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Engineering and Technology Management – Master of Science

This degree is designed primarily for persons holding a bachelor's degree in industrial technology, engineering, engineering technology, applied sciences, manufacturing engineering, mechanical design or related technical professional programs.

Admission Requirements

  1. General admission to graduate study
  2. Satisfy one of the following:
    1. A minimum GRE score of 286 (verbal and quantitative)
    2. Undergraduate GPA X GRE = 858 or
    3. Earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher after completing 12 hours of MSETM required coursework.

Requirements for the Degree

  1. Satisfy admission requirements.
  2. Successfully complete and defend a thesis or pass both written and oral comprehensive exit examinations.
  3. Must be unconditionally admitted.
  4. Complete the required course work in the three components as follows:

Program Requirements

Core Courses

IET 600Impact of Technology

3
IET 603Quality Assurance in Science and Technology

3
IET 619Total Quality Control

3
IET 698Research Methods in Technology

3
Total Credit Hours:12

Technical Concentration

Choose 12 credit hours from the following:

IET 610Advanced Engineering Economics

3
IET 621Experimental Design for Industry

3
IET 622Industrial Project Management

3
IET 627Advanced Applied Industrial Management

3
IET 630Design for Manufacturability

3
IET 644Wireless Networking and Systems

3
IET 645Computer Interfacing and Applications

3
IET 680Networking Technology

3
IET 688Computer Integrated Manufacturing

3
IET 690Supervised Internship (Industry or Administration)

1-6
ITMT 684Manufacturing Information Systems

3
Technical Electives from ITCD, ITMT, ITCM, or ITEC

6
Total Credit Hours:12

Synthesis Experience (Research)

The student must complete nine credit hours from either thesis or non-thesis.

Thesis

IET 670Directed Research

1-6
or
IET 676Directed Study

1-6
IET 699Thesis

6

Students should not take more than six hours of either directed research or directed study in the program.

Nonthesis

IET 670Directed Research

1-6
IET 676Directed Study

1-6
Total Credit Hours:9
Three hours electives from the following:
IET, ITCD, ITCM, ITEC, or ITMT

3
Total Credit Hours:3

The student's graduate committee will consist of three members of the graduate faculty with one member from outside the AET department. The committee members, chosen by the student, will be representatives of the AET graduate faculty and others. Should the student elect to conduct a thesis research, thesis advisor/chair will be a graduate faculty member from the AET department.

Student Competencies

  1. Perform advanced technical-management responsibilities in business, industry, education and government.
  2. Apply theories, concepts and principles of related disciplines to develop the communication skills required for technical-managers.
  3. Apply scientific and technological concepts to solving technological problems.
  4. Apply concepts and skills developed in a variety of technical and professional disciplines including computer applications and networking, materials properties and production processes, and quality control to conduct empirical research in order to improve the production processes and techniques.
  5. Plan, facilitate and integrate technology and problem solving techniques in the leadership functions of the economic enterprise system.
  6. Engage in applied technical research in order to add to the knowledge of the discipline and to solve problems which surface in the workplace.

Assessment Procedures

  1. Students are required to complete a thesis or to pass both an oral and written exit examination (passing grade for written examination = 70 percent).
  2. Students must complete the required course work with a minimum graduate GPA of 3.0.

Total Credit Hours: 33