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Engineering Management Core Requirements

Core Requirements (24 Hours)
EMGT 5130	New Business Development	Prerequisite: Foundation courses. The course concentrates on: proposal writing; how to write an executive summary; proposal management; proposal process & procedures; proposal training; oral proposal presentations; government contracting and; request for proposals (RFP). (3 hours credit)
EMGT 5131	Legal Issues in Engineering Management	Prerequisite: Foundation courses. This course will provide an overview of warranty law, deceptive trade practices law, product liability, and class action concepts. Class discussions will focus on legal considerations for engineering managers, risk assessment, and the expense and adverse impact of litigation. (3 hours credit)
EMGT 5231	System Engineering Management Planning	Prerequisite: Foundation courses. This course offers the engineering management planning, design, and implements systems concepts that are involved with government contracting. The course focuses on the production of a system engineering management plan. (3 hours credit)
MGMT 5032	Human Behavior in Organizations	Prerequisite: Foundation courses. This course will educate the student to better understand human behavior in organization behavioral problems associated with innovation, resistance to change and the development of complex organizations and administrative processes. (3 hours credit)
MGMT 5636	Management of Technology	Prerequisite: MGMT 5032 or equivalent. This course is designed to introduce the broad range of topics and issues involved in the management of technology and technological innovation. The course will include discussions of science and technology development, technological innovation, and technology transition. Additional topics will be organizing for and leading technological innovation, business implications of new technologies, and incorporating technological change into company structure and strategy. (3 hours credit)
MGMT 5638	Managing Technical and Professional People	Prerequisite: MGMT 5032 or equivalent. This course discusses issues in managing and leading scientists, engineers, and other technical professionals. It provides ideas on the most effective methods for increasing individual invention and organization innovation. Topics include motivation, leadership, technical communication, career development, group dynamics, and organizational design. (3 hours credit)
SWEN 5230	Software Project Management	Prerequisite: CSCI 3133. This course will educate the student to better understand issues faced in management of large software development projects; estimation, planning execution, monitoring, evaluation and refinement. (3 hours credit)
SENG 5230	Systems Engineering Economics	Prerequisite: Foundation courses. This course will educate the student to better understand engineering and economic fundamentals, issues and goals of SENG. The student will study life and project cycles of systems, super systems, and subsystems. The student will perform trade-off studies involving cost-effectiveness analysis; multiple-goal decision analysis; and dealing with uncertainties, risk and the value of information. (3 hours credit)

Capstone Option
The Capstone enrollment is limited to candidates who have completed 18 hours of the EMGT core courses and their prerequisites.
EMGT 5230	Negotiation Strategies	Prerequisite: Foundation courses: This course will educate the student to better understand the behavior of individuals, groups, and organizations in the context of competitive situations. Students develop negotiation skills experientially and understand negotiation in useful analytical frameworks. (3 hours credit)
EMGT 6837	Engineering Management Capstone Project	Prerequisites: At least 18 hours of graduate work in EMGT. Students will be grouped into teams to undertake a software project utilizing the tools, techniques and skills acquired during their previous course work. Each team will be assigned to a client and will interact with that client to establish requirements, agree upon a design and achieve a successful acceptance test of the resulting software system. Teams will meet on a weekly basis with their faculty mentor to discuss progress. (3 hours credit)


Thesis Option
EMGT 6939	Master Thesis Research in Engineering Management	Prerequisites: Master's degree candidacy and approval of Adviser and Dean of SCE. (6 hours credit)

The Engineering Management degree is composed of 24 hours of required courses. The following table gives the rubric, course names, SCH, and Clock Hours for EMGT “Category One Capstone Option” consists of three (3) hours of capstone project and one three (3) hour elective.

Category One Capstone Option		SCH	Clock Hours
Required Courses
EMGT 5130	New Business Development	3	45
EMGT 5131	Legal Issues in Engineering Management	3	45
EMGT 5231	Engineering Management Planning	3	45
MGMT 5032	Human Behavior in Organizations	3	45
MGMT 5636	Management of Technology	3	45
MGMT 5638	Managing Technical and Professional People	3	45
SWEN 5230	Software Project Management	3	45
SENG 5230	Systems Engineering Economics	3	45

Prescribed Electives
EMGT 6837	Engineering Management Capstone Project	3	45

Free Electives
EMGT 5230	Negotiation Strategies	3	45
Total		30	450

The following table gives the rubric, course names, SCH, and Clock Hours for EMGT “Category Two Thesis Option” consists of six (6) hours of thesis research in engineering management.

Category Two Thesis Option		SCH	Clock Hours
Required Courses
EMGT 5130	New Business Development	3	45
EMGT 5131	Legal Issues in Engineering Management	3	45
EMGT 5231	Engineering Management Planning	3	45
MGMT 5032	Human Behavior in Organizations	3	45
MGMT 5636	Management of Technology	3	45
MGMT 5638	Managing Technical and Professional People	3	45
SWEN 5230	Software Project Management	3	45
SENG 5230	Systems Engineering Economics	3	45

Prescribed Electives
EMGT 6839	Master Thesis Research in Engineering Management	6	90
Total		30	450