Master of Science in Technological Systems Management

Technology shapes every facet of modern life. Familiarity with the characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of current and emerging technologies is indispensable to wise and effective decisions and practices in government, business, and personal life. At all levels and in all disciplines, careers in industry, government, and education ever more turn on the ability to see and seize the opportunities and address the problems that technology often presents. Technological developments are indeed re-defining those very careers and changing the workplace itself. Managing modern technologies calls upon a synthesis of tools drawn from many disciplines: science and engineering, computers and information, economics and regulation, psychology and community values, design and assessment. The Master's Degree in Technological Systems Management provides professionals in all fields and people planning such careers with state-of-the-art concepts, analytical tools, and practical skills for managing specific technological systems and improving their performance. Students may pursue one of three Focus Areas: Educational Technology, Global Technology Management, or Energy Technology, and Policy. Students must complete 6 required course credits and 24 elective course credits specific to their Focus Area. A master's project also must be completed by students in the Energy Technology and Policy and Educational Technology areas of focus.

Admission to the M.S. and Ph.D. programs is handled separately by the Departmental admissions committee. The requirements for admission to graduate study in this department include:

A bachelor’s degree in engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics, or a closely related area from an accredited college or university. For admission to the M.S., students will need to have completed prerequisite courses of one year of calculus (MAT 131 and 132 or equivalent).

A minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.00.

Three letters of recommendation.

Acceptance by the Department of Technology and Society and the Graduate School.

If your native or primary language is not English, a test to measure your English proficiency is required. The department and Graduate School accept TOEFL and IELTS examination scores. English proficiency requirements for the master’s and the Ph.D. programs are different. For the master’s program, the minimum score for TOEFL is 85 and an overall score of 6.5 with no subsection below 6 for IELTS. For the Ph.D. program, the minimum score for TOEFL is 90 and the overall score of 7.5 with no subsection below 6.5 for IELTS.