Central Washington University

State: Washington

Central Washington University
Industrial & Engineering Technology
400 E. 8th Avenue
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7584

Contact: William Bender
Chairman, Industrial & Engineering Technology
Phone: (509) 963-1756
Fax: (509) 963-1795
E-mail: benderw@cwu.edu
Web: www.cwu.edu/~iet/

Description

Industrial Technology is a baccalaureate degree program designed to prepare individuals for technical managerial, production supervisory, and related types of professional leadership positions. The curriculum, even though built on technical education, has a balanced program of studies drawn from a variety of disciplines relating to industry. Included are a sound knowledge and understanding of materials and manufacturing processes, principles of distribution, and concepts of industrial management and human relations; experience in communications skills, humanities, and social sciences, and a proficiency level in the physical sciences, mathematics, design, and technical skills to permit the graduate to capably cope with typical technical managerial, and production problems.

Graduates enroll in the support and required courses, and then 'specialization' courses by advisement in an area of technical interest. Specializations in industry evolve with current technology, and some current examples are: Industrial Distribution, Microelectronics Manufacturing, Power Technology, Non-destructive Testing, Cast Metals / Metal Fabrication, and Wood Production / Composite Technology.