Proposal Of A Bs/Bt Degree Major In Industrial Engineering Technology With New York State Teacher's Certificate For Teaching Vocational/Technology Education In Secondary Schools

The rapid advancement of technology has helped to put US economy at new highs for more than eight years in a row. This “new economy” has generated an urgent shortage in the United States for competent scientists, engineers, technologists as well as certified teachers who teach and train them. This paper proposes a BS/BT degree major in Industrial Engineering Technology that will provide IET students at SUNYIT (State University of New York Institute of Technology) with an option to teach vocational/technology education at secondary schools in the State of New York.