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Operations Management Technology, A.S.


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Banner Code: OPMT

Associate in Science

(60 credit hours)


The Operations Management Technology program is a limited access program, designed to provide graduates of certain certificate programs access to the technical, supervisory, and management skills necessary to further career opportunities.  This program is inclusive of general education courses to ensure good communication and computational skills, as well as coursework focused on managerial roles and the development of upward mobility within a variety of respective industries.  Students will have the opportunity to train in the areas of management, leadership, finance, marketing, business, and human resource management.  This degree will help improve individual marketability in all facets of industry.  

A pre-admission consultation with the Career and Technical Education Coordinator is required.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Operational Management Technology A.S. will be able to:

  1. Recognize appropriate administrative policies, objectives, and procedures to institute organizational control and assess management effectiveness.
  2. Employ effective communication and interpersonal skills to manage and motivate others to further business objectives.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to develop small business plans, as well as competence at accessing, producing, analyzing, and interpreting marketing, financial, and operational data using common business software.
  4. Prepare financial information for management decision, while also demonstrating ability to plan and initiate projects within a technical field.
  5. Recognize appropriate administrative policies, objectives, and procedures to institute organizational control and assess management effectiveness and quality.

The following is a suggested sequence of required courses.

General Education & Professional Core (Recommended Sequence)


Second Semester: 15 Credit Hours


Third Semester: 6 Credit Hours of General Education and Professional Core*


Technical Electives/Articulated Credit: 24 Credit Hours


Approved Career and Technical Certificate (CTC) programs shall articulate one college credit for each 30 clock hours, not to exceed 24 credits.  Student must have graduated from the CTC program.  The articulated credit will be awarded after successfully completing three (3) credit hours with a grade of “C” or higher in a college-level course.

Potential articulated technical programs into Technical Elective Credit:

Technical Program Clock Hours

Articulated College Credit for Technical Electives

Welding Technology Cert., or

Advanced Welding Technology Cert.

1050, or

1800

24 credit hours
Commercial Heating and Air Conditioning Technology Cert. 1350 24 credit hours
Cosmetology Cert. 1200 24 credit hours
Commercial Vehicle Driving Cert 320 10 credit hours*

*If articulating credit from the Commercial Vehicle Driving program, the remaining 14 credit hours of electives can be made up of any of the following courses.  These additional elective options may be taken in the Third Semester (listed above) and/or as a Fourth Semester.  Choose from the following:

Careers Include


Team Leaders

Shop, Crew, or Salon Managers

Shift Supervisors

Project Managers

Project Directors

Foremen

Entrepreneurs

Operations Management Technology A.S. Total 60 Credit Hours


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