List of Courses

All courses are 3 credit hours unless indicated.

AMS 510 Emerging Technologies
An inclusive examination of disruptive technologies with regard to their impact on profitability and productivity. Includes the evaluation, assessment, and implementation of technological change.

AMS 520 Resource Management
A comprehensive study of efficient allocation of materials and money. Includes review of basic decision-making techniques, cost-benefit ratio analysis, depreciation, salvage value of equipment, and time value of money.

AMS 525 Industrial Resource Allocation
A comprehensive study of efficient allocation of resources. Topics related to manufacturing operation analysis with emphasis on efficient and practical techniques for estimating costs based on existing relationships among inflation, labor, material, forecasting, and activity.

AMS 530 Automated Data Collection Systems
Information systems for industry. The collection and analysis of real time data for making production decisions regarding profitability and quality.

AMS 535 Workforce Development
Strategies for developing educational opportunities for personnel and appropriate appraisal techniques for performance improvement. Includes topics crucial to workforce development, including foundations of workforce education, career development theory, needs assessment, objectives development, performance assessment, and workforce education programs.

AMS 571 Research Methods in Technology Management
A comprehensive study of research methods and experimental design applicable to industrial and technical operations. This course includes a review of basic statistics, quality control techniques, and quality assurance. This course satisfies the University Research Tool requirement for MS Technology Management majors. The course supports the development of knowledge needed for the thesis or graduate project. Students may take the research tool in lieu of the foreign language requirement, but must attain a minimum grade of B. Research tool requirements must be met prior to obtaining admission to candidacy. The research tool should be completed within the first 15 hours of the graduate program.

AMS 590 Operations Leadership
A course on leadership and management skills for process operations and supply chains.

AMS 630 Legal & Ethical Issues in Technology
A study of ethics and social responsibility, international and contemporary legal issues in business, industry, and e-commerce.

AMS 650 Industrial Distribution
An integrated and comprehensive treatment of operations and supply chain issues. Studies on how firms link with supply chain partners to gain a market advantage and competitiveness.

AMS 671 Quality Management
An examination of philosophies, concepts, tools and techniques used in continuous quality improvement programs.

University Research Tool See AMS 571 Research Methods

Thesis Option

AMS 599 Thesis (6 hours)
A substantial graduate level paper presenting original and independent research, which makes a contribution to the current body of knowledge in a scholarly field. The thesis is a document that presents the author's research and findings and is submitted in support of the degree and professional qualification.

Non-Thesis Option

AMS 690 Graduate Project (6 hours)
An applied research project, using standard procedures of problem identification, possible solutions, and a final report. Can be either field or laboratory based and must be approved by the department graduate faculty committee.

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