間眅埶AV

Master of Business Administration Program (Management of Technology)

Beedie School of Business
間眅埶AV Calendar 2013 Summer

This management of technology (MOT) MBA addresses high technology business sector needs. Graduates will have a solid grounding in business fundamentals, particularly focused on topics relevant to an organization with technical core competencies. MOT MBA students work in enterprises that have advanced technology products or services. Most will have an undergraduate degree in a technical discipline; some will have an undergraduate business degree with technical work experience.

The program is for those who already have at least four years of experience working in the technology sector and who are now considering a move into management.

Students study part-time over 24 months. The program consists of six part-time terms including an industry-based final project.

Applicants should also refer to the program website .

間眅埶AV Requirements

Application

Students can apply online at 間眅埶AV's online graduate studies application for admission, found at http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/prosp_students/application_process.

間眅埶AV is based on the following.

  • MOT MBA program application essay found at http://beedie.sfu.ca/mot
  • official undergraduate transcripts mailed directly from the granting institution
  • a resume
  • a minimum of four years of relevant work experience in a technology firm or technology position
  • three confidential letters of reference mailed directly from the referees, preferably from supervisors, major clients or former professors
  • graduate management admission test (GMAT) results
  • applicants whose primary language is not English, or whose previous education was conducted in another language, must submit evidence of satisfactory completion of a standardized English test that is acceptable to the University (see graduate general regulation 1.3.12)
  • a recent passport style photograph
  • interview (shortlisted candidates only)

Program Requirements

Students will maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average (B grade) and complete 54 units (46 units if accounting and managerial economics are waived), including BUS 780, from the following list.

  • BUS 750 Managing Technological Innovation (4)
  • BUS 751 Managerial Economics for Technology Firms ? (4)
  • BUS 752 Strategic Management of Technology-Based Firms (4)
  • BUS 753 Ethics and Corporate Responsibility (2)
  • BUS 754 Marketing Tech-based Products and Services (4)
  • BUS 755 Topics in International Business (2)
  • BUS 756 Strategic Use of Information and Knowledge (4)
  • BUS 758 Business Operations Design (4)
  • BUS 761 Leadership for the Technology Driven Enterprise (2)
  • BUS 762 Project Management (4)
  • BUS 763 Managing Self and Others: An Organizational Simulation (2)
  • BUS 764 Financing the Organization (4)
  • BUS 766 Financial and Managerial Accounting (4)
  • BUS 770 Special Topics (2)
  • BUS 771 Special Topics (2)
  • BUS 772 Special Topics (2)
  • BUS 773 Special Topics (2)
  • BUS 774 Special Topics (4)
  • BUS 776 Special Topics in Biotechnology (4)
  • BUS 778 Directed Studies in Management of Technology * (4)
  • BUS 780 Applied Project (6)

Courses from the other master of business administration programs or other programs may be used as substitutes for these courses at the discretion of the academic chair.

Students wishing to complete the biotechnology management stream must successfully complete eight units of biotechnology specific courses as determined by the academic director.

?corequisites may be waived for recent graduates in business or economics with prior approval of the academic director

*requires prior approval of the academic director

Students wishing to complete the biotechnology management stream must successfully complete eight units of biotechnology specific courses as determined by the academic director.

Biotechnology management stream students are not required to complete two of the following courses.

  • BUS 756 Strategic Use of Information and Knowledge (4)
  • BUS 774 Special Topics (4)

Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations

All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.

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