TME Courses
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3 credit hours (Core Course) |
Entrepreneurial Finance An introduction to fundamentals of finance in new ventures and/or high growth technology-driven businesses. Students will learn how to interpret and analyze financial statements and develop pro forma financial statements. The course will enable students to enhance their knowledge of sound principles of finance and alternative sources of finance. Students will learn about venture capital financing and initial public offerings (IPO) and the role they play in financing high growth, high tech businesses. Students will also develop skills in financing negotiations. |
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3 credit hours (Core Course) |
Business Planning & Strategy in an Entrepreneurial Environment An introduction to business planning and strategy concepts in start-up and early stage technology-driven businesses. The course addresses a wide spectrum of functional activities in a dynamic business enterprise inducing finance, operations, human resource management, change management, sales/marketing, and customer relationship management. Business analysis, communication, and planning skills are developed and students are introduced to shifting business paradigms in the global, digital economy. |
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3 credit hours (Core Course) |
Quality Management This course is designed to prepare participants for the management practices which they might expect to encounter in a progressive organization. Many of these practices involve the standardization and continuous improvement of business processes. The course explores implementation and maintenance techniques for ISO 9000, the international standard on quality management. It also focuses on the use of continuous improvement and Statistical Process Control (SPC) concepts, which lead to fundamentally new ways of thinking about innovation and problem solving. |
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3 credit hours (Core Course) |
Managing Engineering & Information Technology Projects The future of most organizations depends on successful projects. The participants will gain an understanding of the principles of project management including organizing, planning, scheduling and controlling projects to achieve a set of objectives. The course will enhance knowledge and skills of project managers in such topics as people management skills, management skills, managing project risks, controlling project changes and systems thinking. Emphasis is placed on technology-intensive projects which tend to have a high degree of specialized human resources, skills/knowledge requirements. |
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3 credit hours (Core Course) |
Technological Creativity & Innovation An introduction to technological entrepreneurship from two perspectives: creativity (the production of new technology-based business ideas/opportunities by entrepreneurs) and innovation (the implementation of those ideas). Students will be presented entrepreneurship as a a career alternative, the entrepreneurial process, creativity and its components, management of creativity and innovation in organizations, evaluation of entrepreneurial opportunities and linkages between entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation. Students generate venture ideas, evaluate the feasibility, pitch th merits, and create a business plan they they defend in a contest. The course is particularly aimed at students who aspire to launch their own start-up, those who would like to investigate start-up as a career option, or those who wish to familiarize themselves with the concepts, issues, and techniques of new venture creation and entrepreneurship to better prepare for the changing business environment. |
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3 credit hours (Core Course) |
Technological Risk & Opportunity A continuation of TME 3413 from the previous term, this course focuses on mature an emerging technologies and the entrepreneurial opportunities arising from these technologies. Topics include evolution of technology-intensive sectors, assessment of technological risk from an entrepreneurial perspective and the economic and social impacts of technology on society. Prerequisite: TME 3413 |
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3 credit hours (Elective Course) |
Introduction to Technology Management & Entrepreneurship In today’s tech-savvy businesses innovation and creative problem solving are more important than ever for success. This course will give you real tools to harness your own creative potential. You’ll learn that creativity is not a genetic gift that may or may not have been bestowed upon you, it is an endless renewable resource that you can tap into at any time. You’ll learn what some of the latest research has to say about what creativity is, where it comes from, what influences it, and how to get more of it. You’re bound to learn something about yourself in this course, but you’ll also come away with invaluable knowledge and tools that will help you manage creative, technology-focused teams. It has been said that today's education systems tend to beat the creativity out of students. Take back what you were born with! Take back what will help you succeed in your career and in life! |
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3 credit hours (Elective Course) |
Marketing of Technological Goods & Services Provides an introduction to the marketing of technology, focused on industrial goods and services. Includes essentials of marketing, such as product development, promotional design, distribution, pricing/budgeting determination, strategic analysis, communication skills, client/customer relations, and considerations for the small business environment. |
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3 credit hours (Elective Course) |
Experiential Learning in Technology Management & Entrepreneurship An opportunity for experiential learning related to the management of technology and/or technological entrepreneurship. Students must propose, design, develop and implement a project in collaboration with an external organization. The project must be jointly supervised by a representative of the external organization and a designated faculty member. Additional prerequisite: normally 6 credit hours of TME courses and approval by the Dr. J. Herbert Smith Chair of the project proposal (to be submitted by the student prior to registration in the course). |
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8 credit hours |
Product Design and Development Full-year Product Design and Development course (fall and winter of same academic year) which may be taken in place of the final-year design course in most engineering program. The cornerstone is a project in which teams of 4 or 5 students conceive, design and prototype a product. The proposed solution would use modern tools and methods for product design and development, and should meet a broad range of constraints including health and safety, sustainable development and environmental stewardship. Weekly class sessions are conducted in lecture or workshop mode and employ cases and hands-on exercises to reinforce the key ideas. Topics include identifying customer needs, concept generation, product architecture, industrial design, and design-for-manufacturing. Prerequisites: Restricted to students who have met the requirements of the capstone design course in their engineering program, and have received approval from both their degree program coordinator and the TME program Chair. Note: TME 5025 is an 8 ch course and if the final-year design course in your program is worth less than 8 ch, the additional credit hours may not be used to meet degree requirements. Please consult your degree program coordinator for the position of your Department on this issue. |
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3 credit hours (Graduate Course) |
Quality Management Quality Management as a field has been migrating towards managing for performance excellence, creating an environment for sustainable process improvement. Success in the field requires the integration of Strategic positioning, process improvement methods (lean principles with six-sigma methods) and the ability to engage people in leading change. Course materials will address the following objectives: 1) to understand the principles and philosophies; 2) to provide grounding in the concept of a formal management system; 3) to provide a diverse set of tools that should be helpful in overcoming some of the more challenging hurdles you are likely to encounter. |
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3 credit hours (Graduate Course) |
Managing Engineering & IT Projects The future of most organizations depends on successful projects. Participants in this one-week intensive project management course will gain an understanding of the principles of project management including organizing, planning, scheduling and controlling projects to achieve a set of objectives. The course will enhance knowledge and skills of project managers in such topics as managing project teams, managing project risks, controlling project changes and managing stakeholders’ expectations. Emphasis is placed on technology-intensive projects that tend to have a high degree of specialized human resources skills/knowledge requirements. |
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3 credit hours (Graduate Course) |
Technological Entrepreneurship Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Ventures New venture creation involves a lot of issues, in particular refining the opportunity, forming a team, and obtaining resources whether bank loans, angel investments or venture capital. It requires sharp thinking, creativity, and drive to bring all the functional areas of business together in order to commercialize a business opportunity and turn it into a successful venture. The course is targeted at various student audiences. Firstly, at those who are seriously contemplating starting a business themselves in the near future or distant future. Secondly, at those who imagine themselves working on new business development projects in larger organizations. Thirdly, at those who will be interacting with entrepreneurs, such as angel investors, venture capitalists, consultants, or counsellors. And lastly, for anyone who wishes to sharpen their business skills in this capstone course that brings it all together. |
