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Engineering Management Minor

The Engineering Management (EM) minor focuses on giving engineering students a basic understanding of economics, accounting, statistics, project-management methods, and analysis tools necessary to manage technical operations and projects effectively.

This minor is open to all engineering and engineering technology majors and provides the student with understanding of basic concepts relevant to the management of engineering operations. Students who anticipate moving from technical to managerial positions during their careers may wish to consider this minor.

Required courses:

EM 224Informatics & Software Development

3
EM 301Accounting and Business Analysis

4
EM 360Operations Management and Process Engineering

3
EM 480Managing Development Enterprise

3

EM minors take the following courses as part of the engineering curriculum:

Required Engineering Core

ENGR 355Engineering Economics

4
Or
IDE 399Engineering Economics & Project Management

2

ENGR 243Probability and Statistics for Engineers

3
Or
ENGR 241Probability and Statistics with Data Science Applications

4

IDE 401Senior Innovation II: Value Proposition

1
And
IDE 402Senior Innovation III: Venture Planning and Pitch

1

Required Humanities Core

BT 243Macroeconomics

3
BT 244Microeconomics

3
 

Data Visualization Minor

This minor gives students a broad, interdisciplinary introduction to data visualization as a tool for communicating ideas, decisions, problems and stories. Students will learn to parse and visualize data using industry-standard tools, the basics of graphic design, to apply programming for creating visuals, and to consider the implications of data on society and culture. Open to all students with a 3.0 GPA or higher.

Course requirements for the minor:

HAR 241Design I

3
HAR 271Creative Programming I

3
EM 622Decision Making Via Data Analysis Techniques

3

EM 570Data Storytelling

3
Or
HSS 570Data Storytelling

3

And one of the following:

SYS 501Probability and Statistics for Systems Engineering

3
EM 365Statistics For Engineering Management

4
ENGR 243Probability and Statistics for Engineers

3
MA 222Probability and Statistics

3
ENGR 241Probability and Statistics with Data Science Applications

4

And one of the following:

HST 325Visualizing Society

3
HAR 250Designing with Data

3
HST 320Science and Media

3
HSS 301Research Design and Methods

3

Note: The graduate-level courses listed above do not have any prerequisites and are open to undergraduate students who have junior or senior standing and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.