Engineering
Management Program
332 Kennedy
704-687-3989
http://www.coe.uncc.edu/mem/
Degree
M.S.
Coordinator
Dr. S.
Graduate
Faculty
S.
Steven Gardner, J.D., Adjunct
Professor
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
The Engineering Management Master of Science Degree program prepares professionals for careers in managing projects, programs, systems, and organizations. Industrial, research, consulting, and commercial firms now demand engineering managers with both cutting-edge technical competence and the management skills necessary to forge linkages with the systems and business sides of these organizations. These managers must be able to form and manage high performance teams and manage business and technological operations. The program of study is necessarily multidisciplinary, combining elements of advanced study in various engineering disciplines with studies of business and system operations and organizational behavior.
Additional
Admission Requirements
1) Either a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a closely related technical or scientific field, or a bachelors degree in business, provided relevant technical course requirements have been met. It is expected that some students in the second category will have a major in business and a minor in engineering.
2) Undergraduate coursework in engineering economics (or equivalent).
3) Integral and differential calculus (MATH 1120 and 1121 at UNC Charlotte).
4)
Statistics (STAT 1220 or STAT 3128 at UNC
5) An average grade of 3.0 (out of 4) on items 2, 3, and 4 above.
Documents to be submitted for admission
1) Transcript(s) showing a baccalaureate degree in engineering, engineering technology, or a scientific discipline, or a baccalaureate degree in business administration from an accredited college or university.
2) A satisfactory score on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (depending on the student’s background, the Graduate Management Admission Test, GMAT, may be substituted in certain cases).
3) Written descriptions of any relevant and significant work experience.
4) If the applicant’s native language is not English, an overall score of 575 (old system) or 230 (new computer-based examination) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Early Entry Program
Undergraduate
students with at least 75 semester hours completed toward a baccalaureate
degree in Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical engineering, or Engineering
Technology at UNC Charlotte may be admitted to the MS Engineering Management
Program as an Early Entry student provided they meet all other requirement of
admission except the first item of the admission requirements.
Degree
Requirements
Thirty semester hours of approved graduate work within one of two options:
Option 1: Successful completion of 30 semester hours of graduate-level coursework.
Option 2: Successful completion of 24 semester hours of graduate-level coursework and 6 hours of thesis research.
The curriculum consists of six core courses and four additional courses (or two courses with the thesis option) selected from an approved list of electives. Students are expected to complete a Plan of Study that identifies a concentration such as Manufacturing Management, Technology Management, Systems Management, or Supply Chain Management.
Required Core Courses:
1) EMGT6980 Industrial and Technology Management Seminars. (1) (EMGT students must have three credits in this course.)
2) Three courses from among the following:
EMGT6142 Quality and Manufacturing Management (3)
EMGT6901 Advanced Project Management (3)
EMGT6902 Legal Issues in Engineering Management (3)
EMGT6904 Product and Process Design (3)
EMGT6906 Processing Systems Simulation (3)
EMGT6950 Engineering Systems Integration (3)
EMGT6955 Systems Reliability Engineering (3)
EMGT6985 Engineering Management Project (3)
3) Two courses from among the following:
MBAD6141 Operations Management (3)
MBAD6161 Organizational Leadership and Behavior I (3)
MBAD6164 Executive Communications (3)
MBAD6195 Strategic Management of Technology (3)
Note: Students will be required to have adequate preparation prior to taking the required MBAD (Master in Business Administration) courses. Normally this will consist of at least completion of courses in engineering economics, foundations of economics, and mathematics through differential and integral calculus. Students will be advantaged by having completed courses in foundations of accounting and statistics.
Interdisciplinary Elective Courses (four courses or two courses with thesis option) from the following Engineering Management Program course list or approved by your advisor from other graduate programs.
