MBA Degrees Online

All course work outside the Department of Engineering Technology must be preapproved and on the program of study.
Thesis Option
In the thesis option, a minimum of 24 credit hours must be 500-level courses, allowing students to take up to six credit hours of 400-level course work to broaden their technical knowledge within the technical concentration or the supporting area. The course work may be a combination of engineering technology courses or a limited number from outside the department. Students are required to complete EET or MET 599 Thesis (6), write a thesis and present an oral defense.
Thesis Option (33 credit hours)
Technical concentration area (18)
Supporting area (6)
Research methods courses:
MET or EET 591 Research Seminar (1) and a research writing course (2)
MET or EET 599 Thesis (6)

Degree Awarded: MSTech Technology (Instrumentation and Measurement Technology)
At the graduate level, the Department of Engineering Technology offers a M.S.Tech. with a concentration in instrumentation and measurement engineering technology.
This flexible degree program permits the student to develop a program of study, with faculty approval, to meet individual career goals. While the program is not an evening program, some courses are offered either during the late afternoon or early evening.
The program presupposes that the student has a sound technical undergraduate degree. The degree concentrations are designed to provide graduates with technical and professional skills that will facilitate preparation for, and advancement in, leadership positions in industry, education, government and military. Laboratories and classrooms are well equipped, and the faculty members teaching the classes have relevant teaching, research, industry and training experience and background.

Minimum requirements for admission to the M.S.I.M. program are having:
Two years of full-time related work experience.
An undergraduate degree in a related field from an accredited university.
Completed prerequisite college-level courses or equivalent experience in statistics, brief calculus and a programming language.
All applicants are required to submit the Graduate College online application and the supplemental application materials required by the department. Complete application instructions, including GMAT requirements, may be obtained from the department’s Web site. International applicants, whose native language is not English, must submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

The M.S.I.M. is a one-year program requiring a minimum of 30 credit hours with an intensive state-of-the-art curriculum. Please access the department’s Web site for a list of courses. This lock-step program consists of 10 courses that begin in June and end in May, including an applied project. The M.S.I.M. program offers evening classes that meet twice a week, and are customized for full-time working professionals

The M.S.I.M. is a one-year, evening degree program designed for working professionals. The W. P. Carey School of Business understands the importance of teaching strong business management and technological skills. The M.S.I.M. program will prepare students to manage in an information technology (IT) environment. Students will also learn the business skills needed to leverage IT to gain a competitive advantage in the global economy.

The purpose of this construction Ph.D. program is to prepare research scholars, new faculty and professionals for positions in industry, universities and government, as well as facilitate a higher level of investigation and knowledge creation through the professor-Ph.D. student dynamic.
The Del E. Webb School of Construction is distinctively positioned to provide students with an interdisciplinary educational and research experience at the Ph.D. level, which will provide value in construction education, research and industry programs, private construction research facilities, and high-level management positions in the construction industry.
The objectives of the degree program include research experience for doctoral students who might wish to pursue careers in either industry or academia as members of interdisciplinary research teams, as well as providing a high-level interdisciplinary doctoral education for those who wish to develop academic careers teaching at the university level.

The Ph.D. in construction will require three to four years of full-time study and research beyond the master’s degree. Generally, students will be admitted into the Ph.D. degree program at or near the completion of their master’s degree.
The program requires 84 credit hours post-bachelor’s degree or 54 credit hours post-master’s degree.
The program consists of:
Admission to candidacy.
A comprehensive examination.
Core construction courses.
Elective courses.
A qualifying examination.
Successful defense of a dissertation prospectus.

Students who hold a bachelor’s or a master’s degree in a related field from a regionally accredited university or equivalent are eligible to apply for admission to the program. Related fields include construction, civil engineering, architecture and business. At the discretion of the admission committee, students from other disciplines may be eligible as well.
Applicants are expected to satisfy all requirements for admission to the Graduate College. In addition, applicants are expected to be competent in construction topics. Admission is based upon:
Research interests.
An evaluation of the student’s academic and professional background.
Scores from the verbal, quantitative and analytical writing portions of the GRE.
Letters of recommendation.
A personal statement from each applicant describing their career goals and research objectives.
Masters’ thesis abstract.
A current résumé.
Students whose native language is not English must also submit a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 550.

Applicants are expected to satisfy all requirements for admission to the Graduate College. In addition, applicants are expected to be competent in basic construction topics. Admission is based on:
An evaluation of the student’s academic and professional background.
Scores from the verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing portions of the GRE.
Letters of recommendation.
A personal statement.
A current résumé.
Students whose native language is not English must also submit a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 550.

The program of study consists of the following:
Thesis option: thirty credit hours of graduate study culminating in a thesis and an oral defense.
Nonthesis option: thirty-six credit hours of graduate study culminating in an applied project.
If appropriate graduate-level courses are not available in a student’s pursued area of interest, the supervisory committee has the option to approve a maximum of two 400-level courses to be part of the program of study. Students may not use 400-level deficiency courses to satisfy degree requirements.