Technology (MS)

Department of Technology

http://www.uni.edu/tech/
25 Industrial Technology Center
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0178

Head: Dr. James Maxwell
Phone: (319) 273-2561
E-mail: james.maxwell@uni.edu

Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Julie Zhang
Phone: (319) 273-2590
E-mail: julie.zhang@uni.edu

Read the UNI Catalog description:

Students interested in this program must submit a completed Application for Admission to Graduate Study and should contact the Department of Technology for other admission requirements.  Graduate information and application for graduate admission can be found at www.grad.uni.edu/admission.

The Graduate Record Examination (General Test) is not required for admission to the program.

This degree covering emphasis areas of engineering management, graphics technologies, and technology education, promotes greater depth of understanding of the applied engineering technology and technology education fields and provides opportunities to develop special research and application skills directly related to individual competencies, needs, and objectives.

This major requires as a prerequisite a bachelor's degree with a major in engineering or technology fields. Degree admission to the Master of Science in Technology requires an applicant to have:

1. Earned a minimum of 8 semester hours of college mathematics and 8 semester hours of college physics and/or chemistry and biochemistry or other science related to the major area (this may be either graduate or undergraduate credit)
2. Earned a minimum of 15 semester hours in a major technical field and 8 semester hours in supporting technical subjects;
3. Department application;
4. Online Application for Graduate Study;
5. TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based)/213 (computer-based, or 79 iBT) for applicants for whom English is not their first language;
6.  Three professional references; and
7. A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.00.

Only graduate courses (course numbers 5000 or above) will apply to a graduate program, even if the undergraduate course number (4999 or less) is listed. No exceptions will be made.

The Master of Science Technology degree program requires a thesis with a minimum of 34 semester hours.

A minimum of 15 hours of 200/6000-level course work is required for this degree program.

Students must defend and present their research thesis to their committee members and the public.

A.   Engineering Management Emphasis

B.   Graphic Technologies Emphasis

C.   Technology Education Emphasis