Jul 23, 2023
2022-2023 Course Catalog
2022-2023 Course Catalog[ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Bachelor’s in Industrial Management


工业管理项目的任务t Brazosport College is to educate, train, and develop successful business leaders and managers who are prepared to utilize technology and leadership skills to the competitive advantage of their enterprise. This program builds upon a general education core, and other courses completed in the freshman and sophomore years. Due to the nature of the Bachelor of Applied technology degree, a combination of “academic” and “workforce/technical” classes can be applied to the lower-division requirements. While the upper-division requirements remain the same, a student’s major in their lower-division hours allows them to show their knowledge and expertise in a particular field of study. The program is designed to add general management and business skills for someone with a specialized coursework so they can better achieve their long-term career goals. Students who didn’t specialize in a technical area and earned an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science may select the Generalist Track. The breadth of the coursework enables students to lead and manage by utilizing a wide variety of business, finance, technology, and people management skills.

The upper-division classes are offered online and do not require attendance on campus. Industrial Management courses are delivered in combination of 8-week terms and 16-week semesters allowing students five opportunities to begin coursework throughout the year as well as the ability to focus more on individual courses. This accelerated model allows students to focus on fewer courses while becoming more immersed in the discipline. Faculty members bring industry experience to the classes as well as their excellent educational credentials. Students from a wide variety of backgrounds participate in the program bringing the diversity of their experiences to the course discussions.

Finally, we offer the country’s first 4+1 program between colleges and universities. This program allows eligible seniors to take up to 12 credit hours of graduate coursework from a partnering college or university whereby those earned credits are reverse transferred into the bachelor’s program as electives. This allows students the opportunity to complete up to one-year of graduate school and even earn a Graduate Certificate by the time they complete their 4-year degree. The graduate programs make their curricula available entirely online.

Lower Division Academic Requirements - 44 Hours


Lower Division Technical Requirements - 31 Hours


Students admitted to the program with an Associate of Applied Science degree (AAS) or at least 25 credit hours of coursework completed in a particular technical field will have those credits applied to this requirement of the bachelor degree. Students who haven’t completed 25 hours in a particular field may be required to complete additional coursework applicable to the degree, with the guidance of program faculty.

Students admitted with an Associate of Arts (AA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree will be evaluated upon program admissions to determine whether or not elective courses are applicable to this requirement. Students will complete a preliminary degree plan that outlines what courses may be required to complete this portion of the degree.

Completion of 3 credits hours in business/technical writing, and 3 credit hours in business computer applications are required to complete this component of the bachelor’s program:

A total of 31 credit hours is required to complete this portion of the degree. Courses taken to satisfy requirements for the General Education Core Curriculum cannot be used to meet these requirements.

Program Electives - 12 Hours


Students have four options to complete the 12 hour elective requirement:

  1. They may transfer in up to 12 lower division (1000 and 2000 level) credit hours from a previously earned technical program. Other lower division hours may be considered with Program Chair or Division Chair approval. This determination will be made when students are admitted into the program.
  2. Complete one of three specializations offered by Brazosport College.

  3. Eligible students may take graduates level courses as part of the 4+1 program partnership with other universities, and then reverse transfer those earned credits into the electives. This ‘head start’ towards a masters degree also allows students to select an area of specialization offered by our partner institutions.
  4. Students may choose up to four courses 3000 level or higher that best fit their career goals and interests.