2011-2013 Catalog (without addenda) 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2011-2013 Catalog (without addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business and Technology Management, B.S.


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Typical Course of Study for the Bachelor of Science in Business and Technology Management


See Footnotes 14 and 15

Freshman Year


Fall Semester: 15 Credits


Spring Semester: 13 Credits


Sophomore Year


See Footnotes 11

Fall Semester: 18 Credits


Junior Year


See Footnotes 11

Fall Semester: 16 Credits


Spring Semester: 17 Credits


Senior Year


See Footnotes 11

Fall Semester: 16 Credits


Spring Semester: 17 Credits


Total credits required for graduation: 128


Footnotes


1 Students who are placed by placement examination or by an adviser into MA 954 Precalculus B  or MA 914 Precalculus  must defer registration for calculus. Upon successful completion of these courses students may then register for MA 1054 . Precalculus courses are developmental math courses and no credit is given towards graduation. Consult Department of Mathematics for latest information.

2 Follow latest NYU-Poly Humanities and Social Sciences requirements. See subset below, subject to correction or change to adhere to latest NYU-Poly TCS Department regulations:

  1. Mandatory Humanities and Social Sciences Freshman Course Fall Semester: EW 1013 Writing the Essay .
  2. Mandatory Humanities and Social Sciences Freshman Course Spring Semester: EW 1023 The Advanced College Essay .
  3. Humanities and Social Sciences Elective Requirement (six courses, 18 credits): Six 3cr courses chosen from any of the three Humanities and Social Sciences clusters (CAM/STS/SEG).
  4. Writing-Intensive Humanities and Social Sciences Elective Requirement: At least one of the six Humanities and Social Sciences electives must be a writing-intensive course labeled by “W.” This Writing-Intensive Requirement will be phased in over a 5 year period. If this course is not available please contact TCS and receive permission to take another Humanities and Social Sciences course.

3 Approved science electives are CM 1004 , CM 1014 , CM 1024 , BMS 1004 , Calculus-based physics: PH 1013 , PH 2021  and PH 2023 , PH 2031  and PH 2033  and noncalculus-based 3-credit Physics courses; PH 1213  and PH 1223 . Note: EG 1003  is NOT an approved as science elective for BTM.

4 PL 2143 Ethics and Technology  replaces previous

  and is mandatory for all BTM majors.

5 Restricted Electives are courses in math, science, Humanities and Social Sciences ONLY. Restricted elective Humanities and Social Sciences courses follow the 3 credit Humanities and Social Sciences electives.

6 Students with a 3.6 GPA or better in major at the end of junior year may substitute MG 4514 Honors Capstone Project in Technology, Innovation and/or Information Management and Entrepreneurship I  (4 credits) or the MG 4904 BS Thesis in Business and Technology Management  for MG 4404 . They may also substitute MG 4524 Honors Capstone Project in Technology, Innovation and/or Information Management Or Entrepreneurship II  (4 credits) or the MG 4904 BS Thesis in Business and Technology Management  for MG 4204 . The MG 4904 BS Thesis in Business and Technology Management  may take longer than 1 semester to complete and students must follow all NYU-Poly thesis guidelines.

7 Technical Electives can be chosen from computer science, engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, bio-molecular sciences, digital media and undergraduate finance courses from the Department of Finance and Risk Engineering. Technical Electives do not count towards the General Education requirements.

8 The Humanities and Social Sciences5 BTM Mandatory Technology Subset (previously called the Liberal Arts Elective) can ONLY be fulfilled by any ONE of the following 3-credit Humanities and Social Sciences Cluster 2 Science, Technology and Society (STS) courses listed below (with or without a “W” - Writing Intensive - designation):

Please note that the above Humanities and Social Sciences electives may also be used as normal Humanities and Social Sciences electives in BTM.

9 MG 2104 Organizational Behavior  is a BTM requirement and does not count as a Humanities and Social Sciences course.

10 Students must select a BS-BTM Concentration by the end of the fall semester of the junior year. Current BS-BTM Concentrations: Technology Innovation and Strategy Concentration (Strat. Concent.) and Technology and Innovation in Finance Concentration (Fin. Concent.).

11 BTM students have several internship options. They may register for MG 4603 Technology Management—Internship and Service  for 3 credits for one semester only and as per the stipulations described in the BTM course description section. Also, students may register for

  and  , both provided by the Career Management Center. Internships generally run for 2 to 3 months the first year of study. No credit is offered towards the BS BTM degree for MG 4603  or for the above CP courses, but they all shall appear on the NYU-Poly transcript.

12

  found previously here as a Humanities and Social Sciences mandatory course is no longer a requirement and is replaced by a Humanities and Social Sciences elective (Humanities and Social Sciences3 CAM/STS/SEG Elec).

13 MA 2054  may be substituted with MA 2212  (Data Analysis I) together with MA 2222  (Data Analysis II), for 4 total credits, only with the pre-approvals from the BTM Program Director and the Mathematics Department.

14 Grandfathering rules may apply.

15 This chart is for incoming Fall09 BTM Freshman and onwards.

Note: THIS CHART IS ALSO USED FOR ADVISEMENT AND BS BTM DEGREE REQUIREMENT AUDIT CHECKLIST. ALL INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO REVISION.

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