Business and Technology Management, B.S.

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

See Footnotes ¹⁴ and ¹⁵

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: EXPOS-UA 1 Writing the Essay .
2. Mandatory Humanities and Social Sciences Freshman Course Spring Semester: EXPOS-UA 2 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 PL 4052 Business Ethics  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):

• HI 3413 History of Intellectual Property in America
   
• PL 2003 Symbolic Logic
   
• PL 2103W Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society in China and India
   
• PL 2203 Philosophy of Technology
   
• PL 3203/W Philosophy of Technology: The Critique of Heidegger
   
• PL 3253/W Philosophy of Science
   
• PS 2613 Psychology of the Internet
   
• PS 2643 Creativity and Innovation
   
• PS 2663 Intelligence: Real and Artificial
   
• PS 3603 Psychology of Internet Security
   
• STS 2003/W Science, Technology, and Society
   
• STS 2113/W History and Philosophy of Internet Technology
   
• STS 2133W Perspectives on Science and Technology Reporting
   
• STS 2153 Addressing Public Policy Issues in the Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
   
• STS 2253/W Biology and Society
   
• STS 3003/W Seminar in Science and Technology Studies
   
• STS 3163 Science and Technology in the Literary Sphere
   

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

¹² HI 2103W  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 Fall13 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.