AMS 103 Intro to Wood Products Technology
A beginning woodworking course dealing with both hand and machine tool processes. Students are required to plan, construct and finish a furniture item. Lecture and laboratory.

AMS 120 Basic Electricity
Co-requisite: MATH 118 or equivalent
Basic concepts of AC and DC current, various types of circuits, electron theory and electrical laws. Lecture and Laboratory.

AMS 205 CADD for Manufacturing
A solids modeling course designed to develop skills on the use of a PC based mechanical design software to build feature-based, parametric solid models of parts and assemblies. Manufacturing drawings – orthographics – of those parts and assemblies are produced. Lecture and Laboratory

AMS 271 Industrial Statistics
Prerequisite: MATH 116 or equivalent.
A study of statistical techniques typically used in industry for purposes of Statistical Process Control, material science research, and system planning and operation. Lecture.

AMS 300 Wood Finishing Processes
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
A survey of industrial finishing materials, equipment and processes. Lecture.

AMS 310 Work Design / Ergonomics
Prerequisite: MATH 116
Design for people-machine interaction, including an introduction to the relevant underlying human sciences. Theory, data, and measurement problems in human information processing, training and industrial safety. Lecture, discussions, and a design project

AMS 311 Digital Systems Simulation
Prerequisite: AMS 205; AMS 271
Analysis of systems using both analytic methods and computer simulation. Empirical and theoretical models of arrival and service processes. State spaces and state transition probabilities. Simulation of queuing and manufacturing systems. Continuous time analysis of manufacturing systems. Lecture

AMS 314 Advanced CADD for Manufacturing
Prerequisite: AMS 205
Study of 2D and 3D CADD applications, related assembly and working drawings, tolerancing, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and quality issues. A team approach will be used in class. Lecture and Laboratory.

AMS 317 Materials Science I
Prerequisite: AMS 271
Survey of materials science concepts and their applications to the production of manufacturing materials. Includes property-microstructure-process interactions of manufacturing materials, such as metals, ceramics, polymers and composites, and how they affect the manufacturing concepts. Also includes introduction to materials processing concepts. Lecture and Laboratory.

AMS 327 Manufacturing Methods
Prerequisite: AMS 317
A descriptive study of manufacturing processes using production equipment with laboratory experimentation in forming, combining and separating processes. Lecture and Laboratory.

AMS 342 Manufacturing Operations
Prerequisites: AMS 327, AMS 371, AMS 311, and AMS 205
Survey of methods for designing products for improved quality and manufacturability in industry, and designing manufacturing processes for improved reliability.

AMS 343 Automated Materials Handling
Prerequisite: AMS 120
This course is designed to expose students to techniques of material handling with PLC and off-the-shelf computer control systems. Programming the microprocessor for control applications may be included. Lecture and laboratory.

AMS 356 Systems Design and Operation
Prerequisites: Junior standing, MATH 118 or 116 and 117, AMS 271
A study of manufacturing organizations and their administration, facilities layout, work systems, forecasting and decision making. Applications of resource planning determining product demand, controlling inventory, goods and services. Lecture.

AMS 368 Problem Solving / Research
Prerequisite: AMS 271
An application oriented introduction to basic analytical tools for the solution of practical industrial problems. Focusing on developing qualitative and quantitative literacy and analytic skills, the emphasis will be on data analysis, graphics and simple experiments applied to typical problems encountered in architectural and manufacturing practice. Lecture.

AMS 370 Computer Numerical Control & Robotics
Prerequisite: AMS 327
Computer-Aided Manufacturing techniques including manual and computer-assisted numerical control and robotics programming. Students program and operate CNC machining centers and robots. Lecture and Laboratory

AMS 371 Quality Assurance
Prerequisite: MATH 203 or AMS 271.
A study of quality assurance techniques. Application of Statistical Process Control (SPC), acceptance sampling, military standards 105D & 414. Quality organizations and standards. Lecture

AMS 385 Furniture Design and Construction
Prerequisite: AMS 103.
The design, fabrication and finishing of a furniture product with emphasis on appropriate jointery, design elements and principles, and the appropriate use of wood products.

AMS 390 Project Planning and Control
Prerequisite: Junior standing or AMS major
This course provides a practical and technical understanding of project planning and control for construction and manufacturing and includes practical examples of project control using qualitative and quantitative methods. Content includes planning construction and manufacturing projects, scheduling work activity monitoring and control, development of network diagrams including CPM and PERT, using scheduling software for construction and manufacturing system analysis, and cost control. Students will develop written proposals, basic technical correspondence, and other related technical documents. Lecture

AMS 392 Quality Management
Prerequisite: AMS 342
Survey of the quality management system; includes organization structure, responsibilities, procedures, and resources. Content covers ISO 9000 and QS 9000 series standard, compliance to performance for product improvement, and applications. Students may be expected to provide transportation to field sites.

