Engineering Management Curriculum

Engineering Management Program

Fall of 2007

Tailored to meet your demanding schedule, the Engineering Management Program (EMGT) offers you the opportunity to earn an advanced degree in two years while maintaining full-time employment. The EMGT curriculum provides you with an enhanced perspective on issues that affect the management of technology in today's world. The material is geared to equip you with the tools to better manage your project, processes, personnel, products and services in real-world situations. From organizational behavior, management of organizations, and optimal decision-making, to engineering economics, the program courses focus on essential topics. Individuals with engineering and scientific backgrounds will find that this Master's degree may better suit your needs than the traditional MBA.

The Engineering Management (EMGT) curriculum is composed of 30 hours of course work of which 24 will be core courses. The 6 hours of electives could be either a 3 hour course elective with the Capstone Project, or 6 hours of Thesis. The following program course of study illustrates the cross-disciplinary nature of the program.

Basic Preparation

To enter the EMGT program a candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering or science. The candidate must be approved by the graduate admission committee to ensure that the appropriate industrial or existing managerial background knowledge base is present. The GRE is required of all students applying for admission. The candidate must submit a GRE score of 1000 (verbal + quantitative), with a verbal score of 400 or higher. GRE scores will be evaluated by the degree plans’ admissions committee and will be used as one of the indicators of the applicant’s potential for completion of the plan. It is recommended that candidate who apply for admission to a graduate plan have a GPA of 3.0 or greater (four point grade scale) on the last 60 hours of course work.

The graduate degree in EMGT requires 30 hours of graduate courses. No upper-lever 4000 credits will be allowed for the EMGT master's degree. A maximum of six hours of grades of C may be counted toward the graduate degree; grades or C- will not apply.

In addition, the EMGT graduate admission committee may require that a set of foundation courses and their prerequisites be completed before enrolling in graduate EMGT program. The foundation courses are listed below. Industrial related experience and letters of recommendations from current employers may also be required during admission review. The EMGT faculty graduate admissions committee based upon program need, the guidelines stated herein, and UHCL admission requirements will decide acceptance into the program. Once admitted, the candidate must file a CPS in the first semester of enrollment. The following are the foundation courses required for entry:

MATH 4131 Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications

Prerequisite: MATH 3231. Solutions of ordinary differential equations of first and second order, Laplace transforms, power series techniques, systems of equations, stability, numerical methods, geometric and physical applications.

MATH 3334 Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

Prerequisite: Calculus I and II. Graphical representation of data, measures of centrality and variability, concepts and rules of probability, discrete probability distribution, normal distribution, sampling distributions, central limit theorem, parameter estimation, testing of hypothesis, two sample methods, analysis of variance, correlation and regression analysis.

Core Requirements

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 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)

Elective Option

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)

Capstone Option

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 6839 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

The following table provides a semester-by semester projection for the offering of the required and prescribed courses during the first five years.

Five Year semester-by-semester projected course offering

Semester-by-semester

Five Year Plan

Rubric

Course Name

EMGT 5130

New Business Development

EMGT 5131

Legal Issues in Engineering Management

EMGT 5230

Negotiation Strategies

EMGT 5231

Engineering Management Planning

EMGT 6837

Engineering Management Capstone Project

EMGT 6839

Master Thesis

MGMT 5032

Human Behavior in Organizations

MGMT 5636

Management of Technology

MGMT 5638

Managing Technical and Professional People

SWEN 5230

Software Project Management

SENG 5230

Systems Engineering Economics

CR Core Required Courses EO Elective Options Courses CO Capstone Option TO Thesis Option