General Information
During the first semester, the student is to meet with the advisors (see right) and select a major professor from engineering systems. These two individuals will be responsible for the intellectual growth of the student through the program and for the development of the thesis research.
The MSES 5950, Master's Thesis is required. This is to be a joint effort of the College of Business Administration and the Department of Engineering Systems. An industrial representative must also be part of the committee and selection of the same is the responsibility of the joint major professors and the student. An oral defense is required.
Members of the student's graduate committee will determine if the student is to take a written comprehensive examination in addition to the oral defense of the thesis. The written comprehensive examination for the MBA is satisfied by the completion of BUSI 5190 - Administrative Strategy in their last semester.
Admission
An applicant must indicate MBA/MSES as a major on the graduate application. The Toulouse School of Graduate Studies/Graduate Admissions will send one copy of the submitted materials to the College of Business Administration Graduate Programs Office and another copy to Dr. Michael Kozak.
In most cases, the student will be required to take background courses in business or engineering technology, but not both. However, a student who does not have an undergraduate degree in business, engineering, or engineering technology may have to take the background courses from both disciplines. Minimum admission standards of both disciplines must be met including GRE scores. The MBA and MSES program defined in this plan is only available to students that are seeking the joint degrees
Awarding of Degrees
Upon completion of the background courses in either business or engineering technology or both, the student will complete 24 hours of graduate courses in business and 24 hours of graduate courses in engineering technology. Twelve hours of the completed engineering technology courses will count as a concentration for the MBA and 12 hours of the completed business courses will count as a minor for the MSES. A student enrolled in this dual track program will receive both degrees at the same time.
Course Requirements
MS Background Courses (15 hours)
Dr. Mike Kozak will check for the following on each student’s submitted transcript: Calculus, Chemistry, Physics plus an undergraduate major in a technical field. The number of background courses needed will be determined by the Engineering Systems graduate program coordinator.
MBA Background Courses* (18 hours)
*Note: Background course may be required if your undergraduate degree did not prepare you for current master level courses. Background courses are assessed on an as needed basis after evaluation of undergraduate transcripts.
| ACCT 5020 (3 hrs) |
Accumulation and Analysis of Accounting Data |
| BCIS 5090 (1.5 hrs) |
Intro. to Business Computer Info. Systems |
| BLAW 5050 (1.5 hrs) |
Legal, Reg., and Ethical Env. Of Business |
| DSCI 5010 (1.5 hrs) |
Statistical Analysis |
| ECON 5000 (3 hrs) |
Economic Concepts |
| FINA 5040 (1.5 hrs) |
Intro. to Finance and Financial Mathematics |
| MATH 1190 (3 hrs) |
Business Calculus |
| MGMT 5070 (1.5 hrs) |
Management Issues |
| MKTG 5000 (1.5 hrs) |
Marketing Concepts |
MBA Core Courses (18 hours)
| ACCT 5130 |
Accounting for Management |
| DSCI 5180 |
Introduction to Decision Making |
| FINA 5170 |
Financial Management |
| MKTG 5150 |
Marketing Management |
| MGMT 5140 |
Organizational Behavior & Analysis |
| BUSI 5190 |
Administrative Strategy (last semester) |
MBA Concentration Courses (12 hours)
MGMT 5280 |
Analysis and Design of Operations Systems |
| MGMT 5240 | Project Management |
| MGMT 5850 | Materials Management |
| DSCI 5210 | Model-Based Decision Making (for Elec. Engineering) |
| MSES 5310 | Embedded Controllers |
| MSES 5310 | Industrial Process Controls (for Mech. Engineering) |
| MSES 5200 | Advanced Concepts of Metallurgical Science & Eng. |
| MSES 5230 | Composite Material (for Manufacturing Engineering) |
| MSES 5100 | Nontraditional Manufacturing Processes |
| MSES 5130 | Product Reliability & Quality (also listed in OBA as DSCI 5320) |
MS in Engineering Systems Program Requirements
Selected with Major Professor in Engineering Systems
Thesis (30 hours) and non-thesis (36 hours) options available
