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Technology Leadership Postbaccalaureate Certificate

Technological Leadership Institute
College of Science and Engineering
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Technological Leadership Institute, University of Minnesota, 290 McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455 (612-624-5474; fax: 612-624-7510)
Email: tli-info@umn.edu
Website: https://cse.umn.edu/tli
  • Program Type: Post-baccalaureate credit certificate/licensure/endorsement
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2023
  • Length of program in credits: 12
  • This program does not require summer semesters for timely completion.
  • Degree: Technology Leadership Pbacc Certificate
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the General Information section of this website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Technology Leadership is designed to provide technology industry professionals with critical competencies in personal leadership, organizational development, business and future technologies, and growth of leadership roles in technology organizations. The required coursework covers these core competencies that have been identified as driving success in a technology leader, and elective credits allow students to tailor the experience to their specific technical profession. Coursework from the Certificate can be applied to master's degrees in the Technological Leadership Institute upon admission and with program approval.
Program Delivery
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
  • partially online (between 50% to 80% of instruction is online)
Prerequisites for Admission
A bachelor's degree in business, engineering, mathematics, or the sciences.
Special Application Requirements:
Applications accepted on a rolling basis for start in fall semester.
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
  • TOEFL
    • Internet Based - Total Score: 79
  • IELTS
    • Total Score: 6.5
Key to test abbreviations (TOEFL, IELTS).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the General Information section of this website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 2.80 is required for students to remain in good standing.
Required Coursework (8 credits)
Complete the following courses:
MOT 5010 - Enhancing Technology Leadership Skills (2.0 cr)
MOT 5011 - Creating a High Performing Technology Organization (2.0 cr)
MOT 5012 - Understanding Technology of the Future (2.0 cr)
MOT 5013 - Leading the Business of Technology (2.0 cr)
Electives (4 credits)
Select a minimum of 4 credits in consultation with the advisor. Other courses may be selected with director of graduate studies approval.
MDI 5008 - Quality, Regulatory and Operations Management (3.0 cr)
MOT 8212 - Developing New Technology Products and Services (2.0 cr)
MOT 8218 - Digital Transformation (1.0 cr)
MOT 8221 - Project and Knowledge Management (1.5 cr)
MOT 8232 - Managing Technological Innovation (2.0 cr)
MOT 8920 - Science and Technology Policy (1.5 cr)
MOT 8940 - Managing Intellectual Property (1.0 cr)
MOT 8960 - Seminars in Management of Technology (MOT) and Innovation (1.0 cr)
ST 8109 - Cybersecurity Foundations - Technology, Risk & Communication (2.0 cr)
ST 8113 - Information and Cyber Security (2.0 cr)
ST 8220 - Vulnerability, Risk and Threat Assessment and Management (2.5 cr)
ST 8330 - Critical Infrastructure Protection (2.5 cr)
 
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MOT 5010 - Enhancing Technology Leadership Skills
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
This course focuses on preparing students to be leaders in the technology industry ? with a focus on understanding their personal values, emotional intelligence strengths and challenges, business and technical communication, persuasion, personal management, and impact. Critically important to success is demonstrating executive presence and gravitas when dealing with all levels of the organization ? staff, leaders, and customers. Organizations, team responsibilities, and roles are constantly evolving, and it is up to savvy technology leaders to be future-focused ? anticipating and understanding what the organization needs today ? and what it will need to grow, and change driven by the business strategies. A technology leader must be a strategic thought leader, a catalyst for change, and think through innovative and values-driven strategies for their work and their organizations.
MOT 5011 - Creating a High Performing Technology Organization
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
This course will provide the student with a blueprint for creating and maintaining a technical workforce that is high-performing and diverse, helping students become technical leaders that can effectively lead a transformation to support business strategies. This course will provide the tools and context to ensure the technology leader is creating and sustaining a culture of innovation, accountability, and creativity.
MOT 5012 - Understanding Technology of the Future
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course is designed to give students knowledge and skills necessary to be successful technology leaders in a variety of business settings and industries. Technology leadership begins with the understanding of what new and innovative technologies are being developed around them. But it is also important for leaders to be able to understand if those technologies are relevant and important for their business. Technology leaders need to work collaboratively with other business leaders to ensure new technologies are grounded in business strategies and understand what the company can leverage
MOT 5013 - Leading the Business of Technology
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course is designed for people with a basic understanding of business principles in a technical setting and are looking to progress toward being a technology leader. This course will bring together knowledge and skills necessary to be a leader in budget, legal, pricing, marketing, and finance facets, strategies, and formulation, and consider portfolio management and business governance on a foundational level. There will be lecture and hands-on components.
