|
|
Engineering Management Core Requirements
Core Requirements (18 Hours) |
*Pending Coordinating Board Approval
The following 18 hours of core requirements are required for both the thesis and capstone option. |
| 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 5230 |
Negotiation Strategies |
Prerequisite: Foundation courses. 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 5231 |
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) |
| *EMGT 5330 |
Service and Operations Management |
Prerequisite: 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) |
| 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) |
Elective Requirements |
|
*Pending Coordinating Board Approval
The master degree candidates with capstone option and thesis option must complete 9 hours of elective requirements and 6 hours of elective requirements, respectively. However, MGMT 5931 and SWEN 5230 cannot be included together. |
| EMGT 5131 |
Legal Issues in Engineering Management |
Prerequisite: 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 5331 |
Six-Sigma Quality |
Prerequisites: Six-Sigma Quality Prequisite: Foundation courses. This course will cover the knowledge areas of six sigma green belt. Topics include six sigma goal, lean principles, theory of constraints, design for six sigma, quality function deployment, process management, data and process analysis and design of experiments. (3 hours credit) |
| MGMT 5931 |
Research Topic in Management: Project Management |
Prerequisites: Research Topics In Mgmt Identified by specific title each time course is offered. |
| SENG 5230 |
Systems Engineering Economics |
Prerequisites: Systems Engineering Econ Engineering and economic fundamentals, issues and goals of SENG. Life and project cycles of systems, supersystems and subsystems. Trade-off studies involving cost-effectiveness analysis; multiple-goal decision analysis; and dealing with uncertainties, risk and the value of information. |
| SWEN 5230 |
Software Project Management |
Prerequisites: Software Project Management Prerequisite: CSCI 3133. Issues faced in management of large software development projects; estimation, planning execution, monitoring, evaluation and refinement. |
Capstone Option |
|
The Capstone enrollment is limited to candidates who have completed 18 hours of the EMGT core requirements and elective requirements and their prerequisites. Under the capstone option, the master degree candidates must complete 18 hours of core requirements and 9 hours of elective requirements. |
| 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 |
|
The following gives the rubric, course names, and credits for EMGT Thesis Option that consists of six (6) hours of thesis research in engineering management. The master degree candidacy must have the approval of the candidate's faculty advisor and the Dean of SCE. Under the thesis option, master degree candidates must complete 18 hours of core requirements and 6 hours of elective requirements. |
|
EMGT 6939 |
Master Thesis Research |
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 |
|
 |
|
