BSET Plan of Study

“What makes this new bachelor’s degree program unique to the state of Indiana is that it will allow Purdue to be more nimble and responsive to the higher educational technical needs of the communities and regions we serve."

Dr. Duane D. Dunlap
associate dean
for statewide technology.

To earn a bachelor's degree in engineering technology, you will need to take 124 credit hours. We have listed the breakdown of what types of classes these credits entail and a typical eight-semester (four-year) plan of study for this degree.

Contact a student services coordinator for additional information.

Credit Hour Distribution

Academic Areas Credit Hours
Required Technology Courses 51
Technology Selective Courses 18
English and Communication 15
Math and Statistics 11
Science 8
Economics 3
Humanities/Liberal Arts/Electives 6
Global, Cultural, or Diversity Selective 3
Electives 9
Total 124

 

Curriculum – Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology

 

English and Communication       

 (3) English Composition        

 (3) ENGL 421           

 (3) COM 114            

 

Semester 1

Cr

 

Semester 2

Cr

COM 11400

Fund’ls of Speech Com

3

MA 22100

Calculus for Technology I

3

MA 15900

Pre-calculus

5

Elective

Freshman Composition

3

TECH 10500

Intro to Eng Technology

3

MET 11100

Applied Statics

3

MET 14300 or MET 14400

Materials & Processes I/ Materials & Processes II

3

C&IT 15500

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

3

CGT 11000 or  CGT 11600

Technical Graphics/Geometric Modeling for Vis & Com

3

OLS 25200

Human Relations in Organizations

3

 

Semester 3

Cr

 

Semester 4

Cr

C&IT 27600

Systems Software and Networking

3

ECON 21000

Principles of Economics

3

PHYS 21800

General Physics

4

 

ECET Core Selective

3

MET 24500

Manufacturing Systems

3

IT 21400

Intro to Lean Mfg

3

CGT 22600

Introduction to Constraint-Based Modeling

3

 

Technical Selective

3

 

General Hum/SS/LA

3

 

Lab Science Selective

4

 

Semester 5

Cr

 

Semester 6

Cr

COM 32000

Small Group Communication

3

ENG 42100

Technical Writing

3

IT 34200

Intro to Statistical Quality

3

IT 44600

Six Sigma Quality

3

ECET

ECET Core Selective

3

OLS 28400

Leadership Principles

3

 

Technical Selective

3

 

Technical Selective

3

 

Gen Hum/SS/LA

 

3

 

Free Elective

3

 

Semester 7

 

 

Semester 8

 

IET 45100 or  IT 45000

Production Cost Analysis or Monetary Analysis

3

TECH 49700

Senior Design Project

2

OLS 45000

Project Management

3

 

Technical Selective

3

 

Technical Selective

3

 

Technical Selective

3

COM 30300 or COM 31400

Intercultural Communication or Adv Presentational Speaking

3

Selective

Global, Cultural, or Diversity

3

 

Free Elective

3

 

Free Elective

3

TECH 49600

Senior Design Project Proposal

1

 

 

 

 (3) COM 320    

 (3) COM 303 or 314             

 

Mathematics

(5) MATH 159

(3) MATH 221

(3) STAT 301 or (3) IT 342

 

Science

(4) PHYS 218

(4 or 5) CHEM, BIO, PHYS

 

Economics                     

 (3) ECON 210           

 

Selectives/Electives

(9) HU/LA with (3) Global, Cultural, or Diversity-based course

(9) Free electives

Required Technology Courses

 (51) from a list of TECH, C&IT, CGT, ECET, IT, MET, and OLS courses

 

College of Technology Selective Courses

 (18) from a list of C&IT, CGT, ECET, IT, MET, MFET, and OLS courses

 

Key to College of Technology Departments and Areas of Study

C&IT = Computer and Information Technology

CGT = Computer Graphics Technology

ECET = Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

IT = Industrial Technology

MET = Mechanical Engineering Technology

MFET = Manufacturing Engineering Technology

OLS = Organizational Leadership and Supervision 

 

 

 

Audiences