Graduate Certificate - Engineering Management

The Engineering Management Certificate Program consists of the four courses listed below, which are delivered as part of our regular master's degree program in Engineering Management. Students will be responsible for prerequisite knowledge as determined by course instructors.

Engineering Management 314: Management for Engineers and Scientists
To facilitate the transition of the engineer to manager; Understand the roles and responsibilities of managers; Appreciate the complexities of modern organizations; Develop insights into managing people, groups, projects, and systems; Build perspective on organizational stakeholders Introduce key skills for successful management.

Engineering Management 352: Financial Decision Analysis
To develop an understanding of the preparation and analysis of financial statements and forecasted financial statements. The course will introduce tools and techniques used in making decision regarding asset expansion and the related cost of capital and optimal capital structure. The course will include the study of time value of money concepts and capital budgeting techniques.

Engineering Management 361: Project Management
Organization structure and staffing, motivation, authority and influence, conflict management, project planning, network systems, pricing, estimating, and cost control, proposal preparation, project information systems, international project management; normally includes a semester group project.

Engineering Management 365: Operations Management Science
Design and analysis of operations using concepts of management science. Systems are modeled and analyzed using quantitative and qualitative techniques and solved using modern information technology. 

Admission:
This certificate program is open to all persons holding a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. degree (with at least one degree in Engineering or hard science) and who have a minimum of 12 months of professional employment experience or are currently accepted into a graduate degree program at Missouri S&T.

Once admitted to the program, the student must take the four designated courses. In order to receive a Graduate Certificate, the student must have an cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better in the certificate courses. Once admitted into the program, a student will be given three years to complete the program.