PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR THE MASTER OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT DEGREE

The Engineering Management program, a one-year master’s degree plan consisting of 30 semester credit hours, is designed for all engineers on management career paths as well as for those charged with managing technology in engineering, manufacturing, and other high-tech organizations.  The master’s degree program will also benefit engineers pursuing licensure in states where candidates for professional licensure are required to have an additional 30 semester credit hours of coursework beyond the bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree in engineering. The curriculum consists of courses offered by the ASU College of Engineering and the ASU College of Business. 

Specific program outcomes are listed below.  Program graduates will have:

1.    A basic understanding of business accounting, finance, management, information systems, marketing, and law, and an ability to apply this knowledge in engineering and technology administration;

2.    An ability to organize, plan, make decisions, implement controlling actions, and measure results related to human resources and capital aspects of engineering management;

3.    An ability to identify critical issues, formulate realistic solutions, evaluate alternatives, and solve engineering management problems;

4.    A good understanding of statistical concepts and methods and an ability to apply this knowledge to engineering and management problems;

5.    A good understanding of quality control and improvement techniques and an ability to apply this knowledge to manufactured products and other engineering applications;

6.    A good understanding of deterministic modeling and ability to apply this knowledge to engineering management problems including design of experiments;

7.    An ability to function on multi-disciplinary management teams; and

8.    An ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Courses required of all candidates:

The number of semester credit hours for the master’s degree is 30.  Students are required to complete 8 core courses (24 semester credit hours) and two elective courses (6 semester credit hours).

Core Courses (24 hrs required)

EGRM 6003  Engineering Statistics                                                                     3.0 hrs

EGRM 6013  Quality Control and Improvement                                                   3.0 hrs

EGRM 6023  Engineering Management I                                                             3.0 hrs

EGRM 6033  Engineering Management II                                                            3.0 hrs

EGRM 6043  Operations Research                                                                      3.0 hrs

MBA   500V   Survey of Accounting                                                                      1.5 hrs

MBA   501V   Survey of Finance                                                                            1.5 hrs

MBA   504V   Survey of Management                                                                   1.5 hrs

MBA   505V  Survey of Information Systems                                                        1.5 hrs

MBA   506V   Survey of Marketing                                                                         1.5 hrs

MBA   507V   Survey of Law                                                                                   1.5 hrs

Electives (6 hrs required)

Option 1 – Those pursuing Professional Engineering Licensing

One CE/EE/ME 5000 co-listed, existing engineering course

            Plus one EGRM course from Option 2                                                       6 hrs

Option 2 – Those not pursuing Professional Engineering Licensing

EGRM 6053  Human Relations and Communications                                                3 hrs

EGRM 6063  Engineering Law and Regulations                                                         3 hrs

EGRM 6073  Special Problems in Engineering Management                                   3 hrs

ECON 6353 Environmental Economics                                                                        3 hrs

MGMT 6413  Seminar in Organizational Behavior and Leadership                           3 hrs

MIS 6413       Management Information Systems                                                          3 hrs