Engineering Management (MS) - Professional Project & Systems Engineering PP&SE

Program Overview

The Professional Project & Systems Engineering (PP&SE) program is a cohort-based, 18-24 month long program designed for early and mid-career professionals in engineering management. The curriculum, tailored to industry needs, focuses on decision-making and successful project delivery in engineering and technology organizations. Students must complete a capstone exercise, which may include an industry-specific project, and research studies throughout the program.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Professional Project & Systems Engineering (PP&SE) Track is a cohort-based program that offers a customized and personalized approach to learning engineering management. The curriculum is developed based upon the needs of industry. The PP&SE Track is designed to be a lock-step, cohort-based program that can be completed in 18 to 24 months. The PP&SE track in the Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) program focuses on effective decision-making and successful project delivery of innovative solutions in engineering and technological organizations. The program is tailored to the needs of the experienced, working early and mid-career professionals. The MSEM program requires an undergraduate degree in engineering or a closely related discipline. Students with undergraduate degrees outside of industrial engineering may be required to take additional prerequisite courses. Research studies are required in one or more courses. The research study and report will focus on reviewing and analyzing contemporary research in the profession in order to help students acquire knowledge and skills pertaining to research-based best practices. Courses may be substituted or added to provide domain depth based upon the student or customer's needs. Total Credit Hours Required: 30 Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Bachelor's Degree.

Assessment:

Students must successfully pass an oral comprehensive examination as part of a capstone exercise (usually in the form of EIN 6182 - Engineering Management) to satisfy all degree requirements. In some instances, industry might require students to participate in a capstone course to integrate the material in a specific project related to the industry sponsor's needs. Typically, this additional class is in the form of EIN 6950 - Industrial and Systems Engineering Capstone which is a 3-credit hour course.

Other:

The Independent Learning Requirement is met by successful completion of the research studies required in individual courses, EIN 6182 - Engineering Management, and the capstone project, which requires that students integrate material from all the courses in their program.