Mathematics and Technical Education Programs
The Division of Mathematics and Technical Education offers the following associate degree, certificate of technical studies, and technical competency area programs:
- The Associate of Applied Science in Construction Technology and Management is a 63-semester hour, two-year curriculum emphasizing skills and knowledge essential for employment leading to a management position in the area of construction.
Program Director: Linda Sonnier 318-678-6524 lsonnier@bpcc.edu
- The Associate of Applied Science in Oil and Gas Production Technology is a 63-semester hour curriculum to prepare students for careers in the oil and gas industry.
- The Associate of Science in Engineering prepares graduates to understand the technical and safety aspects to create engineering solutions for the problems of tomorrow.
- The Certificate of Technical Studies in Construction Technology is designed for graduates to be prepared to act as a foreman overseeing a construction site and to accommodate those people currently employed in the residential/commercial construction industry who which to upgrade their job skills.
Program Director: Linda Sonnier 318-678-6524 lsonnier@bpcc.edu
- The Certificate of Technical Studies in Industrial Control Systems will produce skilled industrial technicians with a broad understanding of basic electricity, semiconductors, pneumatics, electric motor controls, digital electronics, instrumentation, and programmable logic controllers.
Program Director: Allan Pratt 318-678-6383 apratt@bpcc.edu
- The Technical Competency Area in Computer Drafting and Design provides students with skills and knowledge necessary for a computer-aided drafter working in industry. The TCA provides a short path into the computer drafting career field. The TCA also allows those presently working in CAD, who are self-taught computer drafters, to acquire competency to show their level of technical training.
Program Director: Edward Chopin 318-678-6092 echopin@bpcc.edu
- The Technical Competency Area in Construction Entrepreneurship program includes training in the areas of entrepreneurship, safety, construction management, and licensing board test preparation.
- The Technical Competency Area in the Construction Readiness is a response to the need for baseline preparation for workers entering the construction industry.
- The Technical Competency Area in the Manufacturing Technology program will produce skilled employees for the manufacturing industries. Skills taught have been derived from typical business requirements for existing manufacturing employees and those entering the workforce.