Graduate Academics

 

 

The Graduate Program

Technology shapes every facet of modern life. Familiarity with the characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of current and emerging technologies is indispensable to wise and effective decisions and practices in government, business, and personal life. At all levels and in all disciplines, careers in industry, government, and education ever more turn on the ability to see and seize the opportunities and address the problems that technology often presents. Technological developments are indeed re-defining those very careers and changing the workplace itself.

Managing modern technologies calls upon a synthesis of tools drawn from many disciplines: science and engineering, computers and information, economics and regulation, psychology and community values, design and assessment. The Master’s Degree in Technological Systems Management provides professionals in all fields and people planning such careers with state-of-the-art concepts, analytical tools, and practical skills for managing specific technological systems and improving their performance.

Students may pursue an M.S. in Technological Systems Management in one of the following areas of concentration:

Additionally, a student may obtain an Advanced Graduate Certificate in the following areas:

Students take a common core of 6 credits, a block of 15 credits specific to their concentration, and 9 credits of electives. A master’s project also must be completed by students in Environmental and Waste Management and Educational Computing concentrations.

Both part-time and full-time students are accepted. Teaching or research assistantships are available to full-time students who qualify.

Degree Requirements

In general, students are expected to complete two core courses for six credits, five required courses specific to the concentration for 15 credits, and three eligible electives for nine credits.

Electives for consideration are listed for each concentration, but a student's selection of electives must be approved by his or her advisor.

Requirements for the Advanced Graduate Certificate are also displayed. Certificate program courses may be credited toward requirements for the M.S. in Technological Systems Management in the Educational Computing concentration.

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Facilities

Graduate students enrolled in the department of Technology and Society have access to several computing facilities. The University maintains a wide range of mainframe facilities and personal computing laboratories. However, the department uses its two in-house, state-or-the-art computer laboratories as hands-on enhancements of the graduate student's experience.

The first lab has 20 Pentium Desktop computers that operate as stand-alones or within a basic network environment. The lab is integrated into the campus WAN, with full Internet access and a wide array of educational, academic, and professional software. Video cameras, scanners, printers, laptops, and a projection system are available for student use within the lab.

The second computer laboratory, the Spatial Sciences Learning Laboratory, is used for experimental research on learning and special purpose projects by faculty and students. It consists of 14 Pentium Desktop computers integrated into the campus WAN.

Admission
For admission to the M.S. program in Technological Systems Management the following are required:

A.     A bachelor’s degree in engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics or a closely related area from an accredited college or university. For admission to the Environmental and Waste Management concentration, one year of calculus (MAT 13, 132 or equivalent) is required. For admission to the Global Operations Management concentration, an introductory calculus (MAT 123 or equivalent) is required;

B.     A minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0;

C.     Three letters of recommendation;

D.     Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores;

E.      Acceptance by the Department of Technology and Society and the Graduate School

In special cases, applicants who do not satisfy requirement A. or B. may be admitted on a provisional basis, and may be subject to additional course requirements.

For admission to the Advanced Graduate Certificate program, students must have a bachelor’s degree and an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0. Students with lower averages may be admitted in non-matriculated status, which will be changed upon earning six or more graduate credits applicable to the Certificate with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Credits for Certificate program courses may be applied to requirements for the M.S. degree in Technological Systems Management subject to Graduate school rules and limitations; however, no more than 12 credits may be transferred.

Online Application

 

Request Official Transcript

Effective August 5th, 2005 current and former students will be able to order and track official transcript requests online via the SOLAR System. As before, there will be a $5.00 per transcript processing fee. For Express Service, overnight delivery or same day service,
the fee is $20.00 per transcript. Same day service is still available in person only. Fees can be paid with either AMEX, MC, Visa or Discover. Payments by check and money order must be made by mail. Cash is in-person only.

To order you login in to SOLAR at http://www.stonybrook.edu/solarsystem and go to "Request Official Transcript" under Academic Records. (If you were a student prior to
2001 and do not know your new Stony Brook ID click on "Find Stony Brook ID". ) Follow the directions on the site. There will be three processing options:

To have your request processed normally select "Immediate Processing". Transcript processing may take 5-7 business days. If you need to have your transcript held for your degree select "Degree Confer Date" and appropriate term. If you need to have your transcript held until semester grades are posted select "Grade Posting" and the appropriate term .

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Advanced Graduate Certificate in Educational Computing

The certificate prepares current and prospective teachers to use advanced technologies in learning and teaching, and helps business and industrial trainers and educators to develop and teach computer applications, multimedia technologies, and computer-based documentation. Students elect either the school track or the business/industry track. Specific requirements.

Advanced Graduate Certificate in Global Operations Management

This Certificate program helps managers develop their abilities to use advanced technologies in their companies, understand their business processes, reduce waste and inefficiencies, and improve the bottom line of their companies. Specific Requirements.

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Advisement

The requirement for completion of the proposed program consists of eighteen credits (six three-credit courses) with a B average. The course selection will be done freely by the student in conjunction with departmental advisement. This advisement will be coordinated by Dr. Sheldon Reaven, Graduate Program Director. Course selection will be from regularly scheduled departmental offerings at the 500 level with the following exception: students, whose undergraduate preparation is judged by the admissions committee of the academic department as not sufficient preparation for the regular graduate courses will be directed to enroll first in a course or workshop on computer applications.

Students may apply for admission to the M.S. degree program while they are enrolled in the Advanced Graduate Certificate program in Educational Computing. Upon acceptance into the masters program, graduate course credits earned in the certificate program will be counted toward completion of the M.S. as long as other requirements for the degree are met per the Graduate Student Handbook.

Supervision of Students and Individual Program Design

The AGC in Educational Computing will consist of eighteen (18) graduate credits which will be drawn from the regular curriculum. If students seek entrance with deficiencies in computer applications, they will be required to take a course or workshop to remedy any deficiencies in their background and prior training. Choice of other courses will be determined in conjunction with academic advisement with the Graduate Program Director to fill gaps in the students' background.

Students, whose preparation is deemed sufficient by their advisor, may enroll in the other 500 level courses in the program. Student advisement will be available through the regular channels of the Department of Technology and Society and will be coordinated by the Graduate Program Director.

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