Bachelor of Science - Engineering Technology - Product Development

East Tennessee State University's (ETSU) College of Business and Technology's Department of Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Surveying strives to develop ethical, knowledgeable, articulate, and skilled professionals by providing them with the fundamental principles and emerging technological concepts to advance and excel in their future careers. The Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology—Product Development concentration is a multidisciplinary, manufacturing-based curriculum designed to educate and prepare students to be multifunctional, creative, and knowledgeable leaders and participants of product design teams. Product Development graduates develop skills to help solve the myriad problems associated with taking a product from conception, through design, prototyping, testing, tooling, and into production. Because of the ability of each student to tailor their technical sequences to match personal interests, graduates will find numerous employment opportunities in a wide range of design and industrial settings. Prior to graduation, qualified students may take advantage of numerous local and/or regional Co-op (for ETSU credit) or part time/full time (non-credit) employment opportunities to earn money and gain experience. Graduates will have gained fundamental technical knowledge and also an understanding of the tools, techniques, and processes commonly used throughout industry to rapidly take new products from concept to market including visualization, CAD, CNC, 3D printing, model building, etc. Core technical competence is developed through various laboratory courses in the Department of Technology & Geomatics, while discipline-specific technical knowledge in at least two other areas is gained with a series of directed courses.