The Master of Science in Engineering Management is designed to meet the following goals:

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1 The Masters of Science in Engineering Management College of Engineering and Computer Science University of Michigan-Dearborn A Rackham School of Graduate Studies Program PH: ; FAX: ; imsedep@engin.umd.umich.edu Program In a 5-credit hour program of evening classes, students with an undergraduate degree in engineering (OR a degree in math, computer science or a physical science coupled with at least five years experience in engineering after the completion of their undergraduate degree) can learn to manage the engineering function and the technology assets of their organizations by earning a master of science in Engineering Management. Students who already have a graduate degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, or another branch of engineering can pursue the Engineering Management program for even greater mastery of both technology and the principles of management. The Goals The Master of Science in Engineering Management is designed to meet the following goals: Provide an understanding of core management areas vital for a technical manager, e.g., marketing, accounting, organizational behavior, business ethics/law, finance. Provide knowledge of topics inherent and common to all engineering disciplines, e.g., systems engineering, total quality management, production management, management of product/process design. Provide the requisite knowledge and skills to manage the engineering function at both lower and upper levels of management. Provide experience in integrating technical and management aspects in real life engineering project or problem. Admission Requirements Students must have an undergraduate degree in engineering (OR a degree in math, computer science, or a physical science coupled with at least five years experience in engineering after the completion of the undergraduate degree)and must have completed one course in calculus based probability and statistics. This course requirement may be completed after admission into the program on a conditional/lack of preparation basis. Two letters of recommendation, with at least one from someone familiar with the candidate s academic performance, are also required. Course Requirements The MS in engineering management comprises 11 required courses for a total of 2 credit hours and credit hours of elective requirements.

2 Engineering Requirements (18) EM 500 Management for Engineers () EM 505 Systems Engineering () EM 520 Production and Operations Engineering I () EM 525 Total Quality Management and Six Sigma () EM 570 Enterprise Information Systems () EM 580 Management of Product and Process Design () Business Requirements (12) ACC 505 Developing and Interpreting Financial Information () And choose courses from the list below: FIN 51 Finance Fundamentals and Value Creation () MKT 515 Marketing Management () OB 510 Organization Behavior () HRM 561 Human Resource Management () BE 50 Economic Analysis: Firm & Consumer () Capstone Project (2) EM 591 Capstone Project (2) Electives () Take one class from the list below: IMSE 511 Design and Analysis of Experiments IMSE 501 Human Factors and Ergonomics IMSE 505 Applied Optimization IMSE 514 Multivariate Statistics IMSE 515 Fundamentals of Program Management IMSE 516 Project Management and Control IMSE 517 Managing Global Systems IMSE 519 Quantitative Methods in Quality Engineering IMSE 5205 Engineering Risk-Benefit Analysis IMSE 5215 Program Budget, Cost Estimation & Control IMSE 58 Intelligent Manufacturing IMSE 545 Vehicle Ergonomics I IMSE 546 Safety Engineering IMSE 548 Human Factors IMSE 577 User Interface Design and Analysis IMSE 59 Vehicle Packaging Engineering IMSE 5655 Supply Chain Management IMSE 567 Reliability Analysis IMSE 581 Production and Operations Engineering II IMSE 606 Advanced Stochastic Processes Additional electives from units in UM-D could also be considered with advisor s approval. With the approval of their graduate advisor, students may substitute a master's thesis for no more than five credit hours of graduate course work. Master s thesis will replace Capstone Project (2) and Elective () requirements in the program.

3 Sample course plan for part-time students (in-campus) EM 500 Management for Engineers EM 570 Enterprise Information Systems EM 505 Systems Engineering HRM 561 Human Resource Management Summer ACC 505 Developing and Interpreting Financial Information EM 520 Production and Operations Engineering I MKT 515 Marketing Management EM 525 Total Quality Management and Six Sigma OB 510 Organization Behavior Summer EM 580 Management of Product and Process Design Elective EM 591 Capstone Project 2 Sample course plan for part-time students (on-line) EM 500 Management for Engineers ACC 505 Developing and Interpreting Financial Information EM 505 Systems Engineering FIN 51 Finance Fundamentals and Value Creation Summer BE 50 Economic Analysis: Firm & Consumer EM 520 Production and Operations Engineering I EM 570 Enterprise Information Systems EM 525 Total Quality Management and Six Sigma HRM 561 Human Resource Management Summer EM 580 Management of Product and Process Design Elective EM 591 Capstone Project 2

4 ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT Course Structure EM 500 EM 570 EM 505 EM 525 ACC 505 EM 520 EM 580 Business Reqts. (choose three) FIN 51 OB 510 HRM 561 MKT 515 BE 50 EM 591 Elective ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE Summer I Summer II EM 500 X X EM 505 X X EM 520 X X EM 525 X X EM 570 X X EM 580 X X EM 591 X X ACC 505 X X X MKT 515 X X X OB 510 X X HRM 561 X FIN 51 X X X BE 50 X X X Course also offered online

