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Degree Prep

View the M.S. Technology Management prerequisites, admission requirements, deadlines, tuition & fees, international student, and contact information on the U of I Admissions website.

To be considered for the Technology Management master's program, you must complete the following requirements:

Degree Roadmap

• A thesis and non-thesis option is available for the M.S. Technology Management degree.
• This program may also be completed part-time or online including through Engineering Outreach.
• Some classes are offered by resident and affiliate faculty at convenient locations in Idaho Falls, Boise and Moscow.
• Depending on your interests, your faculty adviser will help you develop a focused plan of study.
• This program requires a minimum of 30 credit hours.
• This program takes roughly three years to complete if taking one class per semester.

Focus Area Options

• Project Management
• Process Improvement & Innovation
• Industrial Safety
• Critical Infrastructure Resilience/Cybersecurity
• Nuclear Technology Management & Nuclear Criticality Safety
• Emergency Planning & Management
• Information Technology
• Environmental Safety & Technology
• Advanced Manufacturing

View current Technology Management courses
Catalogs are released each year with up-to-date course listings. Students reference the catalog released during their first year of enrollment. For course catalog related questions, email registrar@uidaho.edu or call 208-885-6731.

Degree Requirements

• Technology Management graduate requirements
• College of Graduate Studies requirements.

Core – 15 credits

• ACCT 582 Enterprise Accounting
• TM 510 Technology Management Fundamentals
• TM 520 Leadership and Conflict Resolution in a Technological Environment
• 400 or 500 level Statistics course – options include:
  • STAT 431 Statistical Analysis
  • STAT 422 Sample Survey Methods
  • ENVS 541 Sampling/Analysis of Environmental Contaminants
• Project Management or Process Improvement course – options include:
  • INDT 448 Project and Program Management
  • EM 560 Project Risk Management
  • EM 580 Technical Project Management
  • OM 456 Quality Management

Focus Area Electives – 12 credits

With assistance from advisor and Major Professor, students select electives to create a cohesive content area of focus. The following suggested areas and coursework is not an exhaustive list. There may be crossover between the areas. Courses used for the core may not also be counted as an elective. Students are encouraged to review the semester schedule for possible courses applicable to their focus areas.

Student's goals and objectives vary as do the study plans. The focus area is developed through advising and approved by the Major Professor (faculty) and the Program Director to meet the goals of the student, requirements of the TM degree and the requirements of the College of Graduate Studies.

Project Management:

• BLAW 520 Commercial Law
• EM 560 Project Risk Management
• EM 580 Technical Project Management
• EM 582 Advanced Project Management
• ENVS 485 Energy Efficiency and Conservation
• ENVS 515 Environmental Lifecycle Assessment
• ENVS 579 Introduction to Environmental Regulations
• ENVS 536 Principles of Sustainability
• INDT 442 Systems Integration
• INDT 448 Project and Program Management
• ME 583 Reliability of Engineering Systems
• NE/TM 529 Risk Assessment
• OM 456 Quality Management
• TM 517 Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Fundamentals

Process Improvement and Innovation:

• EM 550 Process Improvement Methods
• EM 570 Global Product Development
• ENVS 536 Principles of Sustainability
• INDT 444 Quality Assurance Organization and Management
• INDT 453 Computer Integrated and Robotics Manufacturing Technology
• INDT 457 Lean to Green Sustainable Technology
• ME 583 Reliability of Engineering Systems
• PSYC 446 Engineering Psychology
• PSYC 552 Ergonomics and Biomechanics
• PSYC 561 Human-Computer Interaction
• PSYC 562 Advanced Human Factors
• TM 552 Industrial Ergonomics

Industrial Safety:

• ENVS 428 Pollution Prevention
• INDT 462 Industrial Safety
• NE/TM 514 Nuclear Safety
• NE/TM 516 Nuclear Rules and Regulations
• ORGS 550 Training and Performance Support
• PSYC 446 Engineering Psychology
• PSYC 552 Ergonomics and Biomechanics
• PSYC 561 Human-Computer Interaction
• TM 535 Radiation Detection and Measurement
• TM 552 Industrial Ergonomics

Critical Infrastructure Resilience/Cybersecurity

• CS 536 Adv Information Assurance Concepts
• CS 538 Network Security
• CS 547 Computer and Network Forensics
• CS 548 Survivable Systems and Networks
• CS 549 Fault/Tolerant Systems
• ECE 469 Resilient Control of Critical Infrastructure
• INDT 470 Homeland Security
• INDT 472 National Incident Management Systems
• NE/TM 529 Risk Assessment
• TM 517 Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Fundamentals
• TM 525 Emergency Planning and Management

