Engineering/Technology Management Degree Programs

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Engineering Management—Minor

Offered to MS students in the College of Engineering and Technology, the engineering management minor provides a way to include some elements of modern management in a technical graduate program.

Requirements

• The minor requires 9 hours selected from the following courses: Mgt 501, 511, 541, 561, 562, 580, 565.
• Students should carefully plan how they will meet the requirements of the minor since these courses are taught only once a year.

This minor should be declared as part of a student's graduate study list. Admittance approval to enroll in class will be derived from approved graduate study lists.

Following are descriptions of courses .

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Class Schedule

Mgt 501. Managerial Accounting. (3)

Nature, objectives, and procedures of cost accounting. Topics include job costing, joint product costing, cost behavior analysis, standard costs, problems of cost allocation, and uses of cost data in decision making.

Mgt 511. Managerial Finance. (3)

Financing problems facing a business: managing working capital and long-term assets; financing capital requirements in the short and long term; techniques of financial analysis and planning; identifying and valuating cash flows; cost of capital; capital budgeting, structure, and markets; raising corporate capital.

Mgt 541. Marketing Management. (3)

Development of analytical marketing tools and techniques and their utilization in case analysis and decision making in marketing management.

Mgt 551. Organizational Behavior. (3)

Individual, group, and organizational variables that inhibit or facilitate effective organizational functioning. Topics include motivation, rewards, leadership, conflicts, decision making, structure evaluation, change, and organizational functioning, design, and control.

Mgt 561. Operations Management. (3)

Analytical methods for the management of business operations; echniques for design; operation and control of operating systems.

Mgt 562. Project Management. (3)

Continuation of Mgt 561, with particular emphasis on project planning and control.

Mgt 565. Written and Oral Communication. (2)

Organization of the writing process necessary for letters, memos, resums, and reports, emphasizing current business practices. Oral practice includes using videotape to enhance interviewing and presentation skills: standing, sitting, and prepared and impromptu communication.

Mgt 580. Business Policy. (3)

Principles and concepts presented in finance, marketing, operations, and organizational behavior; a top management approach to problems of determining corporate strategy.

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