Next Start Date: Online Master's in Engineering Management
Named one of the Best Online Master's in Engineering Programs in the Nation by U.S. News & World Report, the online M.S. in Engineering Management is a collaboration between UMass Lowell's Francis College of Engineering, Manning School of Business and Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences. The Master's in Engineering Management will prepare you for design, manufacturing and infrastructure management careers and impart the skills needed for leadership roles in quality and production operations, product design and support, engineering services, supply management, facilities management and consulting services.
This program will provide flexibility for working professionals and benefit applicants with technical and non-technical backgrounds. Technical professionals and engineers will enhance management and leadership skills through an in-depth study of business principles and practices, while those with non-engineering degrees will deepen technical expertise through select engineering courses.
Earn Your Master's Degree in as Little as 18 Months
Earn a Top-Ranked Master's for Under $20k
Career Outlook
8.11M
Jobs (2020)
+3.7%
% Change (2020-2021)
$95.5K/yr
Median Earnings
963,240
Annual Openings
Source: Lightcast, 2022
Occupations
- Civil Engineering Manager
- Director of Engineering
- Emerging Products Manager
- Engineering Division Manager
- Engineering Project Leader
- Industrial Management Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineering Manager
- Mechanical Engineering Supervisor
- Operations Manager
- Plant Manager
- Product Engineering Manager
- Senior Director of Engineering
- Senior Lead Analyst
- Senior Product Development Manager
"The median annual wage for engineering managers was $137,720 in May 2017."
"Employment of engineering managers in the engineering services industry is projected to grow 13 percent through 2026."
— U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook
Handbook, 2018
This 12-course, 31-credit program offers three concentrations:
Choose from courses in mechanical engineering, plastics manufacturing, industrial design and quality control.
Choose from courses in the area of civil engineering.
Choose from courses in topics such as occupational safety, work environment, supply chain management and lean manufacturing.
"My experience with UMass Lowell has been more rewarding than I ever imagined it would be. Taking online courses can sometimes be a challenge but the professors involved in the MSEM program go to great lengths to help you engage with the curriculum and, in some cases, other classmates. All of the professors involved with this program are extremely dedicated to the success of their students."
Misty L.
Success Story
"UMass Lowell's Master's in Engineering Management program offers a fantastic and challenging curriculum presented by passionate professors. The program provides a perfect balance to bridge the gap between engineering and business. The flexibility and affordability of the program enabled me to gain tools and skills that I immediately put to use in my career in the gas and oil industry."
Sheldon K.
Curriculum Outline
Total Courses Required: 12 (31 Credits)
Required Courses (7 Courses / 16cr)
- MECH.5760 Engineering Project Management (3cr)
- POMS.6220 Decision Analytics (3cr) - Available Fall 2023!
- CHEN.5480 Engineering Process Analytics (3cr)
- ACCT.5010 Financial Accounting (2cr) - Available Fall 2023!
OR
*ACCT.5010 is a prerequisite for FINA.5010
- FINA.5010 Fundamentals of Finance * (2cr) - Available Fall 2023!
- MKTG.5010 Marketing Fundamentals (2cr) - Available Fall 2023!
- POMS.5010 Operations Fundamentals (2cr) - Available Fall 2023!
- MGMT.5010 Organizational Behavior (2cr) - Available Fall 2023!
Concentration Areas (Minimum 9cr Required) - Choose three courses from one of the following concentrations:
Design and Manufacturing Concentration (Choose 3 courses)
- CIVE.5210 Reliability Analysis (3cr)
- MECH.5740 Design For Reliability Engineering (3cr)
- MECH.5120 Applied Finite Element Analysis (3cr)
- ENGN.5400 Designing Sustainable Products (3cr)
- MECH.5720 Manufacturing Processes (3cr)
- MECH.5710 Quality Engineering (3cr)
- MECH.5750 Industrial Design of Experiment (3cr)
- MECH.5790 Robotics (3cr)
- PLAS.5180 Plastics Product Design (3cr)
- PLAS.5370 Business Law for Engineers (3cr)
- PLAS.5900 Survey of Intellectual Property (3cr)
- PLAS.5530 Medical Device Design I (3cr)
- PLAS.6180 Structural Product Design (3cr)
OR
OR
Engineering Services / Infrastructure Management Concentration (Choose 3 courses)
- CIVE.5110 Inspection and Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure (3cr)
- CIVE.5400 Urban Transportation Planning (3cr)
- CIVE.5440 Transportation Economics and Project Evaluation (3cr)
- CIVE.5210 Reliability Analysis (3cr)
- CIVE.5760 GIS Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering (3cr)
Operations and Supply Management Concentration (Choose 3 courses)
- PLAS.5150 Lean Plastics Manufacturing (3cr)
- PLAS.6060 Plastics Manufacturing Systems Engineering (3cr)
- PUBH.5510 Work Environment Policy and Practice (3cr)
- MGMT.6100 Managerial Leadership (3cr) - Available Fall 2023!
- MGMT.6010 Managing Organizational Change (3cr) - Available Fall 2023!
- MGMT.6150 International Business (3cr) - Available Fall 2023!
- POMS.6010 Operations Management (3cr) - Available Fall 2023!
- POMS.6020 Global Supply Chain Management (3cr)
- POMS.6120 Statistics for Predictive Analytics (3cr) - Available Fall 2023!
