I. The Department of Engineering Technology offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Science degree with a major in Engineering Technology. Concentrations are available in Electronics and Manufacturing.

Program objectives are: (1) ability to apply advanced knowledge of mathematics, physical sciences, and engineering principles to the solution of practical engineering problems; (2) meet or exceed the needs and expectations of public and private sector employers for M.S. graduates; and (3) preparation to pursue additional advanced studies if so desired.

II. MS Degree Program

A. Program Admissions

Admission requirements of the College.

B. Program Prerequisites

Applicant must have completed a minimum of 18 semester hours of upper division credit in an appropriate area of Technology or related area.

Students with deficiencies in their undergraduate work will be required to pass appropriate undergraduate courses with a grade of C or better to eliminate the deficiencies. Appropriate courses will be determined at the first advising session and will be based on the Graduate Coordinator’s evaluation of undergraduate course work provided to Graduate Admissions.

C. Program Requirements

1. Non-thesis option: A minimum of 33 semester hours. Students selecting the non-thesis option must complete TECH 7991, Projects I.
2. Thesis option: A minimum of 30 semester hours. Students must complete TECH 7996, Thesis, for six semester hours credit.
3. Each student must complete the following core courses: TECH 7015, 7020, and either MGMT 7030, TECH 7105, or METH 6381.
4. A minimum of 12 semester hours must be taken in one concentration area.
5. Concentrations may be made by selection of courses from the following areas:
1. Electronics: CETH 6241, 6242, 6262, 6263, 6272, 6281, 7233, 7263, 7273, 7283, EETH 7801, 7811, 7821, 7822, 7831, 7841.
2. Manufacturing: METH 6381, 6460, 6464, 6466, 6472, 6474, 6476, 7401, 7402, 7404, 7406, 7408, 7414.
6. Electives can be any 6000 or 7000 level course and must be from any one of the concentration areas in the department. With permission, electives can be taken from other departments in the College of Engineering.
7. A maximum of three 6000-level courses will count toward the degree.
8. Candidates for the degree must average a 3.0 in all Technology courses.
9. Candidates for the degree must pass a comprehensive examination.
1. Comprehensive examinations may be taken by students in good standing during the last term of course work.
2. The comprehensive written examination will be administered Monday of the tenth week of classes during the fall and spring semesters.
3. A follow-up oral examination is optional with the examining committee.
10. Graduate assistantships will not be awarded to students enrolled in TECH 7993, Internship, unless the combined hours of student work is fewer than 20 hours per week.

6241. Internet Technology. (4). Internet servers and protocols: Internet e-mail using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, STMP; World Wide Web, WWW; Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, TCP/IP; Telnet Protocol; Hypertext Transport Protocol, HTTP; Hypertext Markup Language, HTML; File Transfer Protocol, FTP; Uniform Resource Locator, URL. Three lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CETH 2251.

6242. Client Application Technology. (4). Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), XML, and script languages. Three lectures, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CETH 4241 or permission of instructor.

6262. Modern Programming. (4). Application of Java programming language to problems from selected area of engineering technology; includes data collecting, modeling techniques, constraints, program development and validation, and interfacing with peripherals and machine language. Three lectures, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITES: CETH 2261.

6263. Server Application Technology. (4). Java exception handling, multithreading, files and streams, JDBC, Servlets, JSP, JavaBeans, Perl server side software. Three lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CETH 4262 or permission of instructor.

6272. Operating Systems. (4). Memory management, processor management, device management, and file management; MS-DOS operating system, Windows NT, UNIX operating system, VAX/VMS operating system. Three lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITES: CETH 2261 and 3233 or permission of instructor.

6281. Computer Network Technology. (4). Local-area networks; interconnecting computers and peripherals; installation of network hardware and software; communications between computers; sharing peripherals. Three lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: CETH 3233, EETH 2820.

