The Engineering Management Program at the College of Engineering and Applied Science offers a master of engineering degree in engineering management and several professional certificates. The ME degree is designed for professionals who seek to develop in-depth managerial and entrepreneurial skills specific to engineering and the applied sciences. The curriculum provides in-depth engineering and management knowledge. Courses may be taken on campus or through our distance learning program.
The master of engineering degree in engineering management consists of 30 credit hours, six core courses, and four elective courses. The electives offer competency in the following areas:
Graduate certificates are also available in many of the above core competency areas. Credits accrued toward a certificate can be applied toward a master’s degree.
Visit emp.colorado.edu for more information.
(12 credit hours)
This certificate is offered in partnership with the nationally renowned Deming Center for Entrepreneurship in Colorado. It provides the student with the essential knowledge, understanding, and skills to successfully practice entrepreneurship in a start-up venture or within a larger corporation (intrapreneurship). The focus is on how much to launch, lead, and manage a viable business starting with concept validation to commercialization and business formation. The program culminates with the development of a business plan for a project that the student chooses and then pitches to business community leaders and venture capitalists.
(12 credit hours)
The certificate provides a broad-based view of the key principles and concepts that are important for technical managers, including finance and accounting, leadership and management, quality management, and project management. The certificate requires four courses selected from the five core courses in the Engineering Management graduate curriculum.
(9 credit hours)
Engineers and scientists can think systemically, visualize complex technical and human interactions, and resolve conflicting viewpoints. This certificate develops technical professionals so that they may apply these talents more broadly and play a leadership role in their organizations. Students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to lead and learn the ethical decision-making processes they need to make real-world decisions. There are two core courses:
The third course is chosen by the student from the following list. Each of these courses provides grounding and context for the different situations in which technical professionals work.
(12 credit hours)
This certificate provides engineering managers with the tools to effectively and efficiently manage applied research in areas such as sustaining
engineering, customer and supplier evaluation, quality improvement and problem solving, new process and facility start-up, the design of complex and interdependent systems, and cost reduction analysis. Methods taught include advanced experimental design, sample sizes, use of powerful parametric and nonparametric analyses, and data mining.
(9 credit hours)
The formal name for innovation within a corporate setting is R&D. Innovation has become essential to every company’s survival and well-being. Innovation takes many forms including product, process, and business model innovation. Individuals who understand and can manage innovation and creativity have great career opportunities. This certificate provides proven concepts and tools for managing the innovation process of strategy formation, portfolio development, and project execution in both hardware and software environments.
(12 credit hours)
This certificate provides a cutting-edge model for Business Performance Excellence (BPE). BPE is a facilitating system, enabling companies to successfully execute their improvement program efforts, such as Six Sigma, to increase profitability. In addition to cost reduction, the application of quality principles and allocated cost accounting enables identification of revenue generating “sweet spots” for profit optimization.
(9 credit hours)
This certificate is designed around the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and builds a foundation for the preparation of PMP certification. This certificate can be completed in one calendar year.
(12 credit hours)
This certificate provides engineering managers with the technical expertise needed to manage initiatives in quality improvement, problem-solving, and reliability improvement. Upon completion, students are certified as Green Belts for Six Sigma programs.
This certificate is designed to educate students in the advanced statistical tools that are used in business to solve problems and improve product and service quality. The curriculum focuses on the use of basic and advanced statistical techniques and how to use them to identify and achieve improvement opportunities in the real world. Numerous case studies from business and industry will emphasize the connection that applied statistics has to making optimal business decisions.
(12 credit hours)
Technology venture management and product development is key to the sustained success of any high-technology business in today’s intensely competitive and global marketplace. This certificate is designed for the engineer in any size company (Fortune 500 to start-up) who wants to embrace the challenge of managing the strategy and implementation of new technology product development. Using case studies and realistic business emulation exercises, the student will gain an understanding and practice the skills required to evaluate technology, consider its viability as a product, and manage the development effort required to deliver a product that provides an exceptional customer experience.