Collection Development Guide: Engineering Technology: Home

Collection development will emphasize, but are not limited to the following:

• Architectural design
• Architectural drawing
• Building codes
• Commercial construction
• Computer aided design (CAD)
• Computer animation
• Computer visualization
• Construction (economic aspects)
• Construction (environmental aspects)
• Construction contracts
• Construction equipment
• Construction estimating
• Construction management
• Construction materials (including ceramics, ferrous, non-ferrous, and organic materials)
• Construction project management
• Development of technology (including sociological aspects)
• Digital electronics
• Drafting, electronic
• Driver education (automobile, motorcycle)
• Electrical systems
• Electricity fundamentals
• Electronic circuits
• Electronic instrumentation
• Electronics fundamentals
• Ergonomics
• Facility design
• Flight instruction (for Federal Aviation Administration private pilot's license written exam)
• Foundry and heat treatment
• Furniture design and construction
• Highway construction
• Industrial construction
• Industrial design
• Industrial research
• Industrial safety
• Integrated circuits
• Machining
• Manufacturing processes
• Materials selection
• Materials (statics and strength)
• Mechanical drawing
• Mechanical systems
• Metal-cutting
• Methods engineering
• Microelectronics manufacturing
• Plumbing
• Polymer properties
• Polymer processes (including injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, compression molding, extrusion, filament winding, vacuum molding, and poltrusion)
• Power technology (including internal combustion, electric motors, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, solar energy systems, and gearing systems)
• Quality management
• Residential construction
• Structural engineering
• Surveying
• Thermodynamics (basic)
• Welded joints
• Welding

Material will be purchased at level 2 (instructional level), in support of B.A. and B.S. undergraduate degrees.

Material will be purchased at level 3 (research level), in support of the following Graduate Degrees

• Master Science in Technology
• Master of Business Administration with Technology Emphasis

Material will be purchased at level 3 (research level) or level 4 (exhaustive) by request in support of faculty research.

Department Website: https://www.txstate.edu/technology

Programs: https://www.txst.edu/technology/programs.html

Mission: The mission of the Department of Engineering Technology is to prepare professionals for innovation and leadership careers in the global industrial marketplace, for the purpose of positively contributing to the well-being of the economy of the State of Texas.

Target Dates: One third of department's allocation must be spent by each of the following dates:

691 Department Code: 42