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M.S. Degree Program

Introducing Northeastern's Master's of Technological Entrepreneurship, the first proven program for innovators designed to address their six necessary learning experiences, specifically:

• Marketing and sales skills
• Creation of effective product positioning and messaging
• Collaborative product development utilizing external resources, customers and business partners
• Management of cross-disciplinary teams
• Financial management for high tech high growth companies
• Enterprise operations in a startup environment

Program Description
Successful technological entrepreneurs know how to relate to people with different types of knowledge and experience. One program goal is to teach the art of collaboration, which is key to turning new technology into marketable products and services.
This is the only truly interdisciplinary master’s degree program for technological entrepreneurship in the United States. In this program, you will:

• Work on projects in multidisciplinary teams to solve problems in integrating technological issues with business needs.
• Gain the ability to see both the technological issues and business issues from an integrative perspective.
• Learn how to be successful in creating businesses.
• Develop proof of concept for a technology/product, create a business plan for it and gain exposure to investors and professional services so that you can launch a business.

Admissions Criteria
Must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum 3.0 grade-point average, preferably in a science, computing, engineering, health science, business or social science major. GRE or GMAT scores are required of students graduating from a non-United States based undergraduate program. Students seeking admission who are already enrolled in another Northeastern graduate program will be judged on their performance in that program.

Students with undergraduate majors in science, computing, engineering, health fields, business and the social sciences are ideal candidates for this program. A key factor in admissions will be the student's ability to work and study in a technology-driven environment, irrespective of their prior coursework.

When evaluating the applicants, the admissions committee will consider the candidate's technical or business background and their interest in entrepreneurship. Applicants without a major in science, computing, engineering or a health field are expected to have a strong base in technology.

Degree Requirements
You will take 10, three-semester-hour courses and must maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average throughout the program. The program requires three semesters to complete.

Students are encouraged to take all of their courses for the master's degree in the School of Technological Entrepreneurship. The courses have been specifically developed for this interdisciplinary field. Unless specifically approved by committee, course credits from other colleges or universities will not be accepted.

The courses are:

Fall semester

• Innovation and Entrepreneurial Growth
• Measuring and Managing the Costs of Production and Growth
• Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneurial Marketing in High-Tech Industries
• Development Project (continues through the summer semester)

Spring semester

• Finance for Tech Based Entrepreneurial Firms
• Managing a Technology-Based Business
• The Technological Entrepreneur as Leader and Innovator
• Development Project (continued)

Summer semester

• Technology-Based Product Development Processes and Organization
• Strategic Entrepreneurship in a Technological Field
• Development Project (continued)

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Below are graphical respresentations of the course schedules. Each course is only offered once per year. Therefore, part-time students need to plan their schedules carefully. Two alternatives for part-time students are presented below, the first starting in the Fall Semester and the second for the student starting in the Spring Semester.

Below is the full-time schedule.

Part-time Schedule for student starting in the Fall Semester.

Part-time Schedule for student starting in the Spring Semester.