TA 300 Evolution and Development of Technology (3)
Provides an historical account of the development and innovation of technology. Emphasis is on the development of scientific knowledge and its relationship to inventions and their evolution. The relationship of systems of training and technology utilization will also be explored. Prerequisites: Junior standing.

TA 310 Technology and Society (3)
Provides students a critical examination of selected areas of technology and their impact on the workforce. Topics will include invention and product development, communications, construction, transportation, biomedical, environmental and future technologies. Prerequisites: EN 208 or current enrollment.

TA 320 Systems Design, Assessment, and Evaluation (3)
This course is designed to teach the student techniques for assessing systems in the workplace. The emphasis throughout the course will be on quality enhancement move- ment. Students will learn to assess and evaluate systems using such techniques as flow charts, cause and effect diagrams, pareto charts, etc. Students will be presented with information on basic program evaluation procedures as well as such issues as systems thinking, casual loops, and quality enhance- ment techniques. Issues of quality leadership and teaming practices will be introduced. Prerequisites: Junior standing and MA 110 or college level statistics course.

TA 330 Safety Analysis and Quality Assurance (3)
An in-depth study of the organi- zation of accident prevention programs, job hazards, analysis, accident cost control, and planning and maintaining of a safe environment. Includes risk management and quality assurance issues such as inspections, reports, external (federal, state, and local standards) and established internal standards for ensuring client and agency personnel health and safety. Prerequisites: Junior standing.

TA 340 Technology Policy (3)
An in-depth study of policy issues in relation to technology. The course deals with technology policy at the basis economic units, such as firms, households, persons, and aggregated units, such as the state, the nation, and the international community as well. Full consideration is given to issues such as technological efficiency, socio-economic development, environment, ethics, security, and others. Special emphasis is given to the political process in which technology policies are shaped in private or public organizations. Prerequisites: Junior standing, TA
300, and TA 310.

TA 360 Independent Study (1-4)
In consultation with faculty, the student selects for intensive study a specific area of concern in technology. Prerequisite: Consent.

TA 370 Technology Internship (1-4)
In consultation with faculty and a business institution, the student selects an area of work experience in a technology related field. Prerequisite: Consent.

TA 390 Current Issues in Technology (1-3)
This course addresses several technology topics of greater contingency and/or technical complexity in the technology field. The idea is to make aware the future technology administrator of the different perspectives surround- ing the debate of these topics. Example of technology areas to cover are: technology planning, technology marketing, technology ethics, international technology issues, high-low tech future. Selected issues to be addressed may vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.

TA 400 Technology Administration (3)
The purpose of this course is to provide to the students a coherent intellectual framework in order to address the many different issues surrounding the administration of technology. This is a capstone course designed to provide the academic environment for under- standing the different approaches to technology and the interrelated factors and areas involved in its management. Subject topics move back and forth from the more general and abstract to the more practical and concrete. Prerequisites: Senior standing.

TA 410 Technology Planning (3)
This course deals with the theoretical and practical issues of planning in the area of technology. Students will study and exercise with planning procedures for technological development from the point of view of technical, economic, managerial, and environmental considerations. Students will be required to apply these planning methodologies in specific industries either manufacturing or services industries. Prerequisites: Senior standing, BU 250, AC 224, and TA 320.

TA 420 Technology Project (3)
Students working in teams will select and complete a project with approval from their advisor. The project may take a variety of forms but must integrate the student's technical and professional course- work. Student teams will be required to produce both a written and oral presentation of their project. Both individual perfor- mance and performance as a team member will be evaluated. The oral presentation will occur before a faculty review committee. Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent.

 

HE 170 Interior Design (3)
This course offers basic information and references to aid in further self education in the field of interior design. Geared toward the residential field.