Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Master of Science (MS)
Program Overview
The Manufacturing Engineering Technology MS program prepares students with engineering or engineering technology backgrounds for specialized roles in modern manufacturing. The program emphasizes technology, organization, and global competitiveness in manufacturing. Graduates are equipped for research engineering and design positions in industries such as automation, quality, and manufacturing processes. The program offers a range of electives in manufacturing, business, and communication, and culminates in a capstone project or thesis.
Program Outline
Outline:
The Manufacturing Engineering Technology MS is intended for students with an undergraduate degree in engineering technology or engineering who have a desire to obtain a specialized education in modern manufacturing. Students with other undergraduate majors may enter the program but may have a considerable number of deficiencies which must be made up at the undergraduate level. The emphasis of the program is the technology and organization of manufacturing in a competitive global world. This program prepare graduates for positions involving research engineering and design in industries such as automation, quality, and manufacturing processes.
Program Requirements:
Common Core
- MET 625 Advanced Project Management
- MET 627 Six Sigma from an Industrial Perspective
- MET 654 Design of Experiments
Research/Methods Course(s)
- MET 600 Manufacturing Research Methods
Restricted Electives
Manufacturing
- MET 507 Manufacturing Resource Planning and Control
- MET 523 Ergonomics & Work Measurement
- MET 525 Project & Value Management
- MET 526 Logistics & Transportation
- MET 527 Quality Management Systems
- MET 528 Lean Manufacturing
- MET 555 Project and Value Management II
- MET 645 Computer-Aided Engineering
- MET 678 Manufacturing Processes
- MET 679 Advanced Manufacturing Automation
- MET 692 Seminar: Manufacturing
- MET 697 Internship: Industrial
Unrestricted Electives
Business and Communication
- ENG 675 Technical Communication for STEM Professionals
- MBA 612 Data Analysis and Statistics for Managers
- MBA 614 Economic Analysis for Managers
- MBA 642 Management of Human Resources
- MBA 645 Information Technology and Systems Management
- MBA 651 Managing Behavior in a Changing World
- MBA 657 Managing Service and Manufacturing Operations
- MBA 665 Leadership
- MBA 667 Organizational Development and Change