ETM Survey

Conducted by
Portland State University - Engineering and Technology Management Department

 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRENDS IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (ETM)

Responses:
Institution British Columbia Institute of Technology 
Department: Bachelor of Technology - Technology Management 
Contact Person: Luis Curran 

1 University System: Semester
2 Title of ETM program: Bachelor of Technology in Technology Management
3 Date of establishment: 1991
4 Academic base: Program in the School of Process, Energy and Natural Resources
5 Degree (s)/ Certificate (s) offered by your ETM program: 
  
B.S. in: Bachelor of Technology in Technology Management
M.S. in:
M.Eng. in:
Ph.D. in:
Dr. of Eng. in:
Other:
Certificate:
6 Nature of financial support for a typical ETM student (check all that apply):

  • Tuition paid by their employer
  • Personal Funds

    		•
    7 Type (s) of collaboration between your ETM program and industry:

  • ETM students conducting projects in industry
  • Faculty consulting to industry
  • Adjunct faculty (Part-Time faculty members employed in industry)

    		•
    8 Type(s) of collaboration between your ETM programs and international organizations:

  • Faculty giving lectures in other countries

    		•
    9 Offers short courses? :  Project ManagementManagement of Change
    10 Approximate figures for current teaching methods:

  • 60% Classroom
  • 40% Distance Delivery

    • 11 Methods used in distance delivery of courses:

  • Synchronous (simultaneous) a delivery on the web
  • Asynchronous (on demand)
  • Correspondence

    		•
    12 Optional: Approximate percentage change in ETM enrollments.

    Year Undergraduate Graduate
     

    +%

    -%

    		+% -%
    '97-'98 to '98-'99
    15
    '98-'99 to '99-'00
    15
    '99-'00 to '00-'01
    10
    '00-'01 to '01-'02
     

    13

    Optional: Please indicate the background of the current ETM faculty in each of the following areas:
     
    Number of ETM Faculty: ENGINEERING/SCIENCE
    Background     		BUSINESS/MANAGEMENT
    Background     		SOCIAL SCIENCE
    Background     		OTHER
    Background     		TOTAL
    Tenure stream
    0
    1
    1
    0
    2
    Adjunct
    3
    3
    0
    0
    6
    Affiliated (in other depts.)
    0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    Visiting
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Other
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
     

    TOTAL ETM FACULTY

    10
     

    14 ETM- related professional organizations to which the ETM faculty members belong:

  • IAMOT
  • IIE-Management Division
  • INFORMS
  • PMI

    		•
    15 Research areas in which ETM faculty and graduate students have been engaged in the last five years:

    16 Sources of research/funding for ETM program:
    17 Potential Engineering/Technology Management research areas emerging in the next five years: 

    Increased understanding of the process for creating and managing innovation.


    18 Professional meetings where papers have been presented by ETM faculty and/or students. 
    Meetings

    ISMOTPICMETIAMOT

    19 Please list the journals in which your ETM faculty have published (check all that apply):

    20 Related books published by ETM faculty:
     
    21 Offers an undergraduate degree in ETM: Yes
    22 Average years for students to complete the Bachelors degree requirements:  
    23 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Bachelors degree since the program was initiated: 15
    24 Approximate figures for your current undergraduate ETM enrollments. 

    Undergraduate Student Demographics

    Full-time students (number):
    Part-time students (number): 300
    Total Number: 300
    Female (percent): 5% Male (percent): 95%
    International (percent): 0% U.S. Students (percent): 100%
    Average Age: 31
    25 Requirements in the undergraduate ETM curriculum:
  • Engineering Specialty
  • Experience in technology-based industry/organization.

    Total required credits for the Bachelors degree: 62
    • 26 Representative titles of the management courses in undergraduate curriculum:

    Management of ChangeBusiness Strategy and StructureInnovation and EntrepreneurshipMarketing Strategy and ResearchR&D ManagementProject ManagementInternational Trade and CompetitionPrinciples of FinanceProblem Solving and Decision MakingHuman Resource Planning and Control

    27 Please list representative projects recently completed by your ETM students at undergraduate level (Undergraduate thesis, capstone projects, course projects, etc.)

       

    Project Title Year
    HYPER GRAVITY: Physiological Effects, Technical Feasibility and Commercial Potential   2000  
    Marketing Toolkit for POPStar Channel Partners   2001  
    Recycling Dollars to Fund Regional Parks: A Biosolids Market Development Strategy   1999  
    28 Offers a Masters degree: No
    29 How many years does an average ETM student take to complete the Masters degree requirements? 
      
      Number of years
    Full-time 0
    Part-time 0
    30 Please give approximate number of ETM students currently enrolled at the Masters level. 
     
    masters level Student Demographics
    Full-time students (number) 0
    Part-time students (number) 0
    Total Number  0
    Female (percent): 0% Male (percent): 100%
    International (percent) 0% U.S. Students (percent): 100%
    Average Age 0
    31 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Masters degree since your program was initiated: 0
    32 Number of credits of coursework beyond the B.S level that are required for the Masters degree: 
      
      # Credits
    Core Courses (common requirements for all) 0
    Elective Courses 0
    Total credits 0
    33 Please list representative projects recently completed by your ETM students (Masters theses, capstone projects, course projects, etc.)

       

    Project Title Year
    34 Please describe your curriculum at the Masters level by indicating the topics covered in the courses taken by ETM students
    (Check all that apply):      
    35 Offers a Doctoral degree in Engineering/Technology Management: No
    36 Number of years that ETM students take to complete the doctoral degree requirements beyond the Masters degree? 
     

     

    Number of years

    Full-time

    0

    Part-time

    0

    37 Number of credits of coursework that are normally required for the Doctoral degree beyond the Bachelors level (not including the dissertation):  0
    38 Awarded any Ph.D.'s so far: 
    39 Please describe representative doctoral dissertations completed under the supervision of ETM faculty. 
      
    40 Steps of the Ph.D. program:
      
    Coursework
    Preliminary Exam
    (Qualifying Exam)
    Comprehensive Exam
    Proposal Defense
    Dissertation Defense
    Other
    42 Additional Comments