Science Instrumentat ion

Are you interested in advancing your career in

Science Instrumentat ion?

Science-related businesses rely on instruments and measurement techniques to advance corporate goals and there is a need for people who understand instrumentation, know how to implement measurement design strategies, and are familiar with transferable measurement techniques.

The Science Instrumentation Track incorporates coursework from a number of dif ferent scientif ic and engineering disciplines to ref lect the breadth of techniques used in research and development, and production.

21-Jul-2016

CurriculumThe Professional Master of Science and Technology Program consists of four parts, totaling 36 credit hours. Core Science courses are defined based on the focus area chosen; courses that develop Advanced Quantitative Skills and Transferable (Business) Skills complete the required course work. The program incorporates a Professional Experience (3 credits as an internship project) for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.

Advanced Quantitative Skills(9 or 10 credits)

MST 6500 Scientif ic Reasoning

MST 6600 Applied Statistical Techniques

AND one of the following courses:

PHYS 6720 Introduction to Computing in Physics

MATH 5740 Mathematical Modeling

Transferable Skills(9 credits)MST 6010 Effective Communication

MST 6011 Sustainable Business Practices

MST 6012 Accounting and Finance

MST 6020 Leadership and Management

MST 6021 Strategic Planning and Marketing

MST 6022 Production & Operations Management

Electives: 3 credits of graduate coursework from the David Eccles School of Business (contact program director for a list of transferable skil ls electives)

Scientific Instrumentation Track(14 or 15 credits)

Core Requirements:

PHYS 6770                 Optical Measurement

PHYS 6775*                Optical Measurement Lab

*The laboratory portion, PHYS 6775 (2 credits) can be taken along with the lecture (5 total credits) to fulf il l the laboratory component for the SI Track. Students registered for PHYS 6775 must be enrolled in PHYS 6770.

Course availability is subject to change. For a comprehensive list of courses and additional information about our program, please visit our website: http:/ / pmst.utah.edu

Core courses in the SI Track generally stress the following three stages of instrumentation:

Stage 1: Translation of physical quantit ies into electrical signals

Stage 2: Use of computers to acquire electrical signals and store the data

Stage 3: Use of data analysis tools to process and visualize the data

The following are examples of courses within our Science Instrumentation Track:

Physical Sensors

PHYS 6610 Electronics for SI

PHYS 6620 Data Acquisit ion for SI

Focus Area Core Courses:

Biomedical Sensors

BIOEN 6102 Bioinstrumentation Lecture

BIOEN 6302 Biomaterials

Analyt ical Chemistry

CHEM 7700 Anal. & Chemical Measurements I

CHEM 7710 Anal. & Chemical Measurements II

CH EN 6103 Biochemical Engineering

Micro/Nanotechnology

PHYS 5810 Nanoscience

ECE 5201 Phys. of Nano-Elec. & Rel. Devices

MSE 6071 Intro to NanoBio Tech. & Materials

Course availability is subject to change. For a comprehensive list of courses and additional information about our program, please visit our website: http:/ / pmst.utah.edu

Electives:

PHYS 5739 Scanning Electron Microscopy

PHYS 6730 Computational Physics 2

PHYS 6750 Applied Modern Optics I & II

MSE 6240 Principle of Trans. Electron Micro.

ECE 5202 Integrated Circuit Microfabrication

ECE 6221 Fund. of Micromachining Processes

ECE 6222 Biomedical App. of Micromachining

ECE 6225 Microsystems Design & Char.

ECE 6231 Microsensors

ECE 6232 Microsensors & Actuators Lab

CHEM 7020 Intro to Spectroscopy I

CHEM 7030 Intro to Spectroscopy II

CHEM 7270 Organic Spectroscopy I

CHEM 7280 Organic Spectroscopy II

CHEM 7720 Separations

CHEM 7730 Electrochemistry

CHEM 7770 Optical Spectroscopy

CHEM 7780 Surface Chemistry

BIOEN 6310 Physics of X-Ray/Ultrasound

BIOEN 6320 Physics of Nuclear Medicine/MRI

BIOEN 6460 Electrophysiology and Bioelectricity

BIOEN 7160 Physical Nature of Surfaces

BIOEN 7168 Proteins at Interfaces and Membranes

CH EN 6305 Air Pollution Control Engineering

CS 6630 Scientif ic Visualization

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Professional Science Master's are designed for students who are seeking a graduate degree in science or mathematics and understand the need for developing workplace skills valued by top employers.

A perfect f it for professionals because it allows you to pursue advanced training and excel in science or math without a Ph.D., while simultaneously developing highly-valued business skil ls.

The Sloan Foundation PSM init iative began in 1997 with grants to 14 research universit ies to support the founding of programs in the natural sciences and mathematics, followed by a targeted bioinformatics set of programs at another 12 research institutions. Concurrent with the effort by Sloan, Henry Riggs, the outgoing president of Harvey Mudd College, convinced the Keck Foundation to build an all-new master's-only graduate school designed to educate leaders for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare product and bioagricultural (biosciences) industries. The resulting Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), associated with the Claremont Colleges in California, enrolled its f irst class of twenty-eight students in August 2000.

In 2001, a Sloan grant to the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) extended the PSM init iative to master's-focused institutions, which award 40% of science/math master's degrees and where faculty are heavily invested in master's education. In 2002 CGS conducted a survey for the Ford Foundation that indicated a trend toward professionalization of master's degrees offered by social sciences and humanities departments at both doctoral-focused and master's-focused institutions. As a result, the Ford Foundation funded a CGS proposal to promote the development of Professional Masters (PMA) programs in the humanities and social sciences.

In January 2006, the Council of Graduate Schools assumed primary responsibil ity for supporting and expanding the Sloan Professional Science Master?s (PSM) Init iative, with the goal of making it a regular feature of U.S. graduate education. Learn about the CGS init iative to institutionalize the PSM Degree.

The Professional Science Master (PSM) program aff il iation is administered by the PSM National Off ice. The national off ice implements a peer-review, external review committee process to ensure that the guidelines are met and aff il iated programs maintain professional standards. This quality assurance mechanism is sustained by a revolving group of volunteer experts. Reviewers are PSM program directors, industry representatives, and PSM administrators.