Engineering Management Minor

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The Minor in Engineering Management (EMGT) will meet the requirements of industry by providing undergraduate engineering students an understanding on complex engineering projects. Students completing this minor will have an understanding of multidisciplinary engineering projects.

This Minor provides students a basic understanding of project management, operations management, managing technical organizations, team-building, decision-making, and quality management within any engineering and science disciplines. Students can use this knowledge and apply the skills for deeper understanding of business practices, as well as product design and process development.

All courses for the minor curriculum must be completed with a grade of “C” or above. Students must follow one of the plans below, depending on their declared major.

EMGT Minor Degree Plans

The EMGT Minor Degree Plans range from 15 hrs to 17 hrs.

•EMGT 3331 Introduction to Engineering Management (3 hours)

•EMGT 3333 Fundamentals of Engineering Project Management (3 hours)

•EMGT 4332 Fundamentals of Operations Management (3 hours)

•EMGT 4334 Engineering Optimization and Decision-Making (3 hours)

Two sample plans are provided for Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Students. A general degree plan is also provided for undergraduate students in any other program or college.

EMGT Minor for Mechanical Engineering (15 hours total: 3 EMGT Minor + 2 MENG)

Three out of four above EMGT courses (9 hrs.)

Two out of three courses below: (6 hrs.)

MENG 3314 - Design Methodology Credit Hours: 3
MENG 3344 - Introduction to Manufacturing Processes Credit Hours: 3
STAT 3334 - Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers Credit Hours: 3

EMGT Minor for Computer Engineering (17 hours total: 3 EMGT Minor + 3 Required CENG courses)

Three out of four above EMGT courses (9 hrs.)

CENG 3264 - Engineering Design and Project Management Credit Hours: 2
SENG 4310 - Introduction to Systems Engineering Credit Hours: 3
STAT 3334 - Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers Credit Hours: 3

EMGT Minor for All Other Programs and Colleges

Three out of four above EMGT courses (9 hrs.)

Remaining hours must be filled with two of the following (6 hrs.)

4th EMGT Minor course (3 hrs.)

SENG 4310 - Introduction to Systems Engineering Credit Hours: 3
STAT 3334 - Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers Credit Hours: 3
STAT 3308 - Computational Statistics Credit Hours: 3