Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

ETM 4600 - Applied Technical Operations Management


This is a capstone course requiring each student to use knowledge from previous technical and business courses to develop and conduct an operations project. Senior project elements include process planning and control, resource planning, communications, evaluating cost considerations, quality assurance, business documentation, and project management.

Requisites: ETM 3625 and 3635 and 3820 and 4325 and FIN 3000
Credit Hours: 5
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Learning and Doing, Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 5.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to identify the functional areas of an organization and document the flow of information/data.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use technical operations management principles for process improvements and cost savings.
  • Students will be able to apply fundamentals such as math, science, and statistics to address business changes.
  • Students will be able to apply the principles and process of quality assurance as well as the statistical process control tools to manage a real-world project.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate ability to work with little supervision, with high expectations, and tight deadlines.


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