Master of Science in
Engineering Management
The American Society of Engineering Education, the National Science Foundation and businesses around the world agree: There simply are not enough qualified engineering and technical managers to meet the needs of the future. The mission of the Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) program at Embry-Riddle is to prepare students with an already established career in engineering, math, physical science or computer science to transition into a managerial role within a technical environment.
One of the university’s first-ever certificate-based graduate programs offered through the Worldwide Campus, the Engineering Management master's program is a multidisciplinary program with a core that includes both technical and management focuses. Engineering professionals learn sound managerial decision-making, leadership and other business skills critical to the success of today’s firms.
Crafted with industry partners, the degree program is uniquely structured to provide a high-reliability organizations (HRO) foundation, a degree-specific core and a certificate of the student's choice. With HRO concepts such as risk management and risk mitigation woven throughout the program, students graduate prepared to succeed in the high-risk and complex environments of today’s organizations. In addition to their core classes, students can also dig deeper and explore the topics that excite them most by choosing from a collection of 10 resume-boosting certificates.
Courses are taught by expert faculty members who are proven leaders with industry experience to share with students. Throughout the program, students are also introduced to a number of professional organizations like the Project Management Institute (PMI)® and the American Society for Engineering Management.
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About Engineering Management at the Worldwide & Online Campus
Today’s organizations have a need for managers who understand the technical work of the organization and can also successfully perform in management roles. Through the Master of Science in Engineering Management program, students gain a stronger understanding of management principles and graduate prepared to lead technical teams as they strive to increase an organization’s productivity, efficiency, resilience and bottom-line results.
As one of the few schools in the country and elsewhere to have a unifying theme across its graduate degrees, the Worldwide College of Business incorporates HRO concepts such as managing risk and operating with high reliability in industries like aviation, healthcare, business, space operations and more.
Students pursuing the Engineering Management master's can start or finish their degree program by earning one of the following resume-boosting certifications:
- Business Intelligence and Analytics
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Information Systems Security
- Information Technology Management
- International Business
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Systems Engineering
The Master of Science in Engineering Management offered through Embry-Riddle's Worldwide Campus is designed for working professionals who desire to add management expertise to their prior degrees in engineering, math, physical science, computer science or another STEM field. With Embry-Riddle’s online educational opportunities, students have the flexibility to learn at a campus near them — or even in their own home.
The Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) degree is designed for working professionals who desire to add management skill to their prior degrees in engineering, math, physical science, computer science, or another STEM field. The degree is designed to assist those students to move into managerial roles in technical organizations. The degree expands on the student’s existing technical abilities, adding management knowledge and skills.
Technical organizations require managers who understand the technical nature of the firm’s business. Upon completion of the multi-disciplinary degree, students will have the knowledge to become managers in a technical organization.
The degree program will be comprised of three sections. The first section will be comprised of 9 credit hours focused on high reliability organizations (HRO). High reliability organizations focus on risk, managing risk and resiliency. Concepts from these courses can be applied to all organizations. The second block of the MSEM will be the engineering management core. The third block consist of a certificate in the area of the student’s choice and provides the opportunity for students to focus their studies to match their career goals.
Program-Specific Criteria
Prerequisite Knowledge:
The program will not require an undergraduate degree in business for admissions. However, as required by ACBSP, prerequisite knowledge in accounting, finance, economics, marketing, management, and business statistics is required. This will be accomplished through a short MSEM Preflight Orientation Course that welcomes students to the degree program through interactive activities and provides the prerequisite knowledge needed to be successful in the program. Students must complete the Preflight Orientation prior to taking their first MSEM course.
The Master of Science in Engineering Management with a certificate in Project
Management is accredited by the PMI Global Accreditation Center for Project
Management Education Programs (GAC). Degree programs that achieve GAC accreditation must demonstrate and meet the GAC’s rigorous global standards of accreditation, which include an assessment of each program’s objectives and outcomes, faculty and student evaluations, onsite and online resources, annual self-evaluation, and proof of continuous improvements in the area of project management education. GAC accreditation ensures the quality of academic degree programs and their graduates in order to meet the standards of the rapidly growing field of project management.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
| High Reliability Organization | ||
| HROM 510 | Enterprise Risk Management | 3 |
| HROM 520 | Organizational Resilience | 3 |
| HROM 530 | Modeling and Decision-Making | 3 |
| Total Credits | 9 | |
| Engineering Management Core | ||
| EMGT 500 | Managing in the STEM Environment | 3 |
| EMGT 510 | Project Scheduling | 1.5 |
| EMGT 505 | Professional Standards | 1.5 |
| EMGT 520 | Quality for Projects and Operations | 3 |
| FINE 610 | Budgeting and Finance for R&D | 3 |
| EMGT 620 | Technology and Innovation Management | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 | |
Certificate
| Certificate Options: | 12 | |
| Choose any College of Business Graduate Certificate | ||
- Business Intelligence and Analytics
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Information Systems Security
- Information Technology Management
- International Business
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Systems Engineering
-OR-
Non-Certificate Option
| Non-Certificate Option: | 12 | |
| 12 credit hours of non-duplicated COB or other ERAU college graduate courses of student’s choice. For courses outside of the COB or transfer credit, Department Chair approval is required. | ||
| Total Degree Requirements | 36 | |
PMI and PMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
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