MDI 5008 - Quality, Regulatory and Operations Management
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Course provides students with understanding of the global regulatory environment in which the medical device industry operates. Students gain a fundamental understanding of critical quality systems regulations including ISO13485/ISO14971 and their relationship to the FDA's cGMP regulations. Students gain practical experience using tools that are essential to both product development and continuation/sustaining engineering including; design control procedures, FMEA, verification and validation, internal and external (supplier) management and audit methods. prereq: MDI graduate student only
MOT 8212 - Developing New Technology Products and Services
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Structured approach based on engineering principles for developing new products, including hardware, software, solutions, and services. The course covers all aspects of new offering developments including customer needs identification, idea generation, technology development, project execution, productization, and commercialization. Key topics covered include design thinking; stage-gate, waterfall, and agile development processes; metrics and tools for lean-agile execution; ideation and idea funnel management; road mapping and open innovation; and project portfolio management. prereq: Grad MOT major
MOT 8218 - Digital Transformation
Credits: 1.0 [max 1.5]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Effective methods to transform into a digital organization. Examines how a highly intentional collaboration between technology and business leaders can identify what being digital means for a company and where it is on the digital maturity continuum. Discusses pragmatic digital transformation journeys grounded in firms' experiences. Digital transformation topics discussed include machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, data science, and software/platform-as-a-service. prereq Grad MOT major.
MOT 8221 - Project and Knowledge Management
Credits: 1.5 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Effective project management principles to support both core operations and innovation growth. Emphasizes practical application for effective planning and execution of complex engineering and technology projects. Leading program management methodologies covered including Project Management Professional requirements, Six Sigma, Lean, and Design for Six Sigma. Knowledge management features frameworks for evaluating knowledge assets as well as for knowledge transfer in technology organizations. prereq: Grad MOT major
MOT 8232 - Managing Technological Innovation
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Understanding innovation's role as the primary driver of business success. Critical analysis of innovation drivers: building organizations for sustained innovation, digital and large-scale transformation, bringing ideas to market in existing businesses and new ventures, and measuring and enhancing the innovation ecosystem. Engineering approaches for reducing risk for high-impact innovation. prereq: Grad MOT major.
MOT 8920 - Science and Technology Policy
Credits: 1.5 [max 1.5]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Overview of the role of government and the influence of companies and individuals related to science and technology policy. Reviews and evaluates current and proposed regional, national, and global technology-related public policies. Emphasis on rigorous, systematic principles for navigating the policy landscape, such as the Bardach framework. prereq: MOT grad student
MOT 8940 - Managing Intellectual Property
Credits: 1.0 [max 0.5]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Managing technology by protecting intellectual property rights. Analyzes various intellectual property areas?patents, copyrights, trade secrets, publications, etc.?and the protection afforded by each. Leverages protection strategies based on company culture, market pace, and technology maturity. Case studies and discussions centered around high-tech companies, including in the information technology, manufacturing, consumer goods, and electronics industry sectors. prereq: MOT grad student
MOT 8960 - Seminars in Management of Technology (MOT) and Innovation
Credits: 1.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: S-N only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Guest lectures and panels featuring technology leaders from the private and public sectors. Focuses on experiential learnings from breakthrough innovation; entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship; emerging technologies and markets; technology, business, and policy interplays; and the regional high-tech ecosystem. Guest lecturers have included Chief Technology Officers, Vice Presidents of Engineering, and CEOs of emerging-technology startups. prereq: MOT grad major
ST 8109 - Cybersecurity Foundations - Technology, Risk & Communication
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Explore cyber security risks through evaluation of consumer driven technology concepts and their applicability to enterprise. Core technology concepts that face both consumers and businesses. How technology works, how to understand and communicate risks to business management, deliver actionable risk mitigation approaches. Security standards and benchmarks that guide industry. This course is also open to non-ST graduate students and non-degree graduate students who may register with permission/consent from the ST program. (DGS, DGSA or teaching faculty.)
ST 8113 - Information and Cyber Security
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Existing and emerging IT, cyber, communication networks, and coordination activities during emergencies. Technological and policy issues for the need to share information through the use of interoperable technologies and to rapidly collect and synthesize data in real time in order to achieve critical national security. In addition to MSST grad students this course is also open to non-ST graduate students and non-degree graduate students who may register with permission/consent from the ST program (DGS, DGSA or teaching faculty).
ST 8220 - Vulnerability, Risk and Threat Assessment and Management
Credits: 2.5 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Principles, methods, and practices of threat and vulnerability assessment/risk reduction. Integration of risk assessment and management principles into strategic planning/decision-making. Case studies. Examples of risk assessment/management. prereq: Admitted to MSST grad program
ST 8330 - Critical Infrastructure Protection
Credits: 2.5 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Systems risk analysis, engineering, economics, and public policy. Investigate infrastructure security/support design and management of complex civil infrastructure systems. Systems' vulnerability assessment, asset and risk management, investigation of infrastructure interdependencies and couplings, along with judicious analyses of policies. Contribution of science and technology to strategically enhance security/quality of life. prereq: MSST grad student