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Important:

  • Students are no longer accepted into this program as of June 5, 2024.
  • Students currently enrolled in this program are asked to contact their department chair for a teach-out plan.

The Fredonia Difference

The Industrial Management program teaches the necessary foundation in applied physics, business, economics, and mathematics.  The emphasis is not necessarily industrial, but includes management positions in any technical setting. 

Career Opportunities for Industrial Management

  • Technical personnel management
  • Automation service/production/sales/quality control
  • Administration between engineering staff and technical workforce
  • Technical and business liaison

PHYS 330 Thermodynamics

Concepts of temperature, laws of thermodynamics, entropy, thermodynamic relations and potentials, processes, properties and cycles, applications to physical systems, introduction to statistical mechanics.

BUAD 323 Organizational Behavior

The historical and current development of management principles is covered including theories of motivation for individuals, groups and organizations, leadership, organizational design and performance evaluation.

ENGL 375 Writing for the Professions

Focus on the development of students' ability to communicate in the business and professional world through the letter, memorandum, and in-house report. Emphasis on the importance of written communication as a tool for problem-solving in administrative and management settings.