Program: Engineering Technology, Engineering Technology Concentration, M.S. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 05, 2025

2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

Saleh Sbenaty, Program Director
(615) 898-2966
Saleh.Sbenaty@mtsu.edu

The Department of Engineering Technology offers the Master of Science degree in Engineering Technology with concentrations in Engineering Technology as well as Occupational Health and Safety and thesis and non-thesis options. The department also offers courses in the Master of Science in Professional Science concentration in Engineering Management.

Under the Engineering Technology concentration, the degree requires the student to select courses, as approved by the graduate advisor, that provide the student with a technical area of specialty or a minor in another department. Currently, typical technical areas include computer systems and networking, mechatronics, robotics, energy harvesting, renewable energy sources and technologies, instrumentation and control, analog and digital electronics, automation, machine design, manufacturing, quality control, and optimization. Other technical areas or a minor can be designed to meet the student’s individual needs if approved by the graduate advisor.

Please see undergraduate catalog for information regarding undergraduate programs.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the Master of Science in Engineering Technology with a concentration in Engineering Technology requires an earned bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.

Application Procedures

All application materials are to be submitted to the College of Graduate Studies.

Applicant must

submit an application with the appropriate application fee (online at www.mtsu.edu/graduate/apply.php). Once this initial application has been accepted, the applicant will receive directions on how to enter the graduate portal to be able to submit other materials.
submit official transcripts of all previous college work.

Degree Requirements

The Master of Science in Engineering Technology with a concentration in Engineering Technology requires completion of 30-36 semester hours (thesis option), with at least 21 hours at the 6000 level. The non-thesis option requires completion of 36 hours, with at least 26 hours at the 6000 level.

Students are expected to have completed 3 semester hours of an approved research tool at the undergraduate or graduate level. Students not meeting this requirement will be expected to complete it as part of their program of study.

Students in the thesis option must complete and successfully defend a thesis (3-9 hours).

Students following the non-thesis option must successfully complete the research project within the required ET 6190 Six Sigma course, complete a report on the project, and present the results.

Curriculum: Engineering Technology, Engineering Technology

The following illustrates the minimum coursework requirements. In addition, a maximum of 9 hours of thesis research (thesis option) may be required to fulfill degree requirements.