Management Engineering Major

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Program of Study

Business

Degree Type

Bachelor of Science

Concentrations

Management Engineering Major with Concentration in Biomedical Engineering

Management Engineering Major with Concentration in Civil Engineering

Management Engineering Major with Concentration in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Management Engineering Major with Concentration in Industrial Engineering

Management Engineering Major with Concentration in Information Technology

Management Engineering Major with Concentration in Manufacturing Engineering

Management Engineering Major with Concentration in Mechanical Engineering

Management Engineering Major with Custom Concentration

Educational Objectives

Objectives of the Management Engineering Major are:

To prepare students for management challenges in key areas that increasingly require proficiency in the technical aspects of business such as production and service operations.
To provide the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed professionally, including literacy in a technical field, a broad understanding of management issues, written communication, oral presentation, decision-making, and leadership skills required to create new and improved products, processes and control systems.
To develop student abilities necessary for continued career growth including:
- the ability to integrate theory and practice and to apply knowledge of technical issues with the foundations of management
- the ability to integrate technology and change into existing organizations
- the ability to think critically and analytically, to define and solve business problems, work in teams, and think globally; and
- the ability to learn new skills in response to changing professional requirements.

Program Distribution Requirements for the Management Engineering Major

Mathematics and Science

Mathematics (4/3 units)

Mathematics must include 2/3 units of calculus and 2/3 units of statistics.

Item #

Title

Units

MA 1021

Calculus I

1/3

MA 1022

Calculus II

1/3

MA 2611

Applied Statistics I

1/3

MA 2612

Applied Statistics II

1/3

Minimum Units

4/3

Computer Science (1/3 unit)

A minimum of 1/3 unit of Computer Science focused on programming. CS 1004, CS 1101, or CS 1102 is recommended. (CS 2022 and CS 3043 are not accepted.)

Item #

Title

Units

CS 1004

Introduction to Programming for Non-Majors

1/3

CS 1101

Introduction to Program Design

1/3

CS 1102

Accelerated Introduction to Program Design

1/3

Minimum Units

1/3

Basic Science (2/3 unit)

Any course with prefix: BB, CH, GE, PH

Minimum Units

2/3

Social Sciences (2/3 units)

ECON 1110 or ECON 1120 or ECON 2910/ETR 2910 and

ID 2050 or one from DEV, ECON, ENV, GOV, PSY, SD, SOC, SS, STS

Item #

Title

Units

1/3

Minimum Units

2/3

Management Engineering Core Curriculum

Financial Courses (3/3 unit)*

ACC 2060: Financial Statements for Decision Making; Select one course from: FIN 1250 Personal Finance, FIN 2070 Fundamentals of Finance, FIN 3300 Finance & Technology (FinTech); OIE 2850 Engineering Economics.

*Two courses at 3,000 level or above required across Financial and Managerial courses.

Item #

Title

Units

ACC 2060

Financial Statements for Decision Making

1/3

OIE 2850

Engineering Economics

1/3

Minimum Units

3/3

Managerial Courses (3/3 unit)*

Select one organizational behavior course (Recommended OBC 1010 Leadership Practice); Select one marketing course (Recommended MKT 4030 Achieving Strategic Effectiveness); Select one course from BUS 2020 The Legal Environment of Business Decisions, MIS 3010 Creating Value through Innovation, any course with an ETR, MKT, or OBC prefix.

*Two courses at 3,000 level or above required across Financial and Managerial courses.

Item #

Title

Units

OBC 1010

Leadership Practice

1/3

MKT 4030

Achieving Strategic Effectiveness

1/3

Minimum Units

3/3

Technical Courses (3/3 unit)

OIE 3020 Achieving Effective Operations; Select two courses from the following: AE, BB, BME, CE (except 3022), CH, CHE, CS (except 3043), DS, ECE, ES (except 1000), GE, OIE, MA, ME, PH, RBE (except 3100).

Item #

Title

Units

OIE 3020

Achieving Effective Operations

1/3

2/3

Minimum Units

3/3

Analytics Courses (3/3 unit)

OIE 3420 Quality Planning Design and Control; Select one course from: MIS 3720 Business Data Management, MIS 3787 Business Applications of Machine Learning, MIS 4084 Business Intelligence; Select one course from: BUS 2080 Data Analysis for Decision Making or OIE 2081 Introduction to Prescriptive Analytics, OIE 3460 Simulation Modeling and Analysis, OIE 3510 Stochastic Models, OIE 4430 Advanced Prescriptive Analytics: From Data to Impact.

Item #

Title

Units

OIE 3420

Quality Planning, Design and Control

1/3

Minimum Units

3/3

Technical or Analytics Course (1/3 unit)

Select one additional course from remaining Technical or Analytics Courses.

Minimum Units

1/3

Management Engineering Concentrations (6/3 Units)

Students selecting the Management Engineering Major must complete six courses from one of the concentrations as specified in the summary table for concentrations. Students may also work with their faculty advisor to create a custom MGE Program. Such custom programs must be approved by the advisor and the Business School’s Undergraduate Policy and Curriculum Committee.

BS in Management Engineering Concentrations:

Biomedical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Information Technology
Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Custom

See concentration links above for more information.

Minimum Units

6/3

Major Qualifying Project (3/3 units)

The MQP must have a focus in the concentration area with an MQP advisor from the Business School.

Minimum Units

3/3

Free Electives (4/3 Units)

Minimum Units

4/3