College of Engineering - MSEM Courses

College of Engineering

Courses (MSEM)

UPPER DIVISION

406B. Engineering Economy and Administration (3)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: ECON 300 or consent of instructor.
Engineering management principles and economic analysis: with time value of money, after-tax analysis for rate of return. Graduate students will be required to do an additional assignment.
Letter grade only (A-F).

461B. Manufacturing Resource Planning (3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Basic principles of manufacturing resources planning, operations management, and control. Forecasting techniques, production planning/scheduling procedures, analysis of manufacturing resources. Material inventory activities, facilities and physical plant layout, production process and equipment, productivity and quality. Team projects with modeling software.
Letter grade only (A-F).

483B. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (3)
Prerequisite: ENGR 330.
Principles and practices o f the function of computers in controlling the manufacturing process, including hardware and software requirements for computer automation; computer architectures used in manufacturing; computer-aided design; manufacturing systems; computer controlled manufacturing equipment; simulation; quality assurance; programming the factory.
Letter grade only (A-F).

GRADUATE LEVEL

505B. Quantitative Methods for Engineering Managers (3)
Prerequisite: MAE 501 or 502 or equivalents.
Quantitative approaches in engineering management decision-making. Computer-based tools used in management decision-making - basis for decision or validate decisions made using subjective approaches. Linear/dynamic programming, network analysis, Monte Carlo simulation and queuing models. Computer-based tools and interpreting results. Problem formulation emphasized.
Letter grade only (A-F).

506B. Management of Engineering Technology and Innovation (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate engineering standing.
Analysis of the principles and theory of engineering administrative organizations, information systems, management functions, decision making tools, strategies and administrative policy formulations.
Letter grade only (A-F).

507B. Engineering Project Management (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate engineering standing.
Theory and philosophies of project management, principles of internal and industrial organization planning and control systems, motion in time study, industrial statistics, industrial research as aid to decision making.
Letter grade only (A-F).

508B. Systems Engineering and Integration (3)
Prerequisite: Senior standing or consent of instructor.
Introduction to the tools and methods employed by systems engineers in the aerospace industry. Development of system functions, requirements, verification and validation, and interfaces in the context of integrated product teams and the product life cycle.
Letter grade only (A-F).

511B. Advanced Manufacturing Management Systems (3)
Prerequisite: Consent to instructor.
Management systems for Integrated Product Development and Concurrent Engineering; Quality, Productivity and Costs, emphasis Just-in-Time Manufacturing; Quality-Based Manufacturing Systems: TQM and ISO 9000; Customer Requirement and Quality Function Deployment; Design Manufacturing and Assembly, Poka-Yoke; Demand-Driven, “Pull” manufacturing. “Lean Enterprise”.
Letter grade only (A-F).

532B. Logistics Principles and Practice (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Logistics concepts, history, industry and military practice, lessons learned, and the complete product life cycle. Logistics processes including maintainability, support resource identification and technical documentation and training. Engineering design influence on product maintenance and material and operational support.
Letter grade only (A-F).

570B. Engineering Management Principles and Applications (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, or consent of instructor.
Engineering management principles/applications. Relationships of management functions -modern products or service based companies. Technical organization in global market place. Reengineering, empowerment, concurrent engineering, and systemic thinking. Evolutionary theories of management. Strategic planning, goal setting, communication, resource distribution, etc. Team projects.
Letter grade only (A-F).

590B. Directed Studies in Engineering Management (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Offers an opportunity to explore and learn in depth specific subject areas in engineering management under the guidance of a faculty. In addition, a student must submit a high quality report within the scope of the engineering management topics covered.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters. Letter grading only (A-F).

591B. Engineers to Managers – A Transition (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and graduate standing.
Engineers transitioning to management. Engineering mindset advantages and disadvantages; Successful managers; Corporations - system of people, machines, and facilities; Requirements; Inter-acting disciplines; “people skills” in non-coercive supervision; Technical managers; Managing Changes and technology; Team projects.
(Lecture-Problems 3 hours) Letter grade only (A-F).

596B. Special Projects in Engineering Management (3)
Prerequisites: Eligible for advancement to candidacy and consent of instructor.
Under faculty supervision students will pursue synthesis work, as a culminating experience, on the topics learned for the interdisciplinary MSEM degree. In consultation with the Program Advisor, an Independent Study form must be completed. An acceptable project report must be submitted.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Letter grade only (A-F).