ITEM 108-2803-R0900
ATTACHMENT
Introduction
The submission materials were
prepared by Darryll Thackeray, chair/dean of the College of Technical Sciences
at Montana State University-Northern.
OVERVIEW�
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proposal is a request by Montana State University-Northern to award a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Industrial Technology with Teaching and Non-Teaching
degree options to any student who completes the four-year curriculum at
MSU-Northern.
DEGREE DESCRIPTION
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The
Industrial Technology education degree will use the strong points of the Tech
Ed degree and the Industrial Arts degree.�
The degree will incorporate the four areas of the Tech Ed degree and
reinforce those areas with coursework already offered at MSU-Northern.� The four areas of the Tech Ed degree are
Energy Power and Transportation, Production Tech, Communications Tech and
Construction Tech.� These will be
reinforced with coursework of a hands-on, in depth technical nature such as
automotive and diesel courses for Energy Power and Transportation, metals and
manufacturing courses for Production Tech and introductory woodworking and CET
courses in construction for Construction Tech.
Coursework
has been kept to a minimum to allow students to go more in depth in areas of
their choosing.� By the use of suggested
courses, students can concentrate in areas such as drafting or automotive or
welding.� All of this coursework would
serve to make the student a more employable teacher.
Proposal
Content
EXPECTED PROGRAM CONTRIBUTIONS
Centrality to
Role and Scope of the Institution
Montana State
University-Northern is a technology focused university that provides high
quality programs and in depth programs in applied and engineering technologies,
professional teacher education, business, nursing, and the liberal arts leading
to certificate, associate, baccalaureate, and masters' degrees.� The Industrial Technology and teaching
degree will be jointly honored in the College of Education and the College of
Technical Sciences.� The College of
Technical Sciences houses all of the subject matter coursework needed for both
degrees and the College of Education offers all of the teacher education
requirements.
Need for the
Program
����������� The need
is for Tech Ed teachers to have practical coursework, hands-on coursework and
coursework that reinforces what they teach.�
Teachers in Tech Ed need an opportunity to increase their abilities to
teach different courses or their abilities to tailor their education needs to
fit the school they are working for.�
For example, a teacher with no background in automotive would be able to
take coursework in automotive and become endorsed in automotive for
teaching.� The same could be said for
welding, diesel, drafting, electronics, computers, and autobody.� No other school has these offerings for
teacher education.
There is a
shortage of Tech Ed teachers and there is a need for practical coursework and
teaching abilities for Tech Ed graduates.
Relationship to
Other Programs on Campus
At
present, MSU-Northern has faculty that could teach for the new Industrial
Technology degree.� The beginning
coursework for most of the majors offered at MSU-Northern could be used as
coursework to reinforce the four areas of concentration for the Industrial Technology
degree.� Energy Power and Transportation
could use course offerings from the automotive, diesel and auto body
programs.� All of this coursework, lab
space and equipment is at Northern now and would not have to be expanded or
upgraded to accommodate the new degree.�
Production Technology has coursework available, such as metals,
machining, welding and some manufacturing coursework that is used for
drafting.� The metals program, welding
lab and machining lab are currently on campus and are used for the welding
degree.� No additional equipment or
space would be needed.� The coursework
now offered would be used with the four introductory courses.� Construction Technology would use existing
coursework in CET.� The Industrial Arts
wood shop and space is still available.�
The equipment and space for the Industrial Arts program that was closed
in 1990 has not been moved.� The wood
shop would be used for the introductory classes and construction class for
CET.� Industrial Technology could share
the existing wood shop and equipment with the CET program.� Space that was used for sheet metal and
plastics could be still used for this in a limited form.� The space in this area could also be used
for the introductory classes in Energy Power and Transportation, Production
Technology, Communication Technology and Construction Technology.� These will be the four new classes for the
degree in Industrial Technology.�
Teachers,
coursework, lab space and equipment that exist for other technical programs
would be used with the Industrial Technology degree.� MSU-Northern is the campus that has a complete offering of
technical courses that can be used with the Industrial Technology degree.� Examples of the technical courses already
being offered are:� Automotive, Diesel,
Auto Body, Ag Mechanics, Agriculture, Drafting, Metals, CIS, Electronics and
Civil Engineering.�
Facilities,
Equipment, Etc.
