Montana State University

Science and Engineering Management

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At a Glance Contact

Lisa Brown
Program Manager
(406) 994-3062
lisa.brown@montana.edu


Delivery

This program offers online, blended and face-to-face courses. Most are scheduled at nontraditional hours to accommodate working professionals.

Total Credits

Professional Master: 30 credits

Graduate Certificates: 12 credits each

Professional Master Tracks

Graduate Certificate Programs

  • Science and Engineering Business Management
  • Science and Engineering Project Management
  • Manufacturing Best Practices--PROCESS
  • Manufacturing Best Practices--SYSTEMS

Professional Development

Students may also take individual courses for professional development

Tuition and Fees

$568.35 per credit plus $30 registration fee per semester

Fellowships

Hutcheson Emerging Fellows Awards will offer $50,000 to two (2) students with bachelor's degrees in either physics or electrical and computer engineering.

Designed For Technical Professionals

in industries such as

  • construction and manufacturing
  • science and technology
  • government agencies
  • engineering
  • technical consulting, sales and marketing
  • and more

Brochures

PDF filePMSEM Program Brochure
PDF fileConstruction Engineering Management

What You Will Earn

You will earn the same regionally accredited Montana State University degree or certificate that a student on the Bozeman campus is awarded. Your diploma and transcript are identical to those given to on-campus students.

Accreditation

Montana State University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).


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Hutcheson Emerging Fellows Awards

Ralph Hutcheson, a 1954 MSU mechanical engineering graduate and founder of Scientific Materials Corporation and S2 Corporation, established the "Hutcheson Emerging Fellows Awards." The awards provide students with bachelor degrees in physics and electrical and computer engineering with monies to attend the Science and Engineering Management (PMSEM) online master's degree program.

Two awards are available, each for $25,000 per year for two years. Recipients will also be awarded an unpaid internship with a technology company in Bozeman. The internships focus on business systems and marketing and are coordinated through the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center (MMEC). Awards will be contingent upon acceptance of the internship.

Qualified recipients must:

  • hold an undergraduate degree in electrical and computer engineering or physics
  • meet all admissions requirements for the PMSEM master's degree program with a focus in physics or electrical and computer engineering
  • apply to the PMSEM master's degree program by Mar 15
  • begin studies in Fall 2013

Preference will be given to MSU graduates.

Award recipients are not selected solely on academic performance, scholarly research or financial need, but rather on their entrepreneurial spirit and capacity to lead as evidenced through their undergraduate or other extracurricular activities and life experiences.

To apply, applicants to the PMSEM master's program should include in their one-page application narratives why they want to be considered for the Hutchinson Emerging Fellows award and how they will utilize the award. How to apply to PMSEM.

Hutcheson said he believes the technical education afforded to MSU students is high quality and produces outstanding engineers and physicists, but that these students also need access to business and marketing skills to become more valuable employees and further the success of technology companies where they are likely to be employed. Hutcheson added that his primary interest is within the photonics/optics industry, which is in a unique position to assist high quality students meet the growing business needs of their employers.

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