Nuclear Technology Management/Nuclear Criticality Safety:

• ME 583 Reliability of Engineering Systems
• NE 450 Principles of Nuclear Engineering
• NE/TM 514 Nuclear Safety
• NE/TM 516 Nuclear Rules and Regulations
• NE 535/TM 513 Nuclear Criticality Safety I
• NE 537 Radiation Effects on Materials
• NE 538 Fundamentals of Nuclear Materials
• NE 555 Nuclear Criticality Safety II
• TM 528 Accident Investigation
• TM 529 Risk Assessment
• TM 535 Radiation Detection and Measurement

Emergency Planning and Management:

• INDT 470 Homeland Security
• INDT 472 National Incident Management Systems
• TM 525 Emergency Management and Planning
• TM 526 Community Emergency Planning
• TM 528 Accident Investigation
• TM 528 Risk Assessment
• TM 533 Chemical Hazards
• TM 534 Biological Hazards

Information Technology:

• CS 536 Advanced Information Assurance Concepts
• CS 541 Advanced Operating Systems
• CS 547 Computer and Network Forensics
• CS 579 Data Science
• INDT 473 Fundamentals of Unmanned Aerial Systems

Environmental Safety and Technology:

• ENVS 428 Pollution Prevention
• ENVS 429 Environmental Audit
• ENVS 485 Energy Efficiency and Conservation
• ENVS 515 Environmental Lifecycle Assessment
• ENVS 536 Principles of Sustainability
• ENVS 579 Intro to Environmental Regulations
• INDT 457 Lean to Green Sustainable Technology
• INDT 413 Community Planning and Design for Fire Protection and Management
• NE/TM 516 Nuclear Rules and Regulations
• NE/TM 529 Risk Assessment
• TM 525 Emergency Management and Planning
• TM 533 Chemical Hazards

Advanced Manufacturing:

• ENVS 485 Energy Efficiency and Conservation
• INDT 408 Fire Safety Hazard Analysis
• INDT 453 Computer Integrated and Robotics Manufacturing Technology
• INDT 457 Lean to Green Sustainable Technology
• INDT 473 Fundamentals of Unmanned Aerial Systems
• ME 583 Reliability of Engineering Systems
• NE/TM 529 Risk Assessment
• PSYC 446 Engineering Psychology
• PSYC 552 Ergonomics and Biomechanics

Master’s Research Project – 3 credits

• TM 599 Master’s Project

Total Credits: 30

Comprehensive Exam Option

Students who select this option will be required to take the 15 credit core, 15 credits of electives and a 1 credit TM 596 Capstone Integration course.

Total Credits: 31

Master’s Thesis Option

Students who select this option will be required to take the 15 credit core, 9 credits of electives and 6 credits of TM 500 Master’s Research and Thesis.

Total Credits: 30

Questions?

For more information about the Technology Management program, contact Alice Allen at 208-757-5452 or engr-tm@uidaho.edu.

Funding Opportunities

The ¹û¶³´«Ã½Â鶹Éç is awarded more than $100 million in annual grants, contracts and research appropriations.

• – Recipients of this competitive fellowship receive full tuition and fees by U of I during their first three years of graduate school. INL covers tuition, fees, and a $60,000 annual salary during the final two years of their doctoral research, to be conducted at INL.
• – These year-long salaried assignments offer hands-on experience in nuclear security and nonproliferation. Administered by and open to all engineering disciplines.
• – $25,000 fellowship programs that contribute to NASA’s mission of exploration and discovery. Open to full-time graduate and doctoral students.
• – For outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees.
• – Three-year fellowship with full coverage of tuition and all mandatory fees, including a monthly stipend and up to $1,000 a year in medical insurance.
• – RISE Professional offers summer research internships in Germany to Master’s and Ph.D. students at companies and non-university research institutions with strong relations to industry.
• Faculty provide funding through a variety of external agencies and industry partners. Contact our faculty to learn more about these funding opportunities.

For more funding options, visit the College of Graduate Studies’ funding website .

Clubs & Organizations

Our college offers 20+ clubs and organizations tied to international and national engineering organizations, including national competition teams.

Learn about clubs related to your major:

• (ATMAE)
• Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA)
• Humanitarian Engineering Corps (HEC)
• National Organization for Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCCHE)
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)