Engineering Management Foundations (Certificate)
This certificate is for engineering, STEM, or technical students seeking or experiencing transitions into increasing levels of responsibility and/or management roles. The program provides students the principles and foundational concepts for the planning and operational management of industrial, engineering, and technical organizational pursuits. Students may qualify to have their credits transferred into the Master of Engineering Management (MEM) degree program.
The Engineering Management Foundations Certificate consists of four (4) graduate courses and is offered on campus or 100% online.
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Admissions Information
To apply to the program, you need to:
- Complete an online application form
- Submit transcripts of all academic work after high school
- Provide a written personal statement
Admission is competitive, and the GRE is not required. Your academic success plays a significant role in the admission process. However, completing a certificate program does not guarantee entry into a graduate degree program. You should have a STEM or another relevant bachelor’s degree.
Applicant Information
- Delivery Method: On-Campus, Online, Hybrid
- Entrance Exam: None
- Interview Required: None
Plan Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership & Communication Course | 3 | ||
| Select one of the following courses: | |||
| Engineering Leadership and Strategic Change | |||
| Interpersonal Communication in Science and Technology Organizations | |||
| Seminar in Organizational Conflict Management | |||
| Seminar In Organizational Communication | |||
| Financial Competency Course | 3 | ||
| Select one of the following courses: | |||
| Applied Engineering Economy | |||
| Managerial Finance for Engineers | |||
| Risk and Financial Management in Construction | |||
| Project Management & Coordination Course | 3 | ||
| Select one of the following courses: | |||
| Project Management | |||
| Construction Project Management | |||
| Special Topics in Engineering (Engineering Project Management) | |||
| Project Management | |||
| Student Choice | 3 | ||
| Complete three (3) credit hours from the following courses: | |||
| Introduction to Operations Research | |||
| Python Programming for Industrial & Systems Engineers | |||
| Statistical Models for Systems Analytics in Industrial Engineering | |||
| Decision Making under Uncertainty | |||
| Experimental Statistics for Engineers I | |||
| Statistics for Management and Social Sciences I | |||
| Applied Statistical Methods I | |||
| Lean Six Sigma Quality | |||
| Facilities Engineering Systems | |||
| Environmental Compliance for Facilities Engineers | |||
| Data Wrangling and Web Scraping | |||
| Exploratory Data Analysis for Big Data | |||
| Data Internship Preparation for Social Impact | |||
| Exploring Machine Learning | |||
| Special Topics in Data Science | |||
| Graduate Special Topics in Data Science | |||
Any 500-level course from the Master of Engineering Management (MEM) curriculum approved in conjunction with the academic committee | |||
| Total Hours | 12 | ||
Faculty
Director
- Brandon M. McConnell, Interim Director
Full Professors
- Sebastian Heese , Owens Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management
- John Baugh, Professor
- Joseph DeCarolis, Professor
- Jingyan Dong, Professor
- Yahya Fathi, Professor
- Ola Harrysson, Edward P. Fitts Distinguished Professor
- Jessica Jameson, Professor
- Edward Jaselskis, E.I. Clancy Distinguished Professor
- Russell King, Foscue Distinguished Professor
- Yuan-Shin Lee, Professor
- Maria Mayorga, Professor
- Rohan Shirwaiker, James T. Ryan Professor
- Daowen Zhang, Professor
Associate Professors
- Karen Chen, Associate Professor
- Adolfo R. Escobedo, Associate Professor
- Michael Kay, Associate Professor
- Tim Kraft, Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Osman Ozaltin, Associate Professor of Personalized Medicine
- Daniel Saloni, Associate Professor
- Jeffrey Stonebraker , Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Hong Wan, Associate Professor
- Don Warsing, Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
Assistant Professors
- Xiaolei Fang, Assistant Professor
- Leila Hajibabai, Assistant Professor
Associate Research Professor
- Christopher D. Rock, Associate Research Professor
Associate Teaching Professor
- Meagan Kittle Autry, Associate Teaching Professor
- S. Sebnem Ahiska King, Teaching Associate Professor
- Fred Livingston, Associate Teaching Professor
- Kanton Reynolds, Associate Teaching Professor
Teaching Assistant Professor
- Nur Ozaltin, Teaching Assistant Professor
Professor of the Practice
- Doug Morton, Professor of the Practice
- James Rispoli, Professor of the Practice
- Michael Spano, Professor of Practice
Emeritus Faculty
- Javad Taheri, Associate Research Professor Emeritus
Associate and Adjunct Faculty
- Edwin Addison, Adjunct Professor
Lecturers
- Steven DelGrosso, Lecturer
- Dan Harris, Lecturer
- Dan Kempton, Adjunct Lecturer
- Robert Nunez, Lecturer