College of Business and Technology
Department of
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
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Department Objectives:
- To prepare students for management careers in aviation systems, construction, industrial distribution,
and telecommunications;
- To provide courses for attaining knowledge of industrial technology and related areas;
- To provide courses which support and enrich the academic curricula and general education;
- To provide courses for students interested in transferring to such programs as engineering, architecture, and education.
- All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must take at least
50% of their major area credit hour requirements from the College of Business and Technology at the University of Nebraska at
Kearney.
- All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology must take a minimum of
30 of their last 36 hours of credit needed for their degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
- All students graduating with a degree from the College of Business and Technology are required to complete
3 hours of designated Experiential Learning (EL) coursework.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY MAJOR
Five options are available in this major:
- Construction Management Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
- Industrial Distribution Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
- Information Networking and Telecommunications Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
- Industrial Technology - Bachelor of Science Degree
- Aviation Systems Management Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
Minors in Industrial Safety, Industrial Technology,
Information Networking and Telecommunications, and
Safety Education are available for students pursuing majors in other disciplines.
The department also offers a Supplemental Endorsement in Driver Education.
Courses with the prefix ITEC and SFED are offered by the
department.
Program Objective:
The Nebraska Safety Center was established at the University of Nebraska at Kearney by the Nebraska
Legislature, in 1978, to provide " . . . increased training and research activity in fields of traffic safety, home safety,
industrial safety, fire safety, and recreational safety . . ."
