MSEM Course Descriptions
Component | Courses | Credit Hours |
Engineering Courses |
ENGR6200: Statistical Inference for Engineers | 3 |
EMGT6100: Introduction to Engineering Management | 3 | |
EMGT6210: Project Management I | 3 | |
EMGT6220: Project Management II | 3 | |
EMGT6230: Project Management III | 3 | |
EMGT6300: Decision Analysis | 3 | |
EMGT6900: Professional Project | 3 |
Component | Courses | Credit Hours |
Business Courses |
ACCT6010: Accounting Information for Management Decisions | 3 |
FIN6020: Financial Management | 3 | |
MKT6100: Strategic Marketing | 3 | |
BMGT6200: Organizational Leadership | 3 |
Total credit hours for degree |
33 |
Courses | Description |
ACCT6010 | Analysis, interpretation, and use of accounting information by managers in directing the operations of organizations. |
BMGT6200 | An examination of behavioral concepts required for effective leadership within business organizations. |
FIN6020 | A case study course surveying tools, techniques, and applications of business financial management. |
MKT6100 | Strategic marketing issues and opportunities that impact both the marketing process and marketing program. Decisions will also consider environmental variables as well as the internal elements of an organization. |
ENGR6200 | Updated description coming soon. |
EMGT6100 | Broad introduction to engineering management fundamentals as applied to scientific or technological organizations, including discipline definitions, management and leadership principles, basic organization structures, project management practices, and ethical decisions. |
EMGT6210 | Comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of project management as applied to scientific or technological organizations; including project planning, organizing, staffing, scheduling, budgeting and controlling. |
EMGT6220 | Building on EMGT 6210, this course examines the relationship between a project and its procurement and implementation, including RFPs, proposals, contracts, project charter, bridging documents, and issues of quality and integrity. Emphasis is also placed on external topics that impact project management including business development, relationship management, and negotiation. |
EMGT6230 | Advanced understanding and application of system-wide tools for the management of large scale, technical projects. Topics include systems engineering, risk management, and change management understanding and techniques to aide in the top-level planning and control of technical projects. |
EMGT6300 | The course will focus on complex decisions that involve tradeoffs among objectives or are made in the face of uncertainty. Topics include the nature of decision-making; tools for framing and analyzing hard decisions; risk and uncertainty in decision-making; the value of information; and ethical decision- making. |
EMGT6900 | The Professional Project is the capstone course for the Master of Science in Engineering Management degree, serving as the integrative culmination of the degree program. |