Product Development MS

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Degree

Masters

Major

Operations Management | Industrial Engineering

Area of study

Business and Administration | Engineering

Course Language

English

About Program

Program Overview

Product Development Master of Science Degree

Overview

RIT’s dynamic product development MS integrates engineering and business courses to provide the skills needed to lead product development teams and organizations.

Why Pursue a Master's in Product Development at RIT?

STEM-OPT Visa Eligible: The STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) program allows full-time, on-campus international students on an F-1 student visa to stay and work in the U.S. for up to three years after graduation.
Future-Focused Curriculum: Provides a dynamic program designed by academic and industry leaders to integrate formal education with state-of-the-art research and best practices from industry.
Flexible Learning: Complete your product development master's entirely online or on-campus.
Employer Sponsorship: Benefit from financial support and a well-articulated career development plan working with your sponsoring employer.

Program Description

RIT's product development degree is a leadership program for experienced engineers and technical specialists who aspire to high-level positions associated with product innovation. The product development program integrates business and engineering management courses, delivering them online or on-campus so you can continue to work while taking classes.

Curriculum

Educational Objective

To develop a leadership perspective and knowledge base of the total life cycle product development system, integrating management and (systems) engineering elements. To establish the foundation for the systems approach needed to conceive, create, launch, and support products and platforms.

Key Capabilities of Graduates

Leadership expertise of the product development process and of high-performing product development teams and organizations.
Improved leadership through structured systems thinking, design, and management.
A strategic, enterprise-wide and global perspective.
An innovative mindset receptive to changing markets, new technologies, and new opportunities.
Decision making in uncertain and fast-paced environments.
A market-oriented product development focus – i.e. the ability to transform customer problems, needs, and market opportunities into successful product portfolios.
Economic analysis and the application of sound business principles to effective management in the product development domain.
Project management: business and technical planning, relationship management and outsourcing, program control, structured decision making and risk management.
Enhanced ability to recognize barriers to success early, when corrective actions are less costly.
In-depth understanding and application of state-of-the-art tools for design, analysis, and management in the product development domain.

Embedded Engineering Competencies

The product development leader must apply engineering competencies to the development of strategic product architectures that relate to the business value chain of the corporation, to the integration of enabling technologies, and to the creation of realizable design concepts.

Course Requirements

First Year:
- DECS-743: Operations and Supply Chain Management
- ISEE-771: Engineering of Systems I
- ISEE-772: Engineering of Systems II
- Choose one of the following:
  - ISEE-750: Systems and Project Management
  - PROF-710: Project Management
  - PROF-714: Agile Project Management
- Choose one of the following:
  - ISEE-751: Decision and Risk Benefit Analysis
  - ISEE-752: Decision Analysis
- Choose one of the following:
  - ISEE-781: Excellence in New Product Development
  - MGMT-740: Leading Teams in Organizations
Second Year:
- MKTG-761: Marketing Concepts and Commercialization
- Choose one of the following:
  - ACCT-603: Accounting for Decision Makers
  - ACCT-794: Cost Management in Technical Organizations
- Choose one of the following:
  - ISEE-792: Engineering Capstone
  - ISEE-798: Product Development Capstone

Elective Courses

An elective course offers students the opportunity to better meet personal and organizational needs. Students may select from a long list of courses. Recommended electives include such offerings as Managing Research and Innovation, Lean Six Sigma Fundamentals, Advanced or International Project Management, Breakthrough Thinking and Creativity, Customer Centricity, and others.

Capstone Project

Students complete a project during the final academic year of the program, based on a real problem often identified in the companies where they work. The corporate-oriented capstone project encompasses the broad integrative aspects of new product development – it synthesizes, increases, and demonstrates the student’s understanding of previous program material and underscores the behaviors essential to product development leadership.

Admissions and Financial Aid

Application Details

To be considered for admission to the Product Development MS program, candidates must fulfill the following requirements:

Complete an online graduate application.
Submit copies of official transcript(s) (in English) of all previously completed undergraduate and graduate course work, including any transfer credit earned.
Hold a baccalaureate degree (or US equivalent) from an accredited university or college in engineering (or a related scientific or technical field). A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (or equivalent) is recommended.
Satisfy prerequisite requirements and/or complete bridge courses prior to starting program coursework.
Submit a current resume or curriculum vitae.
Submit a personal statement of educational objectives.
Submit one letter of recommendation.
Entrance exam requirements: None
Submit English language test scores (TOEFL, IELTS, PTE Academic), if required.

English Language Test Scores

International applicants whose native language is not English must submit one of the following official English language test scores. Some international applicants may be considered for an English test requirement waiver.

TOEFL: 79
IELTS: 6.5
PTE Academic: 56

Cost and Financial Aid

An RIT graduate degree is an investment with lifelong returns. Graduate tuition varies by degree, the number of credits taken per semester, and delivery method. View the general cost of attendance or estimate the cost of your graduate degree.

A combination of sources can help fund your graduate degree. Learn how to fund your degree.

Faculty

Marcos Esterman
Brian Thorn
Robert Boehner

Contact

Admissions Contact: Lindsay Lewis
Program Contact: Katie McConky

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