EMGT6142 Quality and Manufacturing Management (3)
EMGT6901 Advanced Project Management (3)
EMGT6902 Legal Issues in Engineering Management (3)
EMGT6904 Product and Process Design (3)
EMGT6905 Designed Experimentation (3)
EMGT6906 Processing Systems Simulation (3)
EMGT6910 Technological Decision-Making (3)
EMGT6912 Techniques and Intelligent Tools for Engineering Decision Support (3)
EMGT6915 Engineering Decision Analysis (3)
EMGT6920 Logistics Engineering and Management (3)
EMGT6930 Capital Cost Estimating (3)
EMGT6950 Engineering Systems Integration (3)
EMGT6955 Systems Reliability Engineering (3)
EMGT6985 Engineering Management Project (3)
EMGT6090 Lean Supply Networks (3)
EMGT6090 Engineering Systems Optimization (3)
Graduate courses from other programs may be taken as elective courses for the engineering management degree with approval of the program director. Students are responsible for fulfilling the prerequisites of the courses they plan to take from other graduate programs.
Courses in Engineering Management
EMGT 6090. Special Topics. (1-6) Directed study of current topics of special interest. May be repeated for credit. (On demand).
EMGT 6142. Quality and Manufacturing Management.
(3) Provides an in-depth study of current issues and advances in
manufacturing management. Topics include just-in-time inventory management,
total quality management, statistical process control, continuous improvement,
flexible manufacturing systems, computer-integrated manufacturing, technology
evaluation and selection, and manufacturing strategy. Emphasis
on use of computers for decision support. (On demand)
EMGT 6890. Individual Study. (1-6) Individual investigation and
exposition of results. May be repeated
for credit. (On demand)
EMGT 6901. Advanced Project Management. (3) Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. Study of various aspects of project management including project types and organizations, regulatory and liability issues, planning, budget, risk assessment, and conflict resolution. Exercises involve research into emerging management processes, use of computerized techniques, and application of management theories in team-based projects. (On demand).
EMGT 6902. Legal Issues in Engineering Management.
(3) Survey of legal issues
surrounding engineering products and services, including warranty, liability,
contracting, intellectual property, codes, and accepted practice. Legal
principles, precedents, case studies, and research projects. (On demand)
EMGT 6904. Product and Process Design. (3) Application of principles of creative problem
solving to design of products and processes by multi-disciplinary teams. Taking
as the definition of design "the communication of a set of rational
decisions for accomplishing stated objectives within prescribed
constraints," the teams produce elements of designs for various products
and services at points in the sequential stages of design. Teams make periodic
reports and presentations to the class on design assignments. (On demand)
EMGT 6905. Designed Experimentation. (3)
Prerequisites: Statistics and consent of instructor. Design
of quality into products and processes using statistically designed
experimentation (DOE), a systematic and efficient method of design optimization
for enhanced performance, quality, and cost. Emphasis
on designing and conducting useful experiments rather than the basis in
statistical theory. Includes robust parameter design and tolerance
design techniques. Review and comparison of Taguchi methods with conventionally
designed experimentation. Extensive use of specialized
computer software to design experiments and analyze results in team projects;
screening experiments, and sequential response surface methods. (On
demand)
EMGT 6906. Processing Systems Simulation. (3)
Prerequisite: Statistics. Principles and application of
selecting, planning, and executing simulation projects for processing systems,
and developing and experimenting with simulation models. Discrete event
simulation is particularly powerful for modeling and experimenting with systems
exhibiting interdependencies and variability - such as manufacturing and
service systems. Students will learn simulation project management, modeling,
and experimenting using commercial simulation software products. (On
demand)
EMGT 6910. Technological Decision-Making. (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. This course covers several techniques for
engineering product design, development and improvement. A variety of decision
making techniques such as several forecasting methods and quality function
deployment are discussed specifically in the context of systems engineering
applications, based on engineering design philosophy of cross- functional
cooperation in order to create high quality products. Students will learn how
to use these techniques for making effective engineering decisions in a
technological environment. (on demand)
EMGT 6912. Techniques and Intelligent Tools for
Engineering Decision Support. (3) Prerequisite:
Consent of Instructor. This course
surveys and introduces techniques and automated tools to support complex
engineering decision-making, as well as methods for evaluating and selecting
appropriate tools. During the course we will review and introduce decision-making
processes and techniques; traditional automated decision support tools such as
CAD, FEA, CFD, and other conventional modeling and simulation tools; decision
support tools based on soft-computing technologies such as knowledge based
expert systems, fuzzy logic, artificial neural nets, and genetic algorithms;
and methods to evaluate and select tools appropriate for specific applications.
