Program Curriculum
The Master of Science in Engineering Management online program consists of three semesters. Students enroll in 4 courses (12 credits) each semester. During the Fall and Spring, students will enroll in four 16-week courses. During the Summer, students will enroll in two 12-week courses. A total of 30 credit hours, including three components: the Engineering Management Core Courses (nine semester hours), Business Electives (nine semester hours) and Engineering Entrepreneurship Track (12 semester hours). Up to six semester hours of graduate credit may be transferred into the master’s program.
Elective Courses
Students in the Engineering Management program are required to take 3 courses (9 credit hours) to build an engineering management core foundation that includes topics in engineering quality management, systems improvement, engineering project management, intellectual property issues, and business laws. The 3 core courses are:
EIN 5226 Total Quality Management for Engineers Fundamentals of TQM and its historical development. Integration of QC and management tools, QFD, benchmarking, experimental design for scientific management.
ESI 6455 Advanced Engineering Project Management This course covers entire phases of project management including selection, planning, budgeting, scheduling, monitoring, and control. It focuses on the management of engineering projects through case studies and independent research assignment.
LAW 5072 Business Law and Intellectual Property for Engineers and Entrepreneurs Focused on the formation, governance, operation, and legal protection of businesses. Coverage includes contracts, malpractice, products liability, employment law, and intellectual property law.
Business Elective Courses
Students in the program are required to take 3 courses (9 credit hours) to gain fundamental knowledge about management functions that includes topics in accounting, finance, organizational behavior, leadership, marketing, and operations management. The suggested list of courses is given below:
ACG 6026 Accounting for Managers Presentation of the nature, techniques and uses of accounting from the perspective of people who manage businesses and investments in businesses. Covers both financial and management accounting.
FIN 6406 Corporate Finance In-depth examination of asset, liability and capital structure management, with emphasis on valuation capital budgeting techniques; risk evaluation; working capital management; and methods of short-term, intermediate and long-term financing.
MAN 6209 Organization Design and Behavior Covers how managers interact with organizations to accomplish complex tasks by examining how strategy, structure and systems interact with behavioral variables.
MAN 6830 Organization Information Systems Introduction to information systems and their role in organizations from a user’s viewpoint. Survey and application of the basic concepts necessary for understanding information systems. Study of the main activities in the development cycle used to acquire formation systems capability.
MAR 6805 Marketing Management in a Global Environment Analysis and application of theory and problem solving for marketing management in the global environment. Emphasis will be on the role of marketing in the organization; planning the marketing effort; management of the marketing organization; control of marketing operations; and evaluation of the marketing contribution.
MAN 6501 Operations Management This course covers analysis, design, and operations of organizational systems. The systems approach is used to provide a framework or general model of analysis, to which specific concepts, quantitative techniques, and tools can be related. The material presented has application to any organization of people and machines, including hospitals, governmental agencies, service organizations, and industrial concerns.
EIN 5359 Industrial Financial Decisions The use of financial techniques and data in planning, controlling and coordinating industrial activities. This course will familiarize the student with accounting concepts and analytical methods.
Engineering Entrepreneurship Track Courses
Students in this track are required to take four courses from Engineering Entrepreneurship course list. Additional courses may be selected with approval of the program director.
EGN 6436 Manufacturing Process Design Resources modeling, process plan modeling, and planning methodologies for process selection, operations selection, machining parameters selection, setup planning, and inspection planning.
EIN 5367 Design of Production Systems The design of an industrial enterprise including feasibility, plant layout, equipment specifications, auxiliary services, economics and scheduling.
EIN 6105 Technology Policies and Strategies Strategies and policies for managing all aspects of technology. Includes value chain integration, intellectual property, and internal processes and systems.
EIN 6160 Management of Innovation and Technology The course provides an integrated view of management of technology. The combination of theory and practice addresses the challenges of globalization, time compression, and technology integration.
EIN 6324 Technology Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial process, evaluation of technology, startup operations and strategy, business plans and venture capital, intellectual property and rights, growth and technology management.
EIN 6325 Business Plan Development This course deals with the critical decisions and action steps that entrepreneurs must make in both planning and executing a new venture. It also covers how to develop an effective written plan.
EIN 6327 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Initiation It covers critical factors of initiating new ventures: entrepreneurial networks, venture creation, strategies, evaluation, financing, legal considerations, market strategies, and feasibility analysis.
EIN 6329 Advanced Engineering Business Plan Development This course takes students through the process of writing a plan for a new business venture through to implementation. Heavy emphasis placed on research and case analysis.
EIN 6392 Product Design for Manufacturability and Automation Overview and integration of the design-material-manufacture process. Design considerations for manufacturability, assembly, and economical production. Concurrent engineering systems.
