Technology and Information Management (TIM) is a rigorous, challenging major for those students wanting to pursue careers in the management of information and technology. TIM students will receive a thorough grounding in the fundamental principles and practices of technology (in particular, computer science and computer engineering) and management, and the scientific, mathematics, and economics principles upon which they are built. In particular, they will become proficient in the following areas: strategy, planning, innovation, entrepreneurship, information technology, software design, product development, and supply-chain management.

The essence of the technology and information management major at the University of California, Santa Cruz is the integration of fundamental intellectual content from the disciplines of computer science, computer engineering, business management economics, and finance. TIM students learn how to apply the fundamentals of these diverse disciplines to solving problems that require the integration of management and technology, e.g., developing information technology systems to manage all activities and operations in a firm, e-commerce, managing and commercializing a new technology, and starting a new high-technology company.

To graduate with a B.S. in technology and information management, students normally complete 26 required courses (with two laboratories, totaling 133 quarter credits) plus three elective courses (15 quarter credits) for the technology and information management major program. Honors students are likely to find the rigorous management and leadership elements of the program of significant interest. Industrial interactions and projects are key features of this major.

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A technology and information management student completing the program will:

✔ learn the fundamentals of the three core areas—mathematics, economics, and engineering—necessary to analyze and solve complex problems in technology and information management.

✔ develop the ability to apply mathematics, economics, and engineering to fundamental issues and problems in TIM.

✔ develop the ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex real-world problems in the two key multi-disciplinary domains of technology and information management: management of technology (MOT) or management science and engineering (MSE); and technology of management (TOM) or information science and engineering (ISE).

✔ be able to communicate effectively in written form in papers and project reports related to TIM.