Four Key Areas in the program
There are four elements of the one-year Engineering and Technology Innovation
Management MS Program:
1. Required Core
Courses
a. Managerial and Engineering Economics (12 units)
b. The Strategy and Management of Technological Innovation
(12 units)
c. Product/Process Innovation Requirement (12 units)
d. Seminars on Innovation Management in Practice
(3
units each semester)
2. Electives in
Engineering and Technology (24 to 36 units)
According to Student's area of Technical interest
3. Electives in Technology Management (24 to 36 units) Technology Management Electives address: Entrepreneurship; Industrial R&D; Science, Technology and Innovation Policy; Global Business; and Managing Innovation in Organizations.
4. Summer Internship
Project
(For local students, a two year, part-time option is available. Please contact E&TIM for more details. )
One-year, Full-time Program Structure
The
structure for E&TIM includes four courses plus a seminar each semester,
as well as the integral Summer Internship:
Academic Block 1 (Spring Term):
Managerial and Engineering Economics
The Strategy and Management
of Technological Innovation
One Technology Management
elective
- One Graduate Engineering
elective
- Introductory Seminar
on Innovation Management in Practice
- A Summer Internship
Project for Hands-on Experience
Summer Internship Project
Academic Block 2 (Fall Term):
- Seminar on Lessons from
Internship Project
- Product or Process Innovation
Project
- One or Two Technology
Management Electives
- One or Two Graduate
Engineering Electives in the Student Technical Focus Area
The tailoring of the program to individual student interests occurs
through the choice of Graduate Engineering Electives and Technology
Management Electives.
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"The different speakers demonstrate that although every company is different, the fundamental tools we are learning are applicable everywhere."
E&TIM Student, Class of 2007
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Application Schedule
Next E&TIM session begins January 2009.
Applications Are Due By:
August 15 (for September notification)
September 30 (for October notification)
Contact Information
Eden Fisher, PhD
E&TIM Executive Director
etim@andrew.cmu.edu
Phone: 412-268-9067
Fax: 412 268-3757
Engineering and
Technology Innovation Management (E&TIM)
Carnegie Mellon University
129 Baker Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
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