Technology Management 

Program Requirements

Students may complete the program through by completing 24 credits of coursework and 6 credits of thesis research or by completing a total of 32 credits of coursework.  

A minimum of 3 semester hours of required Coursework must be completed in each of 4 discipline areas. Discipline areas and allowable courses are shown below.  Please note that courses below include BADM courses that do not actually belong to SDSM&T.  While a student may complete all program requirements entirely at SDSM&T, many of our students elect to take some courses from USD or other accredited graduate business/management program.  These courses are automatically approved for use within the TM degree provided that the transfer credit requirement is met.   

Business/Finance

•     TM 661 — Engineering Economics for Managers

•     TM 740 — Business Strategy

•     BADM 710 — Finance

•     ECON 782 — Managerial Economics

 Management

•     TM 665 — Project Planning and Control

•     TM 742 — Engineering Management and Labor Relations

•     BADM 761 — Organizational Theory and Behavior

•     BADM 781 — Administrative Policy

 Quantitative Methods

•     TM 631 — Optimization Techniques

•     TM 732 — Stochastic Models in Operations Research

•     BADM 720 — Quantitative Analysis

Production

•     TM 663 Operations Planning

•     BADM 760 — Production and Operations Management


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Students have three options for completing program requirements for the TM degree.  

1. You may complete 24 credit hours of coursework and 6 credit hours of thesis research.  The thesis must be successfully defended to a committee of at least three faculty members.  Successful defense of the thesis constitutes satisfying the final examination requirement.  





2. You may complete 32 credit hours of coursework of which 1-3 credits is an independent study project.  The project must include a formal report and presentation to your committee.  Successful presentation of the project constitutes satisfying the final examination requirement.  





3. You may complete 32 credit hours of coursework.  You must then successfully pass a comprehensive examination over that coursework.  This final comprehensive examination is administered by your program committee.  Usually the final examination is in the form of a 1-2 hour oral examination over the coursework.  




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Students must maintain a minimum gpa of 3.0 for the TM degree.  A student must earn a C grade or higher in any graduate course (500-800) level.  A student must earn a B grade or higher in any course taken at the 300 or 400 level.  Courses taken at the 300 or 400 level must conform with graduate policy.  Graduate students may not take courses at the 100 or 200 level.  


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Degree-seeking graduate students must be registered on a continuing basis during each fall and spring semester of the regular year.  A student who is unable to continue his/her program of study due to unanticipated circumstances may request a leave of absence from his/her program of study.  A request for leave of absence form is available in the graduate office.  


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Registration for two (2) or more credits is required during any semester or summer when using department or institutional resources.  Students must also meet this minimum registration requirement during the semester or summer in which they intend to graduate.  There is no grace period.  Accordingly, students who fail to complete all degree requirements prior to the official closure date for a given semester will be required to register for two (2) credits during the subsequent semester.


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Students may transfer up to 12 semester hours of graduate-caliber course work taken at another institution provided it is listed on the program of study and approved by the student's graduate committee.  Credit from institutions external to the South Dakota regental system must be reviewed and approved by the student's graduate committee and by the Graduate Dean.  


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Questions and Answers
Q1:	Can I use the same course work for more than one degree?	Answer
Q2:	Do courses taken at another institution satisfy the continuing/minimum registration requirement?	Answer
Q3:	Who is on my committee?	Answer
Q4:	What about immunization requirements?	Answer
Q5:	Do I really need to follow all these rules?	Answer


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