Students will be introduced to an overview of the underlying technologies used
in the tools, learn the characteristics of applications appropriate for the
tools, learn how to evaluate and select the decision support tools appropriate
for an application, and demonstrate their understanding by preparing examples
in applications. (on demand)
EMGT 6915 Engineering Decision Analysis. (3) Prerequisites: Integral and Differential Calculus,
Statistics, Probability or Consent of Instructor. This course aims to provide some useful tools
for analyzing difficult decisions and making the right choice. After
introducing components and challenges of decision making, the course will
proceed with the discussion of structuring decisions using decision trees and
influence diagrams. Decision making under uncertainty will be emphasized
including maximax, maximin,
and minimax regret techniques. Modeling of different
risk attitudes based on risk and return tradeoffs will be analyzed through
utility theory. Finally, decisions under conflicting objectives and multiple
criteria will be discussed along with some introduction to game theory. (on demand)
EMGT 6920. Logistics Engineering and Management. (3) Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. This course introduces logistics systems from a systems engineering perspective. It starts from the design of effective and efficient systems with their respective maintenance and support infrastructures to the coordination of the production and distribution of systems and products for customer use at different stages of a final product’s life cycle. The emphasis is on the design and implementation of effective and efficient logistics systems and supply chains. The course contents also include the current management issues in logistics systems implementation and supply chain operations. (on demand)
EMGT 6930. Capital Cost Estimating. (3) Prerequisite:
Consent of Instructor. Provides in-depth
study of cost management issues in a technological business environment. It covers cost concepts
including project evaluation techniques based on cost, capital planning and
budgeting, investment evaluation under risk and uncertainty, rate of return
methods, estimating for economic analyses, inflation effects, depreciation and
income taxes, and capital investment decision analysis. Private and public
sector cost issues are also discussed. The tools and techniques presented are
useful for engineering, business, or management professionals of any
organization. Students will learn how to use the course material for effective project
management, budgeting, and decision making. (on demand)
EMGT 6950. Engineering Systems Integration.
(3) Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. This course is an introduction
to the relevant issues and required techniques for successful systems design
development, integration, management, and implementation. Principles
and methods for system life-cycle analysis, system planning and management, and
systems integration. Interfaces between the system,
subsystems, the envi
EMGT 6955. Systems Reliability Engineering.
(3) Prerequisites: Calculus and Statistics. Introduction
of concepts and methods for the design, testing and estimation of component and
system reliabilities. Topics include: reliability mathematics; analysis
of reliability data; reliability prediction and modeling; reliability testing:
maintainability and availability; failure mode and effects analysis and failure
rates; reliability design and implementation; application of concurrent
engineering and reliability methods to integrate reliability tests into the
overall system development cycle to reduce overall life cycle costs. (On
demand)
EMGT 6980. Industrial and Technology Management
Seminars. (1) Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. A series of
seminars covering current management issues, challenges and practices in
industrial, government, and business sectors of industry. May
be repeated for credit. (All students in the Engineering Management MS
Program are required to take this course for three semesters.) (Fall, Spring)
EMGT 6985. Engineering Management Project. (3) Prerequisite: EMGT 6901 and two other program required EMGT courses. This course will offer a hands-on real world industrial/business project. The emphasis will be on the design and implementation of effective methods on the development and/or improvement of products, processes, procedures, or systems. A 3-member project committee includes a faculty project advisor, the industrial project advisor, and a faculty member in the technical area has to be established before taking this project course. This project will be a capstone project for the students in the Engineering Management Master of Science Program. (On demand)
EMGT
6990. Industrial Internship.
(1-3) Prerequisite:
Completion of nine hours of graduate coursework. Full- or part-time academic
year internship in engineering complementary to the major course of studies and
designed to allow theoretical and course-based practical learning to be applied
in a supervised industrial experience.
Each student’s program must be approved by their graduate program
director. Requires a mid-term report and final report to be
submitted. (This course cannot be
counted as part of the degree required 30 credits). (on demand)
EMGT 6991. Graduate Master Thesis Research. (1-6) Individual investigation culminating in the
preparation and presentation of a thesis. May be repeated for credit. (On demand)
EMGT 7999. Graduate Residence. (1) Required for continuing registration and enrollment while completing thesis or research project. (On demand).