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Purdue University College of Technology | Industrial Technology Selectives

Industrial Technology Selectives

Communications Selective

3 credit hours from each category

Written Communication
  • ENGL 42100 Technical Writing
  • ENG-W 203 Creative Writing
  • ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills
  • ENG-W 232 Introduction to Business Writing
Oral Communication
  • Communications or speech course 200-level or higher

Technical Electives–any course from the College of Technology
  • Two can be any 100- or 200-level course from the College of Technology
  • Three must be 300- or 400-level courses from the list below:
  • IT 33000 Industrial Sales and Sales Management
  • IT 33200 Purchasing, Inventory, and Warehouse Management
  • IT 34500 Automatic Identification and Data Capture
  • IT 38100 Total Productive Maintenance
  • IT 44500 Problem Solving with Automatic Data Collection
  • IT 44600 Six Sigma Quality
  • IT 48300 Facility Design for Lean Manufacturing
  • MET 30200 CAD in the Enterprise
  • MET 38200 Controls and Instrument Automation
  • MET 45100 Manufacturing Quality Control

Math and Computing Selectives

Math and computer selectives are courses taken from the following disciplines:

  • Informatics (INFO)
  • Computer & Information Technology (CNIT)
  • Computer Science (CSCI)
  • Mathematics–above the level of Math-M 115 (Math-M 118, Math-M 119 or Math-M 215, Math-M 120 or Math-M 216, Math-K 310)

Science Foundation Selectives

Students must take at least ONE lab science course

Lab Science Courses

  • PHYS-P 222 or 202 Physics II/General Physics II
  • BIOL-L 100 Humans and the Biological World
  • BIOL-N 190 The Natural World (MUST have lab component)
  • CHEM-C 101 and CHEM-C 121 Elementary Chemistry and Laboratory
  • PHYS-N 190 The Natural World (MUST have lab component)

Science Courses

  • PHSL-P 130 Human Biology (cannot take both BIOL-L 100 and PHSL-P 130) 
  • AST-N 190 The Natural World
  • GEOL-G 111 Physical Geology
  • GEOL-G 210 Oceanography
  • GEOL-G 219 Meterology
  • GEOL-N 190 The Natural World

Humanities Foundation Outcome Selectives (3 cr.)
  • HIST-H 105 American History I
  • HIST-H 106 American History II
  • HIST-H 113 History of Western Civilization 1
  • HIST-H 114 History of Western Civilization 2
  • MUS-M 174 Music for the Listener
  • PHIL-P 110 Introduction to Philosophy

Social Foundation Outcome Selective (3 cr.)
  • ECON-E 103 Introduction to Microeconomics
  • ECON-E 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • POLS-Y 103 Introduction to American Politics
  • POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
  • SOC-S 161 Principles of Sociology
  • SOC-S 163 Social Problems

Free Electives

Courses from any discipline at the 100–400 level


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