Engineering Technology Major, B.S. (Product Development Concentration)

General Program Information

ETSU Academic Proficiency Requirements:

Writing: Students must complete a minimum of four writing-intensive courses. At least two of these courses must be in the major field of study. At least two of the four  courses must be at the 3000-4000 level.

Oral Communication: Students must complete a minimum of two oral communication-intensive courses. At least one of these courses must be in the major field of study.

Using Information Technology: Students must complete at least one using information technology-intensive course in the major field of study.

Transfer students may be subject to reduced number of intensives.

See ETSUAcademic Proficiency Requirements for details.

Product Development Concentration

The Product Development concentration is a multidisciplinary, manufacturing-based curriculum designed to educate and prepare students to be multifunctional, creative, and knowledgeable leaders and team members of product design teams. Graduates are able to apply their knowledge and understanding of the product development processes and new product realization.

TBR General Education Core Requirements: 41 Credit Hours

See Note ¹

• ENGL 1010 - Critical Reading and Expository Writing (3 credits)
• ENGL 1020 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 credits)
• Communication: Oral Communication (3 credits) *
• MATH 1530 - Probability and Statistics – Noncalculus (3 credits) ²
• PHYS 2010 - General Physics I-Noncalculus (3 credits)
• PHYS 2011 - General Physics Laboratory I-Noncalculus (1 credit)
• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry Lecture (4 credits)
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry Laboratory (0 credit)
• HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)
• HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877 (3 credits)
• Literature (3 credits) *
• Fine Arts (3 credits) *
• ENTC 3020 - Technology and Society (3 credits)
• ECON 2210 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)
• PSYC 1310 - Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)

Technology Core Requirements: 19 Credit Hours

• ENTC 1510 - Student in University (2 credits)
• ENTC 2170 - CADD (Computer Aided Design Drafting) (4 credits)
• ENTC 3030 - Technical Communication (3 credits)
• ENTC 4017 - Industrial Supervision (3 credits)
• ENTC 4060 - Project Scheduling (3 credits)
• ENTC 4600 - Technical Practicum (4 credits) ³

Product Development Core Requirements: 20 Credit Hours

• ENTC 1120 - Manufacturing Processes and Specification (3 credits)
• ENTC 2200 - Machine Tool Technology (4 credits)
• ENTC 2310 - Electrical Principles (4 credits)
• ENTC 3710 - Manual Numerical Control Programming (3 credits)
• ENTC 4357 - CIM Applications (3 credits)
• Elective (advisor approved) (3 credits)

Technical Support Courses: 21 Credit Hours

• DIGM 1100 - Visual Thinking (4 credits)
• MATH 1720 - Precalculus II (Trigonometry) (3 credits)
• MATH 1840 - Analytic Geometry and Differential Calculus (3 credits) ⁴
• MATH 1850 - Integral Calculus for Technology (3 credits) ⁴

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• PHYS 2020 - General Physics II-Noncalculus (3 credits) ⁵ and
• PHYS 2021 - General Physics Laboratory II-Noncalculus (1 credit) ⁵

• or

• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry Lecture (4 credits) and
• CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry Laboratory (0 credit)

• or

• HSCI 2010 - Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credits) and
• HSCI 2011 - Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I (0 credit)

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• Elective (advisor approved) (3 credits)

Specialty Sequences Requirements: 27 Credit Hours

See Note ⁶

Total Hours Required for Degree: 128 Credit Hours

Note:

¹ For details regarding specific block requirements and course selection, see General Education Requirements .

² MATH 1840 , MATH 1850 , MATH 1910 , or MATH 1920  may satisfy the General Education Math requirement.

³ Cooperative Education (ENTC 4989 /ENTC 4999 ) may be substituted for ENTC 4600  and/or ENTC 3600 .

⁴ MATH 1910  and MATH 1920  will satisfy the MATH 1840 /MATH 1850  sequence.

⁵ CHEM 1120 /CHEM 1121  or HSCI 2010 /HSCI 2011  may be substituted for PHYS 2020 /PHYS 2021 

⁶ In special cases and only with the approval of a PDEV program advisor, a student may develop an individualized sequence of specialty Engineering Technology and Technical Support courses selected with the goal of developing proven technical understanding and competence in one or two product development areas.

⁷ INTD 1115  may be substituted for ENTC 2160  for students taking INTD 2110 .

Additional Information

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