS 311 (4) as an elective.

Special Technical Study (23)


This area of study is limited to transfer students with an Associate of Applied Science degree with a major in a recognized field of industrial technology. Up to 23 semester hours of credit from the A.A.S. degree may be applied to this area of study with the consent of the departmental adviser and department chair. Students in this area of study are exempt from the 30 semester hour university residence requirement.

Requirements outside Department (17-18)


Physics requirement (4)


Total Hours for Emphasis 3, Industrial Management and Technology: 89-93


Emphasis 4. Energy and Environmental Technology


Requirements in Department (61-62)


Requirements outside Department (27-28)


Physics requirement (4)


Total Hours for Emphasis 4, Energy and Environment Technology: 94-96


Emphasis 5. Applied Manufacturing Technology


This area of study is limited to transfer students with an Associates of Applied Science degree with a major in a recognized technical area. With the approval of the NIU Department of Technology adviser and chair, up to 43 hours of proficiency credit, which includes up to 9 hours of upper-level credit, can be used towards the 120-semester hour total and 40-semester-hour upper-level university graduation requirements.

Students in this emphasis are exempt from the 30-semester-hour university residence requirement. All students in this emphasis must obtain a grade of C or better in MATH 155 and all majors must meet NIU’s requirements for general education (29-41 hours).

Requirements in Department (36)


Requirements outside Department (14)


Physics requirement (4)


Total Hours for Emphasis 5, Applied Manufacturing Technology: 93


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