Engineering Management
Major
What is Engineering Management?
Engineering management prepares students
to integrate management skills with engineering skills
to solve complex problems in manufacturing, product development
and service delivery. To be successful, a company must
be able to efficiently produce its products. It must be
able to create good product designs and convert them into
workable production plans. This requires engineers with
management skills who can design, develop, and improve
production systems. These managers must assure the company
that every product or service is of good quality and of
reasonable cost.
Students in these fields must understand
and be able to improve on modern manufacturing processes
and systems, design tools and plan production. They must
understand modern computer controlled manufacturing and
know when and where to apply these technologies.
Universities offer a variety of programs
that tie engineering to management. They may also be called
industrial engineering, industrial systems engineering,
and manufacturing systems engineering.
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What Kinds of Students Major in
Engineering Management?
In order to succeed in this major, a
student should enjoy the physical sciences and mathematics
in order to succeed in the engineering courses, yet also
possess the interest and skills needed to succeed in business
courses. This student also needs a strong grasp of oral
and written communication skills. Students in these fields
should enjoy analyzing social and technical systems, appreciate
the process of changing organizations, and exhibit the
skills required of any good manager: leadership, listening,
speaking and writing, decision making, planning and so
forth.
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What Courses Do Engineering Management
Majors Take?
The required and elective courses you
would take for majors vary considerably among institutions.
Courses are listed here that are illustrative of the breadth
of topics you are likely to experience were you to major
in this field.
Managerial
Science |
Introduction
to Engineering |
Operations
and Production Management |
Marketing |
Materials
Science |
Industrial
System Simulation |
Accounting |
System
Engineering |
Quality
Assurance |
Materials
Handling and Plant Layout |
Artificial
Intelligence |
Chemistry |
Computer
Science |
Entrepreneurship |
Packaging
Materials |
Physics |
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What Types of Positions do Engineering
Management Majors Take After College?
These professions and professional organizations
illustrate the types of positions you might qualify for
if you complete this major. Some majors are more directly
related to employment than others, however. You should
consider the likelihood of employment after graduation
carefully, if you do not plan to go on for graduate work
in a field. Even with the completion of graduate work
in some fields, however, employment is difficult, so you
should determine what the prospects are for this or any
major. Employment possibilities are often enhanced by
the selecting employment-related courses and by the enrollment
in second major or in a minor.
Manufacturing
Management |
Operations
Management |
Logistics |
Product
Packaging |
Healthcare
Planning |
Distribution
Planner |
Technical
Consulting |
Waste
Disposal |
Chemical
Process Control Consulting |
Product
Safety |
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Are you interested in detailed information
about the forecasted demand for a particular profession?
Are you interested in the estimated salaries such positions
are likely to pay? This government Web site allows you
to search on a particular job, whether listed here or
not, to give you this information.
Bureau
of Labor Statistics
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Related Links
If you are interested in learning more
about what professionals in this field do and what kinds
of activities they engage in, you might want to begin
with the following web sites. Also check the departmental
web sites of colleges and universities, which offer this
major.
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University Departments to Consider
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