5 Descriptions of Required MSEM Courses EM 500: Engineering Management ( credit hours) This course provides the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to manage an efficient and productive engineering organization within a company, and manage effectively at upper corporate levels. Topics include: integrating and coordinating people, functions and projects; managing technical resources; leadership and management; strategic planning for integrating and transferring technologies into products and processes; managing innovation, ethical behavior and legal compliance. (College of Engineering and Computer Science) EM 505: Systems Engineering ( credit hours) and a course in probability and statistics Introduction to systems and systems engineering, tools in systems analysis, the system design process, design for operational feasibility and systems engineering management. (College of Engineering and Computer Science) EM 520: Production and Operations Management I ( credit hours) (Cross-listed with IMSE 580) Prerequisite: EM 505 Forecasting, inventory and scheduling activities in production systems are studied. Topics in forecasting include the regression method, exponential smoothing techniques, s seasonal model, and adaptive control models. Continuous and periodic review inventory models, deterministic and probabilistic cases are also included. Dynamic and static job shop and flow shop scheduling problems are investigated using heuristic and mathematical models. Planning and scheduling for large-scale projects is studied. Material Requirements and Resources Planning (MRP I and II), and Aggregate Planning techniques are evaluated. Students are asked to select problems of interest and to present final project reports. Three lecture hours. (College of Engineering and Computer Science) EM 525: Total Quality Management ( credit hours) (Cross-listed with IMSE 561). Prerequisite: Course in probability and statistics This course covers implementing Total Quality Management (TQM), undertaking Six Sigma Projects, and applying Baldrige National Quality Award criteria and ISE 9000 principles to improve quality performance in an organization. Topics include Definitions and Importance of Quality, Quality Costs, Quality Function Deployment ( QFD), Product Specification and Critical-to-quality Measures ( CQM, Statistical Quality Control ( SQC), Robustness Concepts, Quality System Design and Evaluation. Six Sigma and DMAIC Methodologies, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Process, IDOV (Identify requirements, Design alternatives, Optimize the design and Verify process capability) Methodology, and several other concepts and tools related to quality are also covered. (College of Engineering and Computer Science) EM 570: Enterprise Information Systems ( credit hours) The purpose of this course is to provide a foundation for the analysis, design and implementation of enterprise information systems. Topics include systems and organization theories, and information systems planning and evaluation. Students will be also introduced to various systems development life cycle phases of an enterprise information system. Students will acquire an understanding of the flow of information (forecasts, financial, accounting and operational data) within an enterprise and the factors that should be considered in designing an integrated enterprise information system. This includes all systems in the business cycle from revenue forecasts, production planning, inventory management, logistics, manufacturing, accounts payable, sales, accounts receivable, payroll, general ledger and report generation. Specifications for some of these systems will be developed utilizing ERP software such as SAP R/ application development software suite. (College of Engineering and Computer Science) EM 580: Management of Product and Process Design ( credit hours) Prerequisites: EM 520, EM 525, ACC 505 This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to manage the design of a product or process. Topics covered include: creativity, types of products, types of processes, generalized design process, identification and translation of customer needs into engineering specifications, designing for function and quality factors, design for manufacturability, life-testing, cost estimating, reporting on design projects, and concurrent engineering. Three lecture hours. (College of Engineering and Computer Science) EM 591: Capstone Project (2 credit hours) Prerequisites: EM500, EM 570, EM 580 Students will receive the opportunity and training to integrate and apply both technical and managerial aspects acquired in various courses to an engineering project or problem. (College of Engineering and Computer Science)

6 ACC 505: Developing and Interpreting Financial Information ( credit hours) Students learn how financial information is developed, interpreted and utilized in business. This is accomplished by studying financial accounting tools and estimation methods used for interpretation and managers? decisions relating to investing, financing, and operating activities. Topics include financial information development and analysis, accounting estimation techniques, and cash flow analysis. Financial accounting methodology with respect to the sales and receivables cycle, inventory, property, plant and equipment, liabilities, corporate equity and initial public offerings, and investments in other corporate entities are studied. Cases requiring critical analysis and interpretation may be integrated throughout the course. (College of Business) FIN 51: Finance Fundamentals and Value Creation ( credit hours) Prerequisites: ACC 505, IMSE 510 or equivalent This course provides the fundamentals of the finance discipline with an emphasis of value creation as the primary objective of a corporation. Capital budgeting analysis and techniques are extensively discussed. Valuation of securities is presented along with an introduction to modern portfolio theory and market efficiency. Issues related to international financial management are also introduced. (College of Business) MKT 515: Marketing Management ( credit hours) This course examines the concepts, problems and techniques associated with the activities of bringing both consumer and industrial products to the marketplace. Topics include: consumer and industrial buyer behavior, market segmentation, target marketing, as well as product, place, promotion and pricing strategies. Particular emphasis is placed on analysis of cases. (College of Business) OB 510: Organization Behavior ( credit hours) A survey course which provides a basic understanding of individual, inter-personal and group behavior in organizations, and its application in the practice of management. Topics include: personality and attitudes, motivation, groups and teams, leadership, power, ethics, structure and organizational design, culture, and decisionmaking. (College of Business) HRM 561 Human Resource Management ( credit hours) This course provides managers from different business functions with the principles, knowledge, and techniques for managing employees. Incidents and cases are used to diagnose human resource problems, and design and implement solutions. Topics include: employment law, job design and analysis, performance evaluation, human resource planning, recruiting, selection and assessment, training, managerial development, compensation and incentives, reductions-in-force, collective bargaining and labor relations, and human resource management for international operations. The course stresses the evaluation of human resource programs, and the need for human resource practices to be compatible with one another and to be supportive of the firm's strategy. (College of Business) BE 50: Economic Analysis: Firm & Consumer ( credit hours) This is a microeconomics course with a managerial emphasis designed for graduate students. Microeconomics is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of individual consumers, producers, and industries. This course emphasizes business applications of economic theories. Among the topics covered are supply and demand, production functions, cost minimization, profit maximization, competitive markets, monolopy and monopsony, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, decision making in uncertain situations, and asymmetric information. (College of Business)

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