Chapter 6 Graduate Program Requirements/Course Descriptions
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Master of Business Administration Degree – Health Care Management Concentration
This concentration is designed to offer the opportunity for qualified graduate students to study business administration at the graduate level with particular emphasis in health care management. It will assist students who enter with differing work experience in their quest for managerial roles within a variety of types of health care organizations.
Chapter 6 Index | Catalog Home | Previous PageStudents choosing to concentrate in health care management must complete the 21 semester credit hours of foundations of knowledge courses.
Chapter 6 Index | Catalog Home | Previous PageIn addition, students choosing this concentration must complete 12 semester hours as follows:
MGT 6123 Health Care Management
MGT 6133 Organizational and Managerial Issues
in Health Care Delivery
BLW 6553 Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues of
Health Care Management
3 semester credit hours of graduate business elective, as approved by the Graduate
Advisor of Record
Master of Business Administration Degree – Management of Technology Concentration
This concentration is designed to offer the opportunity for qualified graduate students, primarily with a nontechnical background, to study business administration while developing special expertise in the management of technology. To achieve this end, students can focus their elective courses on developing general managerial skills applicable to technology-based organizations, leading professional and technical employees, and integrating the various functions of an organization in today’s rapidly changing technological environment.
Chapter 6 Index | Catalog Home | Previous PageStudents choosing to concentrate in the management of technology must complete the 21 semester credit hours of courses containing the foundations of knowledge and 12 semester credit hours as follows:
A. Required courses (6 hours):
MOT 5163 Management of Technology
MOT 5223 Management of Professional Personnel
B. Elective courses (6 hours):
Students must complete an additional 6 semester credit hours of graduate courses from management of technology (other than MOT 5013 and 5023), information systems (other than IS 5003), management science (other than MS 5003), and/or statistics.
Chapter 6 Index | Catalog Home | Previous PageMaster of Business Administration – Project Management Concentration
This concentration is designed to offer qualified graduate students the opportunity to study business administration while developing special expertise in project management. To achieve this end, students will complete courses that will enable them to manage projects successfully. Additionally, students will focus their elective choices to improve their understanding of the business environment in which contemporary projects are managed.
Chapter 6 Index | Catalog Home | Previous Page A. Required Courses (6 hours):
MOT 5243 Essentials of Project and Program Management
MOT 5233 Advanced Topics in Project Management
B. Elective Courses (6 hours):
Students are required to take 6 semester credit hours of graduate elective courses. Students are encouraged to elect courses which will develop their knowledge of a specific project management domain such as e-commerce, health care management, information systems, or technology management. Accordingly, the faculty coordinating this concentration must approve the 6 elective hours.
Chapter 6 Index | Catalog Home | Previous PageMaster of Science Degree in Management of Technology
The Master of Science in Management of Technology (M.S. MOT) differs significantly
from both the M.B.A. and the M.B.A. with a concentration in Management of Technology.
The M.S. MOT has a different set of required Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)
courses and focuses on management issues and skills required to help bring into
the marketplace and manage advances in technology in the form of ideas, goods,
and services. Courses are from both the College of Business and
the College of Engineering. Courses may be available through distance learning.
Program Admission Requirements. For admission to the M.S. MOT program, the ideal applicant should have an undergraduate or graduate degree in a scientific, engineering, mathematical, or other technology-based discipline from an accredited university or college and meets University-wide graduate admission requirements. In addition, the M.S. MOT Program Committee evaluates each applicant individually, based on a combination of:
The following courses constitute the M.S. MOT core and are required for students with limited exposure to business academe or work experience; however, their necessity is determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the student’s background. Credit for these courses may not be applied toward degree requirements for the Master of Science in Management of Technology:
MOT 5013 Global Foundations of Management of Technology
MOT 5023 Technological Foundations of Management
of Technology
or
EGR 5633 Technological Foundation of Management
of Technology
Degree Requirements. Students must successfully complete 33 semester credit hours and a comprehensive examination.
Chapter 6 Index | Catalog Home | Previous PageA. Candidates are required to successfully complete the following 15 semester credit hours:
EGR 5613 New and Emerging Technologies
MOT 5053 Building Enterprise Equity
MOT 5163 Management of Technology
MOT 5223 Management of Professional Personnel
MOT 5243 Essentials of Project and Program Management
B. Candidates must complete an additional 12 semester credit hours of electives as approved by the M.S. MOT Candidacy and Program of Study Committee.
Chapter 6 Index | Catalog Home | Previous PageC. Candidates are required to complete the following 6 semester credit hours leading to a capstone experience in the management of technology. The capstone experience, under the guidance of a graduate faculty advisor, is a synthesizing effort that may be a project, a thesis, or a paper prepared either for publication or for presentation at an appropriate conference.
Chapter 6 Index | Catalog Home | Previous Page MOT 6923 Directed Research in Management of
Technology
MOT 6933 Management of Technology Capstone
D. Candidates must pass a comprehensive examination administered by the M.S.
MOT Candidacy and Program of Study Committee.
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