B.S. in Technology

Aviation Management Technology Emphasis

(Offered at NIU-Rockford, NIU-Naperville, and NIU-Hoffman Estates)

The NIU Department of Technology Aviation Management emphasis has been developed to allow students who possess FAA Airframe and Power Plant Certificates obtained from 2-year schools to complete a 4-year B.S. (Technology) Degree.

Admission to the Aviation Management Technology emphasis is limited to students who possess an AAS degree in Aviation Maintenance Technology from a community college.  Entry into this program also requires that the students complete their FAA Airframe and Power Plant Certificates.

Requirements for program completion:

Aviation Maintenance Certification (31 semester hours of credit)

Requires a completed AAS degree in Aviation Maintenance from a community college and a completed FAA Airframe and Power Plant Certificate.

Requirements in NIU Department of Technology (42 semester hours of credit)

Required NIU courses   (24)

• TECH 391 - Industrial Quality Control
• TECH 404 - Supervision in Industry
• TECH 406 - Facilities Management Technology
• TECH 429 - Plant location, Layout and Materials Handling
• TECH 432 - Disaster Preparedness
• TECH 434 - Human Factors in Industrial Accident Prevention
• TECH 484 - Energy Management
• TECH 496 - Industrial Project Management

Technology Electives - Choose 2 courses (6 semester hours of credit)

• TECH 305 - Green Technologies
• TECH 402 - Industrial Training and Evaluation
• TECH 442 - Work Simplification
• TECH 443 - Engineering Economy
• TECH 444 - Production Control Systems
• TECH 492 - Manufacturing Distribution Applications
• TECH 497 - Workshop in Technology

Technical Electives - course work with advice and consent of departmental adviser (12 semester hours of credit)

Requirements outside Department (20)

• CHEM 110 - General Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory (1)
• PHYS 150A - Basic Physics and Laboratory (4)
• STAT 208 - Basic Statistics (3)
• ENGL 308 - Technical Writing (3)
• ACCY 206 - Introductory Financial Accounting (3) or ACCY 208 - Fundamentals of Accounting (3)
• MATH 155 - Trigonometry (3)

Note: All students must also complete the NIU General Education core requirements, as outlined in the Undergraduate Catalog. All students must complete a minimum of 30 credits at NIU and a minimum of 40 upper level credits. Please contact Stacey Deegan 815-753-9943 or sdeegan@niu.edu.