Admission Requirements
The technology management program specifically targets technology related associate-level graduates from an accredited community and technical college system. The 2+2 technology management program is intended as a "completer" program. Students must have graduated with an associate of applied science (AAS) or associate of science (AS) in a technology related field.
Such associate-level degree programs may include: engineering technology, computer information systems, computer information technology, computer science, advanced manufacturing technology, computer aided drafting, electrical-electronics technology, machine tool technology, applied process technology, quality management systems, manufacturing systems technology, surveying and mapping, industrial maintenance technology, wood manufacturing technology, industrial automation technology, industrial chemical technology, instrumentation and process control and civil engineering technology.
Students with other technology-related degrees not listed here may petition to qualify under this requirement.
Although this completer program admits students who have completed accredited community and technical college system general education course requirements, MSU general education requirements must also be met.
Program Competencies
The student exiting the program in technology management will:
- Assess the need for, implement, and evaluate information technologies at the enterprise and desktop levels;
- Demonstrate proficiency in business software applications and decision support technologies that improve performance at all organizational levels;
- Apply problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills within the framework of information systems;
- Recognize the strategic importance of information systems as an integral part of organizational performance;
- Demonstrate knowledge of telecommunications, networking, and multi-user, wide-area platforms;
- Demonstrate the ability to model organizational and quantitative processes and functions as a foundation for designing information systems solutions;
- Demonstrate ability to apply project management tools and techniques that are essential to managing information systems projects;
- Identify and design opportunities and strategies for IT-enabled organizational improvement and innovation; and
- Demonstrate mastery of functional skills used in designing, building and managing databases that support information systems in an organization.
Assessment
- AACSB/EBI Undergraduate Business Exit Study (every three years).
- AACSB/EBI Undergraduate Business Alumni Study (every three years).
- BBA Business Core Assessment of Learning (specific goals - annually).
- Embedded outcomes assessment measures established annually to assess the achievement of specific student outcome measures.
- CIS Core Competency Assessment.
Program Requirements
General Education
Area Requirements
Area Core Requirements
| ETM 110 | Fundamentals of Computer Technology | 3 |
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| CIS 101 | Computer Literacy | 3 |
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| ETM 120 | Fundamentals of Engineering | 3 |
| ETM 310 | Engineering Economic Analysis | 3 |
| ETM 317 | Systems Modeling and Simulation | 3 |
| ETM 319 | Quality and Reliability Engineering | 3 |
| ETM 320 | Project Management | 3 |
| ETM 327 | Organizational Management for Engineers | 3 |
| ETM 419 | Quality Management Systems | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 24 |
Supplemental Requirements
Track Requirements - Choose one
General Track
Information Systems Track
| CIS 311 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| CIS 320 | Web Technologies and Design | 3 |
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| CIS 326 | Introduction to Databases | 3 |
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| CIS 340 | Data Networking Systems | 3 |
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| CIS 365 | Healthcare Informatics | 3 |
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| CIS 413 | IS Analysis and Design | 3 |
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| CIS 385 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 |
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| CIS 490 | Strategic IS Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
General Electives