Industrial Technology - Automotive Management Technology

Bachelor of Science Degree

Note: This program is currently not accepting new students.

This bachelor’s degree is designed for students who have completed an automotive technologies associate degree. Students may matriculate on a fulltime or part-time basis.

The Bachelor of Science in Automotive Management Technology program is designed to develop the requisite skills for management positions in automotive or related fields. Specifically, the program will provide advanced training in such areas as personnel management and motivation, customer relations, and community relations. Additionally, training is provided in business related topics such as accounting, financing and leasing, and occupational safety.

Students will learn to enhance their ability to manage personnel, maintain successful and mutually rewarding relationships with customers, and successfully manage the business and financial aspects of the enterprise. This Bachelor of Science degree will provide, for a person with technical training and experience, the skills and credentials necessary to advance into management level positions.

Students are required to take a common core of liberal arts and science courses and a series of curriculum specific business management courses.

Typical Employment Opportunities:

Automotive Retail Chain Manager
Automotive Parts Manager
Automotive Service Manager
Automotive Business Manager
Automotive Financing/Leasing Manager
Fleet Management
Vehicle Manufacturer District Service Manager

Automotive Management Technology (BS) Program Outcomes:

  • Graduates will have the technical skills, knowledge and ability to enter their chosen Automotive Technology discipline.
  • Graduates will have good written and oral communication skills.
  • Graduates will develop the required skill for a leadership position in automotive or related field. 

Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.

Contact Information

Automotive Technology

Gozde Ustuner, Acting Chair
Lupton Hall, Room 104
934-420-5292
automotive@farmingdale.edu
Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm

Fall 2024

Subject to revision

Liberal Arts and Sciences (60 credits)
EGL 101 Composition I: College Writing (GE) 3
EGL 102 Composition II: Writing About Literature 3
Oral Communication (GE) 3
The Arts (GE) 3
World Languages (GE) 3
Social & Behavioral Science (GE) 3
US History and Civic Engagement/World History and Global Awareness (GE) 3
Humanities (GE) 3
Natural Science (GE) 8
PHY 135 College Physics I (GE) 4
PHY 136 College Physics II 4
Liberal Arts and Sciences Electives 9
MTH 110 Statistics (GE) 3
MTH 129 Precalculus 4
MTH 130 Calculus with Applications 4
Common Core For All Industrial Technology Students (12 credits)
BUS 101 Accounting I 3
BUS 102 Accounting II 3
BUS 300 Operations Management 3
MET 105 Technical Drawing 1
MET 150 Solid Modeling 2
Automotive Management Technology Option (53 credits)
AET 101 Internal Combustion Engine Theory and Servicing 3
AET 106 Suspension and Control Systems 3
AET 107 Manual Drivetrains and Driveaxles 3
AET 150 Automotive Computer Applications 2
AET 208 Automotive Electrical Applications 3
AET 215 Diesel Engines 3
AET 217 Applied Mechanics and Engineering Materials 3
AET 255 Computerized Engine Controls 3
AET 257 Automatic Transmissions 3
IND 316 Customer Relations and Quality 3
IND 317 Automotive Financing and Leasing 3
IND 320 Fleet Management 3
IND 408 Automotive Business Management 3
AET 410W Senior Project 3
Technical Elective: 12
(AET, EET, IND, MET, BUS, or RAM 303)
Total Credits: 125

Curriculum Summary

Degree Type: BS
Total Required Credits: 125

Please refer to the General Education, Applied Learning, and Writing Intensive requirement sections of the College Catalog and consult with your advisor to ensure that graduation requirements are satisfied.

As a part of the SUNY General Education Framework, all first-time full time Freshman at Farmingdale State College (FSC) beginning Fall 2023, are required to develop knowledge and skills in Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ). Students will be able to fulfill this requirement at FSC by taking a specially designated DEISJ course that has been developed by faculty and approved by the DEISJ Review Board. DEISJ-approved courses may meet other General Education Knowledge and Skills areas and/or core competencies and thus be dually designated. DEISJ-approved courses may also earn other special designations such as those for Applied Learning or Writing Intensive.


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