College of Agriculture & Natural Resources│College of Engineering Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering

The Technology Systems Management (TSM) major is no longer offered. Effective Fall 2015 a TSM minor is being offered.

To apply for the Minor, contact Dr. Luke Reese at 517-353-3258, reesel@msu.edu or 103C Farrall Hall, 524 S. Shaw Lane.

https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/ProgramDetail.aspx?Program=TECHS_MNUN

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Undergraduate Programs
Minor in Technology Systems Management

The Minor in Technology Systems Management, which is administered by the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, serves students interested in technology for management decision support who are pursuing careers in agriculture and natural resources. The minor provides an opportunity to gain a working knowledge of technologies necessary to monitor and manage aspects of food, agriculture, and natural resource systems.

The minor is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in bachelor's degree programs at Michigan State University. With the approval of the department and college that administers the student's degree program, the courses that are used to satisfy the minor may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the bachelor's degree.

Students who plan to complete the requirements for the minor should consult an undergraduate advisor in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering to have their program of study approved in advance and in writing.

What is TSM?

The overall purpose of the Technology Systems Management (TSM) Minor is to provide students with an understanding of current and emerging technologies that support effective, efficient management decisions for agriculture and natural resources systems. The TSM Minor is a crosscutting minor providing broader employability opportunities for students primarily in agriculture and natural resources majors. Students completing the minor will have the ability to:

• identify current and emerging technologies that monitor, measure and analyze agriculture, food, natural resource and bioenergy systems, and
• manage identified technologies for agricultural and natural resource systems to support timely, effective management decisions that gain efficiency; reduce inputs, reduce carbon and water footprints and improve system sustainability.

Where will I apply the knowledge and skills that I develop in the TSM minor?

Students will learn to apply these technologies in a variety of application areas such as:

• Environmental Systems
• Food Technology
• Forest /Land Resource Management
• Homeland Security
• Precision Agriculture (GIS/GPS Applications)

What interests and skills will help to succeed in the minor?

An interest in applying science and technology to solving practical problems. You will develop skills and use your knowledge of electronics, controls, computing, business and information management to provide solutions to environmental, agricultural and natural resource management. If you are in high school, select courses in the physical and biological sciences, and take courses such as computer aided design (CAD) if you have the opportunity.

What courses can I take for the minor?

Download a TSM minor description and course selections sheet.