7233. Advanced Software Applications. (3). Use of compilers, assemblers, program translators, application generators, program generators; application software for computer-aided design and data communications. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

7263. Advanced Digital Circuits and Applications. (3). (TECH 7263). Pragmatic treatment of analysis, synthesis, and applications of digital integrated circuits and systems. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

7273. Advanced Microprocessor Architecture. (3). (TECH 7273). Structure of the microprocessor, Bit-slice and monolithic systems; ALU design, data transfer and storage registers, and control unit logic; microprogramming techniques. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

7283. Advanced Data Acquisition. (3). (TECH 7283). Use of digital and analog circuits to accomplish the computer analysis of empirical data; transducers, digital and analog conversions, linear and operational amplifiers, interfacing techniques; data scaling and manipulation. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

7801. Advanced Instrumentation. (3). (TECH 7801). Review of linear and electronics fundamentals; analysis, synthesis, specifications, and applications of electronic test equipment and systems. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

7811. Technology of Electronic Communication Systems. (3). (TECH 7811). Engineering and economic aspects in the design and operation of publicly and privately owned communication systems. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

7821. Advanced Microwave Technology. (3). (TECH 7821). Microwave theory and equipment applications, including techniques for measuring power, frequency, frequency spectrums, impedance, VSWR, reflection coefficient, circuit Q, noise, and antenna gain. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor

7822. Industrial Process Control Systems. (3). (TECH 7822). Simulation and pragmatic analysis of closed loop industrial control systems using programmable logic controllers; practical considerations of control loop quality and stability; applications of digital computer for direct and supervisory control and on-line analysis. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

7831. Advanced Integrated Circuits Technology. (3). (TECH 7831). Theory and applications of integrated circuits and systems, emphasizing linear integrated circuits; characteristics, power requirements, and applications to amplifiers, oscillators, demodulators, waveshaping circuits, active filters, converters, and troubleshooting techniques. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

7841. Fiber Optics in Communication and Other Applications (3).(TECH 7841). Practical approach and theoretical analysis of fiber optics; emphasis on fiber optics transmission and system performance; practical aspects of fibers connection and loss encountered; fiber optics components such as couplers and switches. PREREQUISITE: EETH 3811 or permission of instructor.

6381. Principles of Supervision. (3). Functions of supervisory personnel; reports and oral presentations.

6460. Work Design, Improvement, and Measurement. (3). Analytical techniques and concepts for work methods improvement, lean operation for production and distribution; performance measurement and evaluation; continuous improvement; fundamentals of human factors and ergonomics; work measurement using time study, predetermined time study systems, work sampling, and development of standard data.

6462. Statistical Quality Control. (3). Statistical methods for quality analysis and improvement; control charts for variables and attributes, industrial sampling; defect prevention using Poka-Yoke System; reliability; acceptance sampling; quality standards, continuous improvement; use of computer software for data analysis and presentation.

6464. Production Control Systems. (3). Functions of planning and controlling production and distribution operations; concepts of JIT, MRP, MRPII, ERP, and Japanese manufacturing techniques; analytical techniques and concepts or line balancing, production and process control, demand management, project management. PREREQUISITE: METH 4/6460 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

6466. Facility Design. (3). Integrated systems approach to design and layout for production and distribution with respect to workstation design, material handling, project and resource planning, automation, quality, work measurement, safety, process and production control; use of Computer Aided Design, scheduling and analytical software; team projects, reports, and presentations. PREREQUISITE: METH 4/6460 and 4/6464 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

6472. Computer Aided Drafting and Design. (3). Overview of CADD Technology, hardware and software options (two and three dimensional principles) and applications to produce computer generated designing and working drawings. PREREQUISITE: TECH 1521, METH 1711, 3401.

6474. Automation and Robotics. (3). (TECH 6474). Concepts of automation applied to production, distribution, and industrial robotics. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: TECH 1010 or CETH 1211.

6476. Computer Aided Manufacturing. (3). Computer numerical control programming by manual data input and distributed numerical control by computer assistance; system assessment of CNC machines and components for integrated manufacturing environment. Two lecture, three laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITES: METH 1711, MATH 1730, METH 3421, and either METH 4472 or CETH 3281.

