Stony Brook University Technology and Society

MS in Technology and Society

The M.S. in Technology and Society at SUNY Korea currently allows students to pursue one of two focus areas : Global Technology Management or Digital Technologies in Disaster Risk Reduction. This Masters degree from Stony Brook University includes a common core of 6 credits, a block of 15 credits specific to the concentration, and 9 credits of electives. There are two specializations :

Global Technology Management

This is a highly focused program that prepares students for a variety of positions related directly to managing the technical operations and process systems of global organizations. The goal of the program is to introduce students to modern technologies with an emphasis on teaching students how to use technology to conduct business, and how to apply emerging technologies to improve operations. It emphasizes learning analytical, diagnostic, and quantitative skills. It draws on courses in Engineering Management and Technology Systems Management from Stony Brook University.

• Required Courses - 6 Credits
  • EST 581 - Heuristics and Quantitative Decision-Making
  • EST 582 - Introduction to Systems Concepts
• Elective Courses - 24 Credits
  • EMP 502 - Engineering Economics
  • EMP 504 - Quantitative Methods in Management
  • EMP 506 - Strategic Technology Analysis
  • EMP 518 - Technology Projects
  • EMP 517 - Quality Value Management
  • EMP 521 - Developing New Technology Products
  • EMP 522 - Strategic Marketing:  Planning and Process
  • EMP 523 - International Business and Management
  • EMP 525 - Technology Assessment
  • EMP 530 - Introduction of Big Data and Data Science for Technological Management
  • EMP 531 - Data Mining for Technological Management
  • EMP 532 - Big Data Systems for Technological Management
  • EST 534 - The Lean Launch Pad
  • EST 558 - Digital Technologies in Disaster Risk Reduction
  • EST 559 - Mobile Technologies and Disaster Risk Reduction
  • EST 560 - Risk Assessment, Regulation, and Homeland Security
  • EST 561 - Sensing Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • EST 567 - The Internet, Social Networking and Collaborative Environments
  • EST 568 - Networked Communication Technologies
  • EST 569 - Technology in the City
  • EST 577 - Environmental Information Systems (EIS)
  • EST 580 - Advanced Technology Assessment : Business, Government and Strategy
  • EST 589 - Technology-Enhanced Decision Making
  • EST 592 - Sustainable Energy; Technologies, Systems, Markets, and Policy
  • EST 593 - Risk Assessment and Hazard Management
  • EST 691 - Seminar on Innovation, Invention and Diffusion]

Disaster Risk Reduction

This focus area centers on next generation networks and related digital technologies that can impact disaster risk reduction (DRR). They include, among others, next generation (currently LTE) public safety networks, satellites, robotics, the Internet of things, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality. Disaster risk reduction, as understood in this focus area, follows the Sendai Framework, adopted at a UN World Conference in 2015. Among its innovations, the framework shifts the focus from disaster loss to disaster risk, from disaster management to disaster risk management. It also broadens the scope of the effort to include slow-onset, man-made and bio hazards.

• ‍Required Courses - 6 Credits
  • EST 581 - Heuristics and Quantitative Decision-Making
  • EST 582 - Introduction to Systems Concepts