Applied Technical Leadership

The ATL degree completion program is designed to provide professional development and leadership training for people in a variety of technical fields, including but not limited to: medical technology, law enforcement, fire science, culinary arts, business operations, manufacturing, facilities, trade and technical occupations. Technical and professional credits are transferred into the program from associate degrees, military training, apprenticeships, occupational experience or some combination of the above. Non-course experience is evaluated through the portfolio assessment process.

Classes will be held one evening a week in Portland during 10 week sessions.

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Program Requirements

Core Curriculum - 31 credits

Basic Competency - 9 credits
ENG 100C English Competency
Pre-Calculus (or above)
Reasoning

Fine Arts - 6 credits (courses from a different department)
Performance Centered
History Centered

Humanities - 6 credits (courses from a different prefixes)
Literature
Other Times/Other Culture

Social Sciences - 6 credits (courses from a different department)
Economics

Natural Sciences - 4 credits (With Lab)

Writing Intensive - 3 credits
ITP 210 Technical Writing

Departmental Requirements

Science/Math - 12 credits
Statistics
Applied Calculus
Computer
Science

General Electives - 9 Credits

Professional - 30 Credits
ITP 210W Technical Writing
ITP 230 Project Management
ITP 280 Industrial Org., Mgt., & Supr.
ITP 340 Fundamentals of Quality
ITP 350 Teambuilding and Facilitation
ITP 381 Human Resource Dev./Ind.
ITS 300 Ergonomics/Time Study
ITS 320 Occupational Safety & Health
Financial Accounting
Professional Elective

Technical/Occupational Specialization - 39 Credits
ITT 400 Occupational Competency (Porfolio Assessment)
ITT 440 Related Occupational Experiences/Internship

Undergraduate Degrees & Minors:

Industrial Technology

Industrial Management
Precision Manufacturing
Electro-mechanical Systems
Information & Communications Technology
Construction Management (Degree)
Construction Management (Certificate)

Applied Technical Leadership

Minors in Industrial Technology

References

Fall 2011 Course Schedule (PDF)

Two Year Course Schedule (PDF)

Program Core Competencies

Early Student Success WebSite

DOT Writing Manual

Research & Scholarship

University of Southern Maine Department of Technology
211 John Mitchell Center, Gorham, Maine 04038
Phone: 207-780-5440 Fax: 207-780-5129