Applied Technology Bachelor's Degree
Designed for professionals with a technical/occupational 2-year degree, the Applied Technology Bachelor's Degree fills that all-important educational gap.
LEADERSHIP: The undergraduate program in applied technology prepares professionals for leadership in businesses that are intensive in their use of information technology, complex production processes and/or highly skilled workforce.
INTEGRATION OF SKILLS: Professionals in this program integrate important skills in business, information technology, and production processes. By applying these to the development of a highly skilled workforce and the integration of new technologies in the workplace, graduates of the program are prepared to meet the challenges of the New Economy with an entrepreneurial spirit.
TRANSFER CREDIT: By allowing up to 36 hours of technical electives to be transferred, this program is especially attractice to the community college graduate who ma or may not otherwise be able to use these technical electives toward obtaining a bachelor's degree.
Program Objectives
• To provide professionals who have a technical occupational two-year
degree an opportunity to advance their careers by allowing up to 36 hours of
technical electives to be transferred towards obtaining a bachelor’s
degree.
• To prepare a technical occupational professional to meet the challenges
of the new economy by
integrating important skills in business, information technology, and
complex production processes.
• To provide an industry driven curriculum to prepare technical occupational
professionals with the ability to advance in their present company, to become
more marketable to a new company, or to start their own business.
Our curriculum includes intensive courses, project-based
courses and online courses that are designed to accommodate a
wide variety of professional lifestyles, from the traditional
student to the busy professional.
Curriculum
| Business Skills Requirements (12) | Engineering Technology Skill Requirements (9) |
| ACC 200 - Intro to Fin Acc | IET 405 - Prod & Inv Control |
| MGT 300 - Mgt for Org | IET 406 - Indust Automation |
| MIS 300 - Mgt for Sys | IET 407 - Personnel in Tech |
| MKT 300 - Prin of Marketing | |
| Computer Skills Requirements (13) | Applied Technology Skills Requirements (9) |
| CSC 309 - Comp and Society | ED 400 - Technology Commercialization |
| CSS 331 - Visual Basic | WTD 400 - Senior Project |
| ITC 371 - PC Applications | ED 410 - Applied Technology Capstone Course |
| ETC 371L - PC Applications |
For further information about the Applied Technology Program, contact:
Deidra Minor
program coordinator and advisor
601.266.5671
deidra.minor@usm.edu
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive #5022
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001