The Technical Studies curriculum is designed to meet the rapidly changing workforce training needs of business and industry. Focused on meeting short-term educational needs, the degree can also be used as a general studies degree to enhance the education and training of current employees or ensure basic technical and general work-based skills for new employees. The curriculum allows employers to develop a specific plan of study negotiated with, and approved by, appropriate College faculty and administrators. The basic structure of the curriculum includes four components (general education, a technical core, occupational-technical content area(s), and work-based learning.)
Customized plans of study may be designed and developed to meet specific company or industry needs, in accordance with the structure described below.
Hunter D. Moore
Assistant Professor, Energy Management and Civil Engineering Technology
hmoore@virginiawestern.edu
540-857-6086 | Webber Hall W114
B.S. - Virginia Tech, 2006
M.S. - Penn State, 2011
540-857-7272
Webber 305
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