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• Architecture
• Business
  • General Information
  • Admission and Registration
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  • Graduation
  • Degrees and Programs
  • Courses
  • Faculty
• Communication
• Education
• Engineering
• Fine Arts
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• Information
• Liberal Arts
• Natural Sciences
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• Pharmacy
• Public Affairs
• Social Work
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Index

BBA in Science and Technology Management

Science and engineering technology enterprises have a great demand for managers who are not only skilled at business, but who also understand the principles underlying the science, technology, and engineering ventures they must manage. To fill this need, the program of study for the BBA in Science and Technology Management provides a sound foundation in mathematics, in science, and in business, qualifying the student for more advanced study in the management of technological, engineering, and scientific enterprises.

Students work closely with the faculty adviser in the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management.

All students must take the courses listed below, with a minimum of forty-eight semester hours in the McCombs School of Business. Prerequisites for all courses are given in this catalog. Other requirements of the Cockrell School of Engineering must also be fulfilled.

The requirements of this program are:

1. The Core Curriculum requirements and the BBA Degree Requirements , with the following specifications:
   
   1. Students in this program must complete Mathematics 408C and 408D
   2. Operations Management 335 is required as the upper-division business core course in management
   3. Only one of the following may be used to satisfy the professional internship requirement: Management Information Systems 353 or 366P; Operations Management 353 or 366P.
2. The following business courses: Accounting 329, Operations Management 337 (Topic 5: Project Management), and either Management 374 or Management Information Systems 375
3. One of the following courses: Finance 374C or Finance 374S
4. Three additional hours of business coursework
5. The following non-business courses: Chemistry 301, and Physics 303K, 303L, 103M, and 103N. The physics sequence also meets part I of the core curriculum science and technology requirement. Chemistry 301 also fulfills part II of the core curriculum science and technology requirement.
6. Mathematics 427K
7. The following engineering courses:
   
   1.  Engineering Mechanics 306 or Mechanical Engineering 320
   2. Electrical Engineering 302 and 306
   3. One of the following courses: Aerospace Engineering 374K, Mechanical Engineering 375K or Engineering Studies 377
8. Additional elective coursework, if necessary, to provide a total of at least 120 semester hours.

 

Related Fields of Study

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