Skip to main content

Programs of Study

 

Accounting

Our Accounting program equips students with a strong foundation in accounting and business, plus the technical skills that enable them to be competitive in the modern job market.

Explore the program: Accounting

Aerospace Engineering

WVU Tech's Aerospace Engineering program is a 2+2 in which students complete the first two years at WVU Tech and the following two years at WVU (Morgantown).

Explore the program: Aerospace Engineering

Biology

The Biology program is taught in a true research environment. Most courses contain an integrated laboratory component, and students work closely with faculty to enhance their laboratory, field and research skills.

Explore the program: Biology

Business Management

The Business Management program provides a broad understanding of management and leadership. Students take a variety of courses in human resource management, marketing, organizational behavior, operations management, statistics and business strategy.

Explore the program: Business Management

Chemical Engineering

WVU Tech's ABET-accredited Chemical Engineering program emphasizes design through a sequence of courses and hands-on laboratory experience.

Explore the program: Chemical Engineering

Chemical Forensics

A career in cutting-edge scientific investigation is waiting for you in the WVU Tech Chemical Forensics major. Our classes are focused on teaching you the real-world skills you need to find a rewarding future. Our Chemical Forensics majors learn on some of the most modern equipment in the state with expert faculty walking students through the entire investigation process.

Explore the program: Chemical Forensics

Civil Engineering

Our ABET-accredited program is designed to meet the demands of modern industry. Small class sizes are combined with a practice-oriented curriculum. You'll learn the trade alongside professionals who work with you one-on-one throughout the process.

Explore the program: Civil Engineering

Computer Engineering

Our ABET-accredited program covers the fundamentals of computer engineering, including the design of digital systems with modern devices to fulfill the needs of larger systems used in communications, controls and power systems.

Explore the program: Computer Engineering

Computer Science

Our ABET-accredited Computer Science program teaches students the theory and practice of computing, the tools to design and implement complex software packages and the basics of computer networking and database management.

Explore the program: Computer Science

Construction Management

The only four-year degree of its kind in West Virginia. Students are trained to be tomorrow’s leaders in the construction industry to be technically competent, safety-focused, quality-centered, ethical and socially and environmentally responsible.

Explore the program: Construction Management

Criminal Justice

Designed to provide an understanding of crime and the criminal justice system. The program also offers an excellent background for those wishing to pursue graduate studies or law school.

Explore the program: Criminal Justice

Electrical Engineering

Our ABET accredited Electrical Engineering program provides students a thorough understanding of the concepts of electrical engineering and important industry principals.

Explore the program: Electrical Engineering

Forensic Investigation

Offers students hands-on opportunities to learn basic investigative techniques, crime-scene processing and photography skills in real-world scenarios.

Explore the program: Forensic Investigation

History and Government

Challenges student to sharpen their analytical skills and allows for a deeper understanding of the world, peoples and governments.

Explore the program: History and Government

Hospitality (Culinary) Associates Degree

WVU Potomac State College program - delivered on the WVU Tech campus in Beckley, West Virginia - provides traditional and non-traditional students with a chance to complete a marketable two-year degree in tourism and hospitality with a culinary emphasis.

Explore the program: Hospitality (Culinary) Associates Degree

Information Systems

Designed to train professionals who analyze, design and maintain information systems and use application software to develop business solutions.

Explore the program: Information Systems

Mechanical Engineering

Our ABET-accredited Mechanical Engineering program is designed to prepare students for real-world engineering challenges. We offer a practice-oriented education that incorporates a strong emphasis on hands-on experience.

Explore the program: Mechanical Engineering

Nursing - BSN

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program is recognized by health care agencies as providing students with excellent preparation for the nursing profession. Graduates are in great demand and enjoy a large number of career opportunities.

Explore the program: Nursing - BSN

Psychology

Our program has small classes that strongly encourage student-professor interaction. WVU Tech is one of only two schools in the state with a full behavioral laboratory, giving students true hands-on experience.

Explore the program: Psychology

Regents Bachelors of Arts

The RBA degree program at WVU Tech is designed for working adults who want to complete their college studies and head into a better career with a bachelor’s degree.

Explore the program: Regents Bachelors of Arts

Sport Management

The program offers a multidisciplinary curriculum which allows students to take a variety of sport discipline courses in addition to accounting, business management and communications.

Explore the program: Sport Management

Teach-Out Programs

These programs are no longer enrolling students

Adventure Recreation Management*

The Bachelor of Science degree in Adventure Recreation Management will prepare students for employment and/or future study in the management of public and private enterprises that deliver adventure recreation activities and related services.

*This program is now an area of emphasis within the Business Management program. Please see your academic advisor for more details.

Program Resources

Aviation Management

The Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management (BSAM) program prepares graduates for employment in the aviation industry with emphasis on positions at regional airlines, including line pilots, instructor pilots, check airmen, and managerial roles.

Program Resources

Chemistry

Chemistry is the study of the composition, structure and properties of matter. Chemists work in the growing fields of biotechnology, environmental science, catalysis, materials science, information and computer technologies, and many others.

Program Resources

Healthcare Administration*

The program promotes an interdisciplinary perspective in health services administration that encompasses sciences with a public health emphasis and an orientation in business principles.

*This program is now an area of emphasis within the Business Management program. Please see your academic advisor for more details.

Program Resources

Mathematics

Mathematics is the foundation for many of the natural sciences and, as knowledge is expanded in these sciences, new demands are made on mathematics to provide ideas to be used in advancing the sciences.

Program Resources

Public Service Administration*

This degree prepares students for careers with all levels of government: local, county, state and federal. PSA also prepares students for a career in non - profit organizations.

*This program is now an area of emphasis within the History and Government program. Please see your academic advisor for more details.

Program Resources

Minors

  • Accounting
  • Adventure Recreation Management
  • Biology
  • Business Administration
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice
  • Cybersecurity
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
  • Economics
  • English
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Forensic Investigation
  • Fraud Examination
  • Healthcare Administration
  • History and Government
  • Human Resource Management
  • Legal Studies
  • Marketing
  • Mathematics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Sport Management

Pre-Professional Programs

Pre-Dental
Recommended major: Biology

Pre-Law
Recommended Majors: History and Government, Psychology, Business Management, Public Service Administration, Criminal Justice

Pre-Medicine
Recommended majors: Biology, Chemistry

Pre-Pharmacy
Recommended major: Chemistry

Pre-Veterinary
Recommended major: Biology

Certificates

Fraud Management Certificate