An Overview
If you have technical education, technical training, or military training in your background and if you are looking for a career move to an administrative role or an advanced technical position, this degree is definitely the one for you.

We know that many people working today have their associate's degree, or have earned college credit from a variety of schools, but are looking to take the next step and earn their bachelor's degree. For these people we built this degree, the Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS), that will accept a variety of college credits and eases the transfer process. We've even built in options for granting credit for prior learning or military training.

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Who Should Enroll in this Degree Program
If you are looking to work in production supervision, sales engineering, production planning, quality, engineering supervision, or project management, the Industrial Technology and Management concentration of the BAS may give you the edge you need. This concentration is designed for people already involved in any one of a number of areas in manufacturing, who may possess many manufacturing or business-related credits or an associate's degree, and who desire a bachelor's degree.

The Industrial Technology and Management BAS

This degree includes a concentration, core, general education, and electives:

  • Concentration: In the Industrial Technology and Management concentration, these courses include manufacturing-based content such as Plant Layout, Product Design, Quality, Safety and Environmental Health, Project Management, and others.
  • Core Requirements: Included in the core is coursework in business management, professional communication, and professional computer competency. Also, a senior level capstone course will complete your degree.
  • General Education Requirements: To give you a firm base of knowledge, you will be guided through general education courses in communication, scientific understanding, quantitative skills, cultural enrichment, global consciousness, race/ethnicity, and social awareness. You may already have met some of these requirements as part of your associate degree.
  • Elective Requirements: You can apply up to 46 semester hours of elective credit toward your BAS degree. Your electives may include transfer credits, prerequisite hours or hours that support the concentration. Credit may also be earned through course proficiency exams, CLEP, or DANTES tests.

Course Sequence
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Course Descriptions
Course content is described here. (PDF)
Course outcome descripttion available here. (PDF)

Employment Outlook
This degree gives you the skills and the confidence to step up to more challenging, higher paying manufacturing responsibilities such as team leader, production supervisor, quality manager, sales engineer, engineering supervisor, or production controller. 

Industrial Production Managers are responsible for production scheduling, staffing, equipment, quality control, inventory control, and the coordination of production activities with those of other departments. With experience, ability, and a proven record of superior performance, production managers may advance to plant manager, or vice president for manufacturing. Opportunities also exist for consultants. Employment growth is expected to be slow.

Industrial Engineers determine the most effective ways for an organization to use the basic factors of production (people, machines, materials, information, and energy). They may move into management positions. Many high level executives in government and industry begin their careers as industrial engineers. Industrial engineers may move into planning, personnel, sales, or other areas. Employment opportunities expected to be good.

First-Line Managers supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operation workers, such as inspectors, prevision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. First-Line Managers with experience and ability may advance to supervisory positions. Opportunities are slow to moderate.

Industrial Engineering Technicians study the efficient use of personnel, materials, and machines; prepare specifications for materials; devise or run tests to ensure product quality, and study ways to improve efficiency; and may supervise production workers. Manufacturing Engineering Technicians with experience and ability may advance to supervisory positions. Job opportunities are moderate.

More information on Employment Outlook here. (PDF)

Why Choose Ferris?

Build your career on our solid reputation of applied programs.
Graduate from Ferris State University and have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to ‘hit the ground running’.  Employers really appreciate that Ferris students not only have the theory to support their knowledge, but the day-to-day skills and real-world relevance needed to be effective in today’s workplace. 

Is convenience important to you? We deliver it.
Ferris brings our programs to you by delivering courses locally and scheduling them to be convenient for busy working adults.  Classes are offered one night a week, or on an alternating weekend format.  We support you through local and regional offices that can answer your questions and provide assistance.  Registration is easy whether you like online registration or just want the convenience of registering over the phone. Convenience is even planned into the book ordering process, with books ordered over the phone or online and delivered right to your home – all to minimize the disruption to your daily life. 

Do you have college credits from other schools? Ferris generously accepts them.
Ferris accepts transfer credits from a variety of institutions, and will accept up to 90 credits into some of their programs!  In addition, credits can be earned through assessment of prior learning, CLEP exams, and proficiency exams. Advisors will meet with you to evaluate other learning to determine whether additional substitutions may be made. 

Learn from the experts.
Ferris hires faculty who are professionals in their fields to be our instructors.  This brings real world experience into your classrooms so you can learn from the best, and learn what’s relevant for your chosen career. 

Save money and time with our 2+2 and 3+1 programs that benefit everyone.
Our locally delivered Ferris programs build on the credits you already earned at a community college or other college or university.  The overall costs of obtaining a degree are much lower because students taking the first years at a community college pay a lower tuition rate.  In addition, the flexibility to take credits from other institutions allows you to generate your own customized class schedules to fit your lifestyle. 

Take advantage of Ferris’s financial partnerships.
Ferris State University has partnerships with the community colleges where we offer our bachelor degree classes, which allows our students to access Ferris financial aid for both Ferris and the community college classes.  Ferris students can then access more student aid than they could by attending the community college alone.

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