Engineering Management Minor Curriculum
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 224 | Informatics & Software Development | 3 |
| EM 301 | Accounting and Business Analysis | 4 |
| EM 360 | Operations Management and Process Engineering | 3 |
| EM 480 | Managing Development Enterprise | 3 |
EM minors take the following courses as part of the engineering curriculum:
Required Engineering Core
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| ENGR 241 | Probability and Statistics with Data Science Applications | 4 |
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| ENGR 243 | Probability and Statistics for Engineers | 3 |
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| ENGR 355 | Engineering Economics | 4 |
| IDE 399 | Engineering Economics & Project Management | 2 |
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| IDE 401 | Senior Innovation-II:Value Proposition | 1 |
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| IDE 402 | Senior Innovation III: Venture Planning and Pitch | 1 |
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Required Humanities Core
Data Visualization Minor Curriculum
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:
And one of the following:
| EM 365 | Statistics For Engineering Management | 4 |
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| ENGR 241 | Probability and Statistics with Data Science Applications | 4 |
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| ENGR 243 | Probability and Statistics for Engineers | 3 |
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| MA 222 | Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| SYS 501 | Probability and Statistics for Systems Engineering | 3 |
And one of the following:
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.