Courses
From Idea through Launch: Parts I & II
In this five credit course, learning partners will explore the creation and development of a product or service, emphasizing processes and systems that span all stages of product development from ideation to marketplace implementation. Idea through Launch is separated into Part I and Part II, with integrated content modules. Modules include innovation, knowledge management, lean and global product development, human factors, and launch readiness.
Sample Syllabus for Idea through Launch Pt. I
Sample Syllabus for Idea through Launch Pt. II
From Launch through Sustainability: Parts I & II
This course is also five credits and picks up the product life-cycle process where Idea through Launch leaves off. Learning partners will explore the life cycle process of a product or service for sustainability. Modules emphasize design of the global supply chain network and logistics, international business practices for lean manufacturing, quality, and customer relations management.
Sample Syllabus for Launch through Sustainability Pt. I
Sample Syllabus for Launch through Sustainability Pt. II
Global Perspectives on Engineering & Manufacturing Management
This two credit course is designed to provide technical leaders with a system of frameworks to holistically understand and practically manage operations to be technologically competitive in the global marketplace.
Sample Syllabus for Global Perspectives
Topics
Some of the major topic discussions are: Demographics, Economic Opportunities/Challenges, Culture, Consumer Behavior, Government, Labor Relations, Infrastructure, IT, Political stability, and Education.
Potential Guest Speakers
This class will leverage input from the following types of people in the region being studied: Government employee, Economist, University Faculty, Product Development expert, and a Cultural guru.
Advanced Engineering Statistics
Analytics, including data analysis and statistical models, are at the core of business, service, product, engineering, and policy decisions. The modules of this course include key statistical methods: linear regression and logistic models, data collection, multivariate analyses, and time series. At the end of this three credit course, one should have a broad and critical understanding of the application of these methods for engineering and manufacturing management.
Literature Review
This one credit course serves as a foundation course for conducting scholarly research. The literature review process is integral to one’s ability to identify gaps in the scientific knowledge worthwhile to pursue for doctoral studies.
Research Design and Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative
These courses are three credits each and are designed to help learning partners fully understand the fundamentals of conducting qualitative and quantitative research and properly applying relevant methods and tools. Topics covered in these courses include: developing research questions, designing the research plan, the role of the researcher, sample selection, data collection, analysis and measurement. The goal of these courses is to prepare learning partners to write scholarly articles for conferences and publications, to conduct dissertation research, and to use research to stay globally competitive.
Technical Courses
- Product Development
- Systems Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Quality Management
- Global Engineering Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Service Design and Management
- Information Systems