Program Overview

Industrial Management

Certificate Awarded: Advanced Graduate Certificate in Industrial Management

Program Directors

• Marypat Taveras
• Dr. David Tonjes

Program Description

Managers and knowledge workers face the challenges of rapid change, evolving technology and burgeoning information in today’s global economy. This program’s goals are to enable individuals to understand the integration of an enterprise’s processes, as well as how to utilize modern tools, techniques and technologies to make their organization more competitive and profitable. The curriculum introduces the strategic fundamentals of the customer/value driven enterprise, the management concepts of organizational design and structure, and the basic business processes for running a successful enterprise.

Certificate Requirements

Core Courses - 9 credits

• EMP 502 - Engineering Economics (3 credits)
• EMP 506 - Strategic Technology Analysis (3 credits)
• EMP 509 - Enterprise Information and Knowledge Systems Management (3 credits)

Required Courses - 6 credits

• Two of the following five courses must be taken:
  • EMP 501 - Leadership (3 credits)
  • EMP 503 - Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Management
  • EMP 504 - Quantitative Methods in Management (3 credits)
  • EMP 511 - Starting a Business Venture (3 credits)
  • EMP 517 - Quality and Value Management (3 credits)

Elective - 3 credits

• Select one of the required courses or one course from the following list:
  • EST 581 - Decision-making in Technology Settings (3 credits)
  • EST 582 - Socio-Technological Systems (3 credits)

Time to Completion

All certificate requirements must be completed within three (3) years from the semester date of admission as a matriculated student unless the student is also matriculated in a master’s degree program. Master’s students have five (5) years to complete the certificate requirements.