Industrial Distribution and Logistics, BS/Technology Management, MS

Program Coordinator: Mark Angolia (405 Science and Technology Building; 252-737-1036; angoliam@ecu.edu)

The Industrial Distribution and Logistics, BS/Technology Management, MS accelerated program is initiated while undergraduates are completing the bachelor of science (BS) degree. For this program, graduate student coursework begins in the students’ fourth year of undergraduate study and can be completed with one academic year of study beyond the bachelor’s degree. Eligible students accepted into this program may count up to 12 semester hours of graduate coursework towards completion of both the bachelor’s and the master’s degree.

The required minimum GPA at the time of admission to the program is 3.5 in the major and 3.0 overall. Undergraduate students may apply for the accelerated program in their junior year after completion of a minimum of 80 eligible undergraduate semester hours and may begin taking graduate courses in their senior year after completion of a minimum of 90 eligible undergraduate semester hours. Students are formally admitted to the master of science (MS) program after all requirements for the undergraduate degree are completed.

Students admitted to the accelerated program must earn a B or higher in all graduate coursework to remain in the program. Undergraduate accelerated program students earning a grade of C in any graduate course can count that course toward the bachelor’s degree, but will no longer be eligible to take additional graduate courses, and will be dropped from the accelerated program.

Undergraduate students accepted into the Industrial Distribution and Logistics, BS/Technology Management, MS accelerated program may count up to 12 semester hours from the following graduate courses towards completion of both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees:

• ITEC 6000 - Statistical Applications in Technology Management  (for ITEC 3200)
• ITEC 6110 - Quality Planning and Analysis  (for ITEC 4300)
• ITEC 6200 - Technology Project Management  (ITEC 3300)
• ITEC 6406 - Capital Project and Cost Analysis for Technology  (for ITEC 3800)