ETM Survey

Conducted by
Portland State University - Engineering and Technology Management Department

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

Responses:
Institution MIT 
Department: Technology & Policy 
Contact Person: Daniel Hastings 

1 University System: Semester
2 Title of ETM program: Technology Management and Policy
3 Date of establishment: 1995
4 Academic base: Program in the College of Engineering
5 Degree (s)/ Certificate (s) offered by your ETM program: 
  
B.S. in:
M.S. in: Technology and Policy
M.Eng. in:
Ph.D. in: Technology, Management and Policy
Dr. of Eng. in:
Other:
Certificate:
6 Nature of financial support for a typical ETM student (check all that apply):

  • Assistanship from Department or University

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

  • Faculty consulting to industry
  • Student interns in industry

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

  • Offering courses in other countries
  • Offering the full program in other countries

    		•
    9 Offers short courses? :  No
    10 Approximate figures for current teaching methods:

  • 100% in the classroom.

    • 11 Methods used in distance delivery of courses:

    12 Optional: Approximate percentage change in ETM enrollments.

    Year Undergraduate Graduate
     

    +%

    -%

    		+% -%
    '97-'98 to '98-'99
    '98-'99 to '99-'00
    '99-'00 to '00-'01
    '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
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Adjunct
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Affiliated (in other depts.)
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Visiting
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Other
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
     

    TOTAL ETM FACULTY

    0
     

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

  • Academy of Management

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

    Energy and Environment Lean Aerospace Material Systems

    16 Sources of research/funding for ETM program:
  • Federal/Government grants and contracts
    		•
    17 Potential Engineering/Technology Management research areas emerging in the next five years: 

    Modeling of the interaction of social and technical systems


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

    International Technology, Policy amd Innovation Conf

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

  • International Journal of Technology Management
  • Sloan Management Review

    		•
    20 Related books published by ETM faculty:
     
    21 Offers an undergraduate degree in ETM: No
    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: 
    24 Approximate figures for your current undergraduate ETM enrollments. 

    Undergraduate Student Demographics

    Full-time students (number):
    Part-time students (number):
    Total Number: 0
    Female (percent): 0% Male (percent): 100%
    International (percent): 0% U.S. Students (percent): 100%
    Average Age: 
    25 Requirements in the undergraduate ETM curriculum:

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

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

       

    28 Offers a Masters degree: Yes
    29 How many years does an average ETM student take to complete the Masters degree requirements? 
      
      Number of years
    Full-time 2
    Part-time
    30 Please give approximate number of ETM students currently enrolled at the Masters level. 
     
    masters level Student Demographics
    Full-time students (number) 120
    Part-time students (number) 0
    Total Number  120
    Female (percent): 30% Male (percent): 70%
    International (percent) 50% U.S. Students (percent): 50%
    Average Age 25
    31 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Masters degree since your program was initiated: 600
    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) 24
    Elective Courses 9
    Total credits 33
    33 Please list representative projects recently completed by your ETM students (Masters theses, capstone projects, course projects, etc.)

       

    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):      
  • Capstone (Master thesis or project)
  • Communication
  • Engineering (courses in the standard CE, EE, ME, etc., curricula)
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Strategic Management of Technology
  • Technology Assessment
    		•
    35 Offers a Doctoral degree in Engineering/Technology Management: Yes
    36 Number of years that ETM students take to complete the doctoral degree requirements beyond the Masters degree? 
     

     

    Number of years

    Full-time

    20

    Part-time

    37 Number of credits of coursework that are normally required for the Doctoral degree beyond the Bachelors level (not including the dissertation):  45
    38 Awarded any Ph.D.'s so far: Yes
    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)
  • None
    • Comprehensive Exam
  • Oral
  • Written
    • Proposal Defense
  • To Committee
    • Dissertation Defense
  • To All Faculty
    • Other
    42 Additional Comments