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Graduate Announcements > School of Engineering > Departments and Programs of the School of Engineering > Engineering Management Program

Engineering Management Program

Director:	Richard C. Thompson, Jr., PhD Associate Dean of Engineering for Professional Programs
Lecturers:	Faleh Alshameri, Michelle Bailey, Branko Bokan; Fred Byus; Alan B. Carr; Jose Febres; Jeffrey E. Fernandez; Michael Fitzgerald, Tommy Gardner; Jeffrey E.Giangiuli; Boyd A. Jones; Margaret Kibben; Michael P. Kushner; Roark Redwood, Kimberly Stambler; William Timme, Larry Tobin; Diane Webber, Richard C. Thompson, Jr., Associate Dean of Engineering for Professional Programs and Director.

Mission

To provide excellence in engineering management education for graduate students to enhance their careers and to accelerate their learning as they leverage new engineering and technological advances while leading, managing, and serving a diverse workforce within their respective organizations.

The Engineering Management Program offers students the opportunity to earn a Certificate in Engineering Management or a Master of Science degree. The Engineering Management Program curriculum enhances management performance, develops managerial skills, and promotes the use of technology and engineering techniques to resolve the production, operations, regulatory, and financial issues facing today's professionals in business, industry and government. It is designed to provide the student with knowledge of the theory and practice of management as it specifically pertains to engineering and technology-oriented organizations and activities. The program is oriented to the management of engineering processes within the broader context of a company or agency enterprise.

Online Education: Effective in the Spring semester of 2018, Engineering Management Program courses became available in a Fully Online delivery method (e.g. available to globally distant students). For local Washington DC area students, the preferred delivery method will be “online-hybrid” with about 75% Online and about 25% Face to Face in the classroom with the Professor. Fully face-to-face courses are also available.

Master of Science (Engineering Management)

The Master of Science curriculum enhances management performance and develops managerial skills. It is designed to provide the student with knowledge of the theory and practice of management as it specifically pertains to engineering and technology-oriented organizations and activities. The program is oriented to the management of engineering processes within the broader context of a company or agency enterprise. Three tracks are offered to allow the student to focus on their career preference:

Engineering Management and Organization

This track was developed to provide a graduate-level foundation for the practice of managing engineering organizations. It is appropriate for those that will assume leadership positions in technically oriented organizations.

Project and Systems Engineering Management

This track was developed to provide a graduate level foundation for the practice of managing projects associated with development and life cycle management of a product. It is appropriate for project managers and system engineers in management roles or those that will be in those positions.

Technology Management

This track was developed to provide a graduate-level foundation for the practice of managing technology development, and implementation of sustainment activities. It is appropriate for those that will assume leadership positions in technology development or sustainment organizations.

Each track has seven core courses that give the foundation for engineering management and electives that allow students to focus their degree to their personal career plan. Nine semester hours (three courses) are used to tailor the degree program to the student's specific needs.

The Master of Science (Engineering Management) degree program requires completion of 30 semester credit hours. The School of Engineering offers a wide range of specialties relating to Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Analytics and Biomedical Engineering. Elective courses up to six credits may be transferred from accredited educational institutions into the program. Our partnership with the Nuclear Power Directorate allows transfer of 12 credits for completion of the U.S. Navy Officer Nuclear Power School Program.

A maximum of 6 credit hours of studies may be transferred from another institution. No course with a grade of less than B (3.0) is transferrable. Grades earned in transferred courses are not included in computing the required GPA of 3.0. Up to 9 credit hours may be transferred from the Defense Acquisition University (DAU). Specific restrictions are addressed on the DAU Partnership page.

Other substitutes may be appropriate depending on the student's educational objectives.

The Engineering Management master's degree program results in an engineering/scientific degree, rather than a business degree; therefore the program candidate should have an engineering, physical science or mathematics degree with appropriate technical or engineering experience. (Depending on experience, candidates without mathematics-based degree may be accepted for the program. Prerequisites may be required.)

A minimum of 30 semester credit hours is required, but a thesis is not required. All M.S. candidates for graduation must have earned at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average in courses leading to the degree. For more information, visit the departmental website.

Certificate of Engineering Management

Four Professional Certificates are available:

Engineering Management Professional Certificate

This program is designed to provide specialized graduate-level education and to further professional continuing education for those persons who will assume major administrative positions in industry or government organizations.

Program Management Professional Certificate

This program is designed to provide specialized graduate-level education and to further professional continuing education or certification (beyond or prior to Project Management Institute certification) for those who will act as program or product managers in industry and government.

Systems Engineering Professional Certificate

This program is designed to provide specialized graduate-level education and to further professional continuing education or certification (beyond or prior to International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) certification) for those persons who will act as the technical/systems engineering lead in major programs, organizations or functions in industry or government.

Management of Information Technology Professional Certificate

This program is designed to provide specialized graduate-level education and to further professional continuing education or certification for those persons who will be responsible for the management of information technology resources in industry and government.

These certificate programs provide an understanding of the core engineering management theory and tools that underpin technical management practices.

The Engineering Management Professional Certificate is awarded upon successful completion of 15 semester credit hours (five courses) of key program courses. To meet student needs one course could be substituted by an appropriate elective course from the School of Engineering or an approved transferred course.

For a course to be transferred, students must have earned a grade of B or better. The certificate is awarded after completion with a grade of C or better in all courses counted toward the certificate requirements.

Courses Offered

Consult Cardinal Station for information about courses and to determine course offerings by semester.

Class Locations

Engineering Management classes are held at the in Alexandria, Virginia at the Catholic Charities facility, Online, or on the CUA campus in northeast DC. The degrees offered at off campus sites have been approved by the governing board of CUA and are equivalent to those given on campus. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) has certified the CUA School of Engineering to operate in Virginia.