Engineering management entails planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing and controlling activities that have a technological component. This distinguishes engineering managers from other managers because they possess the ability to apply engineering principles and the skills to organize and direct technical projects and people in technical jobs.
RMU's innovative master's program in engineering management will prepare you to apply knowledge and provide leadership in technical environments. Upon graduation, you'll be able to demonstrate an advanced level of intellectual achievement in the context of engineering projects and synthesize theory and practice in the design and development of engineering management systems.
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2 letters of recommendation
2.8 GPA
Minimum GRE scores: Analytical 4.0, Quantitative 550, Verbal 450
Thesis Option
Required Courses - 9 credits:
Engineering Cost Estimation and Financial Analysis
Engineering Systems Analysis and Design
Project Engineering and Management
Directed Electives - 15 credits:
6-9 credits Engineering courses
6-9 credits Non-engineering courses
Thesis - 6 credits:
Requires a minimum of six credits of applied research in an appropriate area of interest. A faculty advisor will assist you in defining a thesis topic. A defense before a faculty committee is required. The committee may include members of industry if appropriate and if approved by the department head.
Non-Thesis Option
Required Courses - 9 credits:
Engineering Cost Estimation and Financial Analysis
Engineering Systems Analysis and Design
Project Engineering
Directed Electives - 21 credits:
9-15 credits Engineering courses
6-12 credits Non-engineering courses
The M.S. in Engineering Management degree can provide a distinct advantage for career enhancement managing technical projects and people. Many industries and government organizations seek individuals with advanced technical educations for positions of increased responsibility, such as project leaders, chief engineers, engineering supervisors, directors of engineering, project managers, production managers, and systems managers. Graduates of the program typically add $5,000 to $15,000 to their annual salary. Starting salaries can range from $50,000 to $75,000 or more, depending on experience.
The School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science unites faculty members from diverse disciplines and provides opportunies for collaboration in teaching and research between faculty and students. We emphasize a global curriculum and have a diverse student and faculty body.
The heart of RMU's engineering programs is The Learning Factory, where students gain experience with design, testing, and manufacturing processes and equipment. The industrial-grade facility includes equipment for automatic identification, CNC machining and turning, controls, injection molding, machine tool monitoring, machine vision, materials testing, metallography, metrology, packaging, powder metallurgy, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering, and robotics. Hardware is supported by a suite of software packages for design, analysis, manufacturing, simulation, offline programming, controls, monitoring, integration, software development, enterprise resource management and other engineering activities.
This fully equipped facility supports the applied research interests of students who choose to pursue the thesis option of the M.S. in Engineering Management degree program.