In as little as one year, take your technology associate degree to an applied manufacturing technology Bachelor of Science.
A Bachelor of Science degree in applied manufacturing technology (BS-AMT) from NIU builds on your technical coursework and develops your leadership skills, while preparing you to advance in your career and increase your earning potential.
This program is ideal for students who completed (or are working towards the completion of) a technology-oriented associate degree at a community college. A technology-oriented associate degree is one that prepares students for a career in manufacturing, automotive, mechanical, electrical, industrial, instrumentation, construction, energy, drafting, information technology or closely related technical fields.
The BS-AMT degree track allows you to transfer in 60 credits from your associate degree and complete 30 hours of general education and BS-AMT pre-requisites through a combination of online NIU courses and classes at your local community college.
Then earn 30 hours of upper division credit at NIU-DeKalb or completely in live-online evening courses.
The structure of the degree is as follows:
1. Up to 43 semester hours are awarded for prior learning credit (at the discretion of the NIU program advisor), in recognition of the technical expertise you gained when completing your associate degree.
2. 32 credits of required transfer courses, which included:
3. 15 hours of general education credit. Complete NIU’s general education and BS-AMT prerequisites by taking course equivalents at NIU or at your community college.
4. Earn 30 hours of upper division credit at NIU-DeKalb or completely online.
The following represents the general degree-completion pathway for an emphasis in applied manufacturing engineering technology.
60 hours at your local community college
30 hours at NIU-DeKalb or your local community college
30 hours taken online or at NIU-Dekalb
120 hours total
One selected from the list below:
In order to graduate from NIU, you’ll need to fulfill the following requirements:
If you have questions about the BS-AMT, please contact us by email at ceetadvising@niu.edu or by phone at 815-753-2256.