7401. Advanced Work Design and Measurement. (3). (TECH 7401). Philosophy and practice of lean concepts and practices in production and distribution operations; advanced study of work measurement techniques, performance rating, standard data ergonomics, learning curves, time formula construction, and work sampling. PREREQUISITE: METH 4/6460 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

7402. Advanced Statistical Quality Control. (3). (TECH 7402). Methods for improved process and product design; loss function, ANOVA, orthogonal arrays and linear graphs, multiple level experimental design, parameter and tolerance design, continuous improvement and review of quality standards. PREREQUISITE: METH 4/6462 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

7404. World-Class Manufacturing. (3). (TECH 7404). World-class manufacturing concepts and companies that have successfully implemented Just-in-Time, total quality control, and continuous improvement techniques. PREREQUISITE: METH 4/6464 or permission of instructor.

7406. Materials Handling and Automation. (3). (TECH 7406). Analysis, design, and evaluation of traditional and contemporary approaches to materials handling; analytical and computer procedures for designing handling systems. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

7408. Production Processes. (3). (TECH 7408). A coordinated study of manufacturing processes and equipment, operation sequence planning, economic aspects of equipment selection, tooling and processing a product from product design to final assembly for quantity production.

7414. Group Technology and CIM. (3). (TECH 7414). Applications of Group Technology (GT) and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM); integrating materials management and shop-floor data acquisition and control. PREREQUISITE: METH 4/6474 or permission of instructor.

6510. Construction Planning and Scheduling. (3). Principles of planning, scheduling, organizing, and controlling construction projects; studies in critical path method (CPM) and PERT, with resource leveling and financial scheduling; computer applications in CPM and PERT emphasized.

6520. Construction Methods and Equipment. (3). Theory and practice of construction operations, equipment, utilization, construction methods; analysis of costs, crew, and equipment.

7015. Applied Statistical Methods of Industry. (3). Application of statistical concepts to production processes and data gathering in industry including frequency, distribution, location and dispersion, probability dispersions, confidence limits, significance tests, and industrial sampling.

7020. Technical Research Writing. (3). Investigations into the development and writing of technical research, emphasizing literature review, data collection, data analysis, and presentation of findings in a proposal format; written and oral presentations will be stressed in the course. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

7105. Project Planning and Scheduling. (3). Contemporary methods used in project planning and scheduling; emphasis on critical path method (CPM) with computer application; solution of actual problems stressed.

‡7991. Projects I. (1-3). Independent investigation of a problem selected in consultation with instructor; report required. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.

‡7992. Projects II. (3). Independent investigation of a problem selected in consultation with instructor; report required. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.

†7993. Internship in Engineering Technology. (1-3). Practical experience in engineering technology; students are placed with governmental or private organizations; project must be approved and supervised by department faculty; academic credit granted on certification of cooperating agency and acceptance by the supervising faculty of written report. NOTE: May be repeated for total of 6 semester hours credit, but no more than 3 credit hours may be applied as an elective. Must take at least 3 credit hours to count as an elective. Number of credit hours to enroll depends on number of hours worked per week: 10-15 hours=1 credit hour; 16-30 hours=2 credit hours; 31-40 hours=3 credit hours. Work done as an intern can not be used to fulfill project requirements in TECH 7991 or TECH 7992.PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor.

†7994. Seminar. (1). Presentations by faculty, members of local industry, and graduate students. May be repeated for up to 6 hours credit. Must be taken at least 3 times to count as an elective in the master’s program. Not more than 3 credit hours may be applied as an elective. Required for all full-time students.

†7996. Thesis (1-6). Writing of the thesis with emphasis on adequate setup of the problem, collection of data, their use, and conclusions. Students must present in writing a proposal acceptable to the graduate committee under whose direction the thesis is to be written. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.

† Grades of S, U, or IP will be given.
‡Grades of A-F, or IP will be given.