About the Program
Learn more about the Technology Management program at Buffalo State University.
Accreditation: Association of Technology Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE.org)
The Technology Management program provides students with the opportunity to develop a specialty within a broader framework of technical operations knowledge. Students will specialize in direct manufacturing support of a technical or managerial nature. Knowledge of management principles, physical sciences, technology of industry, and liberal arts is employed to optimize manufacturing processes, materials, and personnel.
Program graduates have filled positions as industrial engineers, manufacturing engineers, quality-assurance specialists, directors of technology, production/lean operations managers, corporate trainers, cost estimators, purchasing managers, first line supervisors, supply chain managers, distribution supervisors, safety engineers, drafting specialists, technical writers, web masters, and technical sales and marketing specialists.
Admission Requirements
This program accepts freshmen, sophomores, and transfer students.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate competence in written and/or oral communication.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of how to apply technological methods to the solution of manufacturing and service-related problems.
3. Demonstrate application of knowledge in mathematics (precalculus), and/or inorganic chemistry (lab-based), and/or physics.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of how to apply principles of industrial technology management (e.g.: supervision; production planning; quality control; safety) to the solution of technology-based problems.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of science, testing, and processing of materials.
6. Demonstrate knowledge and application of technical drawing and production principles.
7. Demonstrate preparation for a career in Industrial Technology or graduate study.
Program Requirements
General Education 23 Requirements (33 credit hours)
Technology/Core Courses (42 credit hours)
Required Courses
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
TEC101 TECHNICAL DRAWING | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC201 MATERIALS PROCESSING | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC311 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TESTING | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC312 MATERIALS MANAGEMENT | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC313 STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC314 ELECTROMECHANICS | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC402 ERGONOMICS | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC403 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC400 MARKETING | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC302 CAD/CAM (COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING/COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING) | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC351 ENERGY SYSTEMS | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC404 INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC405 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY | 3 - Credit Hours
TEC465 SAFETY MANAGEMENT | 3 - Credit Hours
Program Specialty Courses (18 credit hours)
Required in Other Fields for Accreditation (12 credit hours)
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
MAT124 FUNCTIONS AND MODELING II | 3 - Credit Hours
PHY107 GENERAL PHYSICS I | 4 - Credit Hours
Core Math (3 credit hours)
Core Chemistry (3 credit hours)
All College Electives (27-33 credit hours)
Completion requirement
120 Total Credit Hours