Industrial Operations | A.A.S. | 25+ Fast Track

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The Industrial Operations program provides students with a broad background in operations management, industrial health and safety, quality systems, statistics, management techniques and human relations. The program culminates in a project in which students demonstrate the totality of their industrial operations knowledge. Students may seek lean manufacturing certification or a Six Sigma green belt with projects conducted at local manufacturing facilities.

Some possible careers include ►
managers, supervisors or team leaders in inventory control, manufacturing, material handling, materials resource planning, operations, quality, purchasing, transportation and warehousing

Program Outcomes ►
The student will
►demonstrate a basic knowledge of industrial operations;
►demonstrate a basic understanding of industrial operations management;
►explain the uses and effectiveness of the various quality systems;
►apply problem solving tools to industrial operations problems;
►explain how human relations in the workplace are essential for continuous improvement;
►develop an ethical model of conduct for workplace relationships;
►explain cost considerations inherent in industrial operations;
►explain the cost savings potential of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma programs;
►demonstrate effective written and oral communications skills; and
►apply effective interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Fall 1

IMT 112S Environmental Health & Safety	3	C	Take Fall Early 8-week term.
IMT 120S Operations Management I	3	C	Take Fall Early 8-week term.
MGT 110S Effective Management	3	C	Take Fall Early 8-week term.
CIS 110S Computer Concepts and Applications	3		Take Fall Late 8-week term.
ENG 121S Composition I	3		Take Fall Late 8-week term.
IMT 130S Quality Management Systems	4	C	Take Fall Late 8-week term.
Credit Hours	19

Spring

COM 121S Fundamentals of Communication	3		Take Spring Early 8-week term.
IMT 220S Operations Management II	3	C	Take Spring Early 8-week term.
MGT 223S Project Management	3		Take Spring Early 8-week term.
ENG 125S Technical Writing	3		Take Spring Late 8-week term.
IMT 244S Lean Systems	4	C	Take Spring Late 8-week term.
MTH 125S General Statistics	3		Take Spring Late 8-week term.
Credit Hours	19

Summer

MGT 126S Human Relations in the Workplace	3	C	Take Summer 8-week term.
MGT 219S Negotiated Decision Making	3	C	Take Summer 8-week term.
PHI 123S Introduction to Ethics	3		Take Summer 8-week term.
Credit Hours	9

Fall 2

IMT 242S Manufacturing Costs & Controls	3		Take Fall Early 8-week term.
MGT 230S Problem Solving and Decision Making	3	C	Take Fall Early 8-week term.
IMT 250S Industrial Operations Project	3	C	Take Fall Late 8-week term.
PSY 121S Introduction to Psychology	3		Take Fall Late 8-week term.
Technical Electives¹	6		Take one course in Fall Early 8-week term; take second elective in Fall Late 8-week term.
Credit Hours	18
¹To be chosen from a CIS, HRM, IMT, MFG or SCM course.

Industrial Operations | A.A.S. | 25+ Fast Track

Fall 1

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Summer

Fall 2

Total Credit Hours | 65