Master of Science in Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship*

This degree is designed to prepare students to become entrepreneurs, experts at legal aspects of technology transfer, or managers in new product development centers in high technology companies.   There is a special focus on learning a given technology or science at the graduate level plus the legal issues in commercializing technology as well fundamentals in new product management.  The approved plan of study includes Creating and Managing an Enterprise I, Business Implications of Emerging Technologies, and Commercializing Advanced technologies.  The capstone course is Creating and Managing an Enterprise II. Students admitted into this program from schools other than RPI need to take preparatory courses in Accounting and Finance. The four elective courses are from other departments in science and engineering in the Institute, and the remaining credits consist of these legal study courses, all of which are delivered on campus by the Albany Law School:

Contracts (2 credits)
Introduction to Intellectual Property (2 credits)
Law of Technology Transfer (2 credits)