AMS 394 Lean Manufacturing
Prerequisite: AMS 356
Introduction to the production system and the role of inventory, market characterization aggregate planning, lean manufacturing, and the just-in-time philosophy.

AMS 398 Internship I
Prerequisite: 15 semester hours in Industrial Sciences or Junior standing with permission of instructor.
Advisor approved, discipline-specific internship requiring 240 hours of work experience in business or industry.

AMS 399 Internship II
Prerequisite: AMS 398
Advisor approved, discipline-specific internship requiring 240 hours of work experience in business or industry.

AMS 401 Contemporary Issues
Prerequisite: Senior standing
Contemporary issues reflecting current and emerging technologies, policies and practices in architecture and manufacturing will be studied. Guest presenters from business and industry will be presenting lectures. Students will prepare a series of papers representing their own investigation. Lecture

AMS 417 Advanced Manufacturing Materials
Prerequisites: AMS 317, AMS 327
Survey of advanced materials science concepts and their applications to the production of manufacturing materials. Includes the effect of different materials processing techniques on property-microstructure-process interactions, and how they affect the manufacturing concepts. Lecture and Laboratory.

AMS 427 Advanced Manufacturing Processes
Prerequisite: AMS 327
A descriptive study of advanced manufacturing processes and production equipment with laboratory experimentation in forming, solidification and material removal processes. Lecture and Laboratory.

AMS 430 Tech Mgmt/Supervision/Team Bldg
Prerequisite: Junior Standing
This course will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of industrial supervision. Students will develop the skills, knowledge, and philosophies required to function in a highly technical, industrial environment in a supervisory capacity. Content includes a study of leadership, management, management-labor relations, supervisory intuition, and various legal issues. Lecture.

AMS 452 Production Woodworking
Prerequisite: AMS 103
The design, planning, and tooling for mass production of a moderately complex wood product. Students participate in a group mass production endeavor. Lecture and laboratory.

AMS 471 Design of Industrial Experiments
Prerequisites: AMS 271; AMS 371
Survey of statistical experimentation methods to improve quality of products and processes in industry. Includes the planning for design of experiments and quality tools that will be involved, designing the experiments with an understanding of different types of factors and, important aspects of running the experiments and analysis of data. Lecture.

AMS 480 Introduction to Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Prerequisite: AMS 370
A survey of automation as it relates to manufacturing including numerical control systems, robotics, computer-assisted production, and other automated systems. Lecture.

AMS 490 Senior Research
Prerequisite: Completion of a 9/10 cr. hr. specialty area in either Architectural or Manufacturing Sciences.
Students work on research projects utilizing skills and knowledge from prior courses in the program. Projects performed, when possible, for local industry or architectural/construction firms. Lecture Laboratory

CM 227 Applied Statics
Prerequisites: MATH 122 and PHYS 201
A branch of mechanics dealing with forces and thye effects of forces acting on bodies at rest. Topics include: vector operations, applied loads, forces, moments of a force, couples, resultants, free-body diagrams, equilibrium, friction, centroids, centers of gravity, and moments of inertia. Applications involve beams, frames, trusses, cables, pulleys, sheaves, and machines. (Does not count toward any engineering major)

CM 337 Applied Strength of Materials
Prerequisite: EM 221 or PHYS 227
Co requisite: CM 339
Applications and concepts of stress, strain, and elastic deformation, including axial, torsional, shearing, flexural, and combined stresses, elongation, and deflection. Shear and moment diagrams, column buckling, and material testing.

MGT 301 Business Law
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
A basic course in commercial law covering contracts, property, creditor rights, torts and other bases for liability and the Uniform Commercial Code. (A special section focusing on Hospitality Law may be offered.)

ACCT 200 Accounting-Financial
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and completion of general education mathematics requirement.
Introduction to the basic accounting theories, concepts and principles used in gathering and reporting financial data of a business organization. Course focuses on the information provided to external users through financial statements. Emphasis is placed on preparing the statements, examining the statements’ components and interpreting the information reported.

COMM 345 Advanced Public Speaking
Prerequisites: COMM 145 or 161 or permission of the instructor.
An advanced course in the preparation and delivery of public speeches including speeches to explain a concept, technical speeches to entertain, and speeches for special occasions.

ENG 307 Technical Writing
Prerequisite: ENG 100
Designed to meet the needs of students in engineering and other technical fields, this course teaches the preparation of written and oral reports. Emphasizes formal and informal reports, but also includes various kinds of business letters, memoranda, and other forms necessary in the students’ future professional role.