Program Overview

Future proof your career with the skills to create high-tech solutions to tackle complex problems. The Bachelor of Science in Industrial Distribution is a hands-on multidisciplinary degree where students learn to apply the fundamentals of industrial design, manufacturing technology, and supply chain management to the creation and distribution of industrial and commercial products. Industrial Distribution teaches an innovative worldview to students by blending modern issues and entrepreneurship with creative and systems thinking.

 

Exclusively offerred at UNT at Frisco

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This transfer-friendly degree provides an innovative and hands-on project-based learning environment designed to give students:

Broad Technical Knowledge
  • Technical Knowledge and skills to solve real-world problems
  • Software and programming skills ot analyze and evaluate systems
Professional Development & Communication Skills
  • Strategic and persuasive professional communication skills
  • Leadership and team development training for collaborative solving problems
Real-World Industry Experience
  • Project-Based Experiential Learning with local industry partners in the classroom
  • Previous and Current Industry Partners:
  • Summer-Internship Opportunities
  • Study abroad programs: Multiple study abroad opportunities are offered every summer. The 4-8 week study abroad programs are organized by the Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation (DMI) faculty members, and cover a variety of focused learning objectives from different disciplines, including architectural design, art history, and fermentation science.

  

 
Continuous Innovation

The Industrial Distribution program is focused on continuous innovation and in-demand skills that industries need. To ensure that the curriculum stays relevant, innovative, and hands-on, it emphasizes:

  • Real-world tech industry involvement in the classroom.
  • Professional development and summer internship opportunities.
  • Project-based learning with industry partners.
  • Hands-on product design and prototyping at the Spark@Frisco.
Graduates from the Industrial Distribution program can also earn an MBA degree from UNT entirely in Frisco, in as little as one additional year.
Careers Opportunities

Industrial Distribution is a dynamic and evolving field with phenomenal career opportunities in the tech industry in the DFW area for decades to come. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industrial Distribution graduates will be prepared to fill positions related to managing business relationships, which commonly pay higher median salaries in the DFW metro area than many traditional business and engineering positions:

  • Purchasing Managers 
  • Sales Manager 
  • Industrial Production Managers 
  • Transportation & Distribution Managers 
  • Project Management Specialists 
  • Operations Managers