StudyQA — Master: Engineering Management — Northwestern University (Page 3)

Photos of university / #northwesternu

Description Contents Requirements

Housed within the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, the Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program is designed for experienced engineering and science professionals who want to develop core management and leadership skills, while staying on the cutting edge of technology.

The curriculum combines core management principles of an MBA with comprehensive quantitative and analytical tools, empowering engineers to communicate in the language of business and to move from thinking tactically to thinking strategically. Graduates leave the program prepared for top leadership roles in today’s technologically sophisticated companies.

A minimum number of 12 courses is required to earn the Master of Engineering Management degree. Among them are:

REQUIRED COURSES (7 COURSES)

MEM 402: Engineering Management
MEM 403: Accounting for Engineers
MEM 404: Financial Issues for Engineers
MEM 405: Marketing Issues for Engineers
MEM 407: Decision Tools for Managers
MEM 424: Leadership and Organizational Behavior*
MEM 437: Strategic Management for Engineers

*Starting with the incoming class of Fall 2015, MEM 424 Leadership will be a required core course - increasing the required core from six to seven courses. Students enrolled prior to Fall 2015 are grandfathered into the six core requirement.

ADVANCED ENGINEERING METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT (2 COURSES)

You must select at least two from this list of advanced engineering courses. These courses differentiate MEM from other business programs because they rely on your engineering or quantitative background. These are courses that will help you get in-depth knowledge in the field you want to pursue in the future.

MEM 415: Computer Simulation for Risk & Operations Analysis (offered every other year)
MEM 417: Product Development
MEM 420: Organizing for Innovation
MEM 426: Project Management
MEM 414: Supply Chain Management (offered every other year)
MEM 412: Operations Excellence
MEM 410: Managerial Analytics
MEM 490: Systems Engineering and Architecture
ENTREP 495: NUvention Medical (count as one course)
EECS 473: NUvention Web (count as one course)
ISEN 430: NUvention Energy

ELECTIVES (3 COURSES)

You choose three electives from a variety of courses within MEM and programs within Northwestern University (limit of two courses from outside the engineering school). These courses give you the flexibility to tailor the program to meet your needs. You may choose courses from:

MEM Electives:

MEM 416: Business Process Change Management
MEM 419: Technical Entrepreneurship
MEM 429: Negotiation for Engineers

Other Schools/Departments have limited courses available:

Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences
Kellogg School of Management
Learning and Organizational Change Program from the School of Education and Social Policy
Master of Science in Analytics
Master of Science in Information Technology
Master of Project Management Program

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering or science discipline.
Minimum of three years of technical work experience after having received a technical undergraduate degree
3.0 Grade Point Average on a 4.0 scale in undergraduate work
Transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate education attempted
$50 application fee payable in US funds
Three letters of recommendation that attest to the candidate's work performance and management potential. At least two should be business related (not academic such as a professor) and one must be a current supervisor
Personal statement that is part of the online application
Calculus based statistics course (Note: Incoming students will be required to complete a summer MEM online statistics course to meet this requirement. This course is free to MEM students.)
TOEFL or IELTS scores for all interntional applicants whose undergraduate training, in whole or in part, was taken at an institution in a country where English is not the native language
GMAT or GRE scores are optional, but highly recommended