Engineering Management Minor
To be fully effective in today’s dynamic workplace, engineers and scientists must be able to make sound management decisions while working in fast-paced technical environments. The engineering management minor offers invaluable experience for undergraduates as they build on necessary skills to one day succeed in a competitive global academic and professional market.
Program Overview
The Engineering Management Minor program develops student’s skills related to the management and entrepreneurial aspects of the engineering profession. The curriculum focuses on the financial, planning, and management aspects of businesses and non-profits to ensure the successful longevity of those enterprises. Students must complete 12 credit hours with courses covering engineering entrepreneurship, management, engineering economic analysis, and more.
Why Get an Engineering Management Minor?
This undergraduate program lays a foundation for the fundamentals and theory of engineering design, engineering practice, and project management, providing students with a broader understanding of how engineering functions within businesses and larger economic spheres. This engineering management foundation prepares scholars for real-world scenarios, equipping them to be leaders in the field.
Featured Courses
IE 405 Engineering Economic Analysis
Role of engineering economy in engineering practice; principles of economic equivalence; time value of money and discounted cash-flow techniques; analysis of single and multiple investments; comparison of alternatives; capital recovery and tax implications; inflation; public sector analysis; cost estimation; depreciation schedules; break-even point concepts; decision making under uncertainty; risk analysis; introduction to investing in the financial market; basic accounting principles and financial statements including balance sheets, income statements, cost of goods sold statements, and business ratios.
IE 452 Project Planning and Organizational Management
Aspects of leadership in a professional environment will be studied from current literature reading and discussions. Industry professionals will periodically lead the class to enlighten students to aspects of organizational and project management. Lectures will be based on the Project Management Body of knowledge (PMBOK) and will qualify students to take the CAPM/PMP certification exam at the end of their Senior year. Each student will develop a project plan including Project Charter, scope management, Communication plan, with an oral project review presentation.
BSE 404 Engineering Project Management
Fundamentals and theory of engineering design and engineering project management, ethical and legal responsibilities in biosystems engineering, incorporation of economic considerations in engineering design, individual professional development, and multiple oral presentations of technical information related to the senior design project.
ME 457 Engineering Entrepreneurship
Technology and innovation, technology transfer, and patent protection. Legal formation and intellectual property, knowledge management, generation, and transmission. Creating a business plan and a marketing plan, launching a technology- based business. Sources of capital, small business growth and operation.
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