The bachelor of manufacturing management (BMM) is a career-oriented program that prepares students to manage people and machines in a manufacturing environment. Graduates will be able to supervise a manufacturing process, manage human and mechanical resources within budgetary constraints, and assure product quality. The program is designed to meet the needs of people already in the workplace and two-year graduates who want to continue their education to the bachelor's degree level with seamless integration of prior credits earned. The program is available for in-class instruction on campus, as well as through online education. The online education components of the program are delivered through asynchronous electronic communication technologies and self-directed learning. Program outcomes: • Play a growing role in their workplace, especially in supervision and management. • Contribute to manufacturing system technology and quality control. • Establish a quality control department and train staff to meet quality audits. • Develop grades and standards of quality. • Set up acceptance sampling and inspection procedures. • Prepare quality control charts and reports. • Control the movement of materials in the most efficient manner at the right time, to and from the correct place in the required quantity. • Do a safety audit through a comprehensive approach to problems of safety in the workplace, including meeting the OSHA standards.

Students must complete 40 upper division credits.