Technical
CONTACT PERSON: David Sagsveen • Jack Science Center 301D • 224-5443 • David.Sagsveen@bsc.nodak.edu

Statewide projections continue to show very high or exceptional growth descriptors for Engineering Technologists in most disciplines for the next several years.

BSC’s Engineering Technology program leads to an Associate in Applied Science degree. The program is aligned most directly towards Civil Engineering Technology with most graduates gaining employment as drafters, estimators, surveying assistants, inspectors, and material testers. Graduates can also gain employment in related engineering and construction fields as estimators, drafters, site personnel and project managers.

Engineering Technologists work for a variety of employers including federal, state, county or local governments. They also work for private engineering or testing firms, utilities, mining and power companies, and construction firms.

In the Engineering Technology program, students learn how to utilize graphic techniques to produce engineering documents, how to conduct standardized field and laboratory tests on civil engineering materials, how to utilize modern surveying methods for land measurement and/or construction layout, how to determine forces and stresses in elementary structural systems, and how to design simple beams in elementary structural systems. Additionally, students will learn how to describe the participants, terms, contract provisions, and construction processes of a typical construction project, how to estimate material quantities for technical projects, how to employ productivity software to solve technical problems, how to communicate lab and field testing and surveying results, and finally how to describe the fundamental components and processes of water and wastewater collection, distribution, and treatment systems.

Students entering this program can expect to use algebra and trigonometry skills in several of the courses. Basic computing skills including keyboarding, word processing and spreadsheets are also necessary.