College of Business and Technology
Department of
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
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- Tim Obermier, Chair
- Professors: Larson,
Obermier, Tuttle
- Assistant Professors: Barry,
Flanigan, Holt,
Morrow, Porter
,
J. Vaux
- Senior Lecturers: S. Amundson,
Gibbs
- Lecturers: Brachle,
Hollman, S. Jochum
- Internship Director: B. Jochum
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
Six options are available in this major:
- Aviation Systems Management Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
- 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
- Industrial Technology Applied Science Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree (AAS Transfer Major)
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.
- Mickie Anderson, Director
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 . . ."