Facilities
and equipment will not have to be expanded or acquired.� Laboratory space and equipment for existing
programs in automotive, diesel, drafting, civil engineering, electronics,
computer information systems, metals and wood shop from the industrial arts
program are available to the industrial technology degree.� The equipment and lab space are currently
being used for existing majors.�
Programs in automotive, diesel, auto body, drafting, CET, electronics,
and welding meet current standards for certification and accreditation.� Certification and accreditation requires
space, equipment and safety standards.�
Certified and accredited programs have met these requirements.� Current library holding and computer
services are adequate for the Industrial Technology degree.� No significant resource acquisitions are
projected.
Faculty
Current
faculty members serving in their regular capacities will teach the coursework
required for the Industrial Technology degree.�
Four introductory classes will be added for the Industrial Technology
program.� These courses will be taught
by adjunct for the first two years.� One
additional faculty member will be required as enrollment increases.� The faculty member would be required to
teach in a related area, such as drafting, civil engineering or
electronics.� Teaching four classes and
advising will require only a half time faculty.� The other half position would be used in areas that are short of
faculty.
Program
Description
A complete
description of the proposed Industrial Technology program is attached to this
document as Exhibit A.
This
proposal will allow MSU-Northern to offer a degree in Industrial Technology to
fill the gap between the degrees of Industrial Arts and the Technical Education
Degrees that are
currently being offered.� The degree to
be offered at MSU-Northern will serve the needs
of introductory type classes of the Tech Ed degree and hands on classes of the
Industrial Arts degree.� Coursework
already available at MSU-Northern will reinforce the course
offerings in the four areas of Tech Ed as follows:
1.�������� Energy Power and Transportation
2.�������� Production Tech
3.�������� Communication Tech
4.�������� Construction Tech
The technical content and
the hands on experience offered in coursework at MSU-Northern will cause the
student to meet the needs of both degrees.�
The Tech Ed degree has very little hands on and Industrial Arts has no
exploratory classes.� The program to be
offered at MSU-Northern would have the ability to reinforce the Tech Ed
offering with courses in drafting, welding, automotive, diesel, electronics,
computers, autobody and agriculture.� No
other school in Montana has such a complete and in depth course offering in
these areas that MSU-Northern has.
The new degree has been
approved by the internal faculty curriculum review process at
MSU-Northern.� In addition, the provost
and chancellor have approved the new degree.�
Those approvals are attached as Exhibit B.
Goals and Objectives
The
primary objectives of this proposal are as follows:
1.�� The Industrial Technology degree at
MSU-Northern will serve the needs of the introductory type classes of the Tech
Ed degree:
a.�������� Energy Power and Transportation
b.�������� Production Technology
c.�������� Communication Technology
d.�������� Construction Technology
2.�� The Industrial Technology degree at MSU-Northern
will serve the needs of the Industrial Arts degree by offering hands on and
support coursework for the introductory areas of the Tech Ed degree.
3.�� The Industrial Technology degree at
MSU-Northern will provide the state of Montana with viable Industrial
Technology teachers who have the qualities of the Tech Ed degree and the
Industrial Arts degree.�
Increased
Cost
The
Industrial Technology program will need the development of four new classes as
introduction for the four areas to be addressed by the Industrial Technology
degree.
1.�� Energy and Power
2.�� Production Technology
3.�� Communication Technology
4.�� Construction Technology
The new courses would be
used as the beginning course to be followed by coursework that exists on campus
now.� Each area would take existing
coursework and use it to reinforce the four areas to be addressed by the degree.� The lab space is currently being used by
majors already offered.� Students in the
Industrial Technology degree will merely be added to the course.� There are a total of at least 30 classes
that are now offered, that the Industrial Technology students would have
available to them.
Start up cost will be the development and teaching of four classes a year for a total of 12 credits.� When the degree develops enrollment, a teacher would be hired full time with teaching responsibilities in one or more of the programs that are currently short of faculty for the credits offered.� The previous narrative, under the heading of Faculty, described this personnel expense.