- POMS.6240 Analytical Decision Making Tools (3cr)
- ENTR.6400 New Venture Creation (3cr)
- ENTR.6500 Innovation and Emerging Technology (3cr)
Professional Capstone Practice or Non-Capstone Option (6cr) - Choose One
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Professional-practice capstone:
Capstone topic to be completed under the direction of an advisor and defended to a committee of at least three (6cr) -
Non capstone option:
Any two courses from another choice of the three Engineering Management concentrations (a, b or c) or two other graduate courses pending the permission of the MSEM degree coordinator (6cr)
OR
Course Descriptions
An introduction to financial accounting within the context of business transactions and business decisions. This course is a broad introduction to using accounting information from the user's perspective with little emphasis on traditional debits, credits, journal entries and ledgers. Emphasis is placed on preparing and understanding financial statements. 2 credits.
If not currently matriculated in a Manning School of Business program, please contact the MBA Staff at MBA@uml.edu or call 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
Prerequisites:
MBA/ MSF/MSEM/MGFB/PSM or PHD.
This course covers multivariate statistical data analysis and experimental design. Students will learn how to extract information by analyzing various engineering datasets, and how to generate information-rich datasets via minimum experiments. Software for data analysis and experimental design will be utilized during tutorial and practice. 3 credits.
Prerequisites:
Students with a CSCE or UGRD career need permission to take Graduate Level Courses.
In this course, principles and applications of
inspection and monitoring techniques for the
condition assessment of
aged/damaged/deteriorated civil infrastructure
systems such as buildings, bridges, and
pipelines, are introduced. Current
nondestructive testing/evaluation (NDT/E)
methods including optical, acoustic/ultrasonic,
thermal, magnetic/electrical, radiographic,
microwave/radar techniques are addressed with a
consideration of their theoretical background.
Wired and wireless structural health monitoring
(SHM) systems for civil infrastructure are also
covered. Applications using inspection and
monitoring techniques are discussed with
practical issues in each application. 3 credits.
A review of the elementary principles of probability and statistics followed by advanced topics including decision analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and system reliability. In-depth quantitative treatment in the modeling of engineering problems, evaluation of system reliability, and risk-benefit decision management. 3 credits.
Objectives and procedures of the urban transportation planning process. Characteristics and current issues of urban transportation in the United States (both supply and demand). Techniques of analysis, prediction and evaluation of transportation system alternatives. Consideration of economic, environmental, ethical, social and safety impacts in the design and analysis of transportation systems. 3 credits.
The course offers an overview of the fundamental principles of transportation economics. Emphasizes theory and applications concerning demand, supply and economics of transportation systems. Covers topics such as pricing, regulation and the evaluation of transportation services and projects. Prerequisites: Students should have knowledge of transportation systems and basic microeconomics. 3 credits.
This course is to introduce students to the basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and GIS applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Topics to be covered include GIS data and maps, queries, map digitization, data management, spatial analysis, network analysis, geocoding, coordination systems and map projections, editing. Examples related to transportation, environmental, geotechnical and structural engineering will be provided to help students better understand how to apply GIS in the real world and gain hands-on experience. This course will consist of lectures and computer work. 3 credits.
The course introduces students to the sustainability aspects of product design. Sustainable products are designed to conserve materials and energy, select low-impact materials, eliminate toxic substances, extend product life, re-use materials, and reduce the generation of wastes. The entire product life cycle will be considered including: material extraction, material processing, manufacturing, transportation, product use, and disposal. Students will learn the impact of design solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. The students will learn strategies to identify the sustainability impacts throughout the product life cycle, as well as the application of sustainable product design principles and strategies to address these impacts. 3 credits.
This course is designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurship. The focus is on entrepreneurship as generic activity. It explores the opportunities and challenges face by individuals who seek to start a new ventures and the probable career development paths that are available. For those who may be interested in starting or running a new business, the course will provide an essential foundation for this process, identify the skills and resources required, and explore the opportunities available to the young entrepreneur. 3 credits.
This course examines technological innovation and its relationship to value-creation and business strategy. Emphasis is placed on emerging scientific and technical innovations and the opportunities and challenges they present to both existing businesses and new venture entrepreneurs. The overall goal of this course is to help you to understand, appreciate and learn to manage the technology innovation process. Students examine innovation strategies, planning models, evaluation models, licensing and the commercialization process required to launch new businesses around innovative products and technologies. 3 credits.
This course introduces students to the finance function in the context of the modern corporation. Students are exposed to a variety of analytical techniques and to theory applied to financial decision making. Specific topics include financial statements and cash flows, risk and rates of return, the time value of money, stock and bond valuation, and determination of a firm's cost of capital. The course concludes with an introduction to a major financial decision for a firm: analyzing capital investments. 2 credits.
If not currently matriculated in a Manning School of Business program, please contact the MBA staff at MBA@uml.edu or call 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
Prerequisites:
ACCT.5010, MBA/MSEM or MGFB
An introduction to finite element methods using popular commercial packages. The features common to different programs as well as special features of particular programs are presented. Primary focus is on hands-on familiarity with the software with a limited discussion of the underlying finite element theory. ALGOR, ADINA, ABAQUS, LS-DYNA, HyperMesh, and FEMAP are among the pre/post-processing and analysis packages used in the class. This is a WWW based course and access to a PC, the Internet, and a frames-capable browser is required. 3 credits.
Focuses on methodologies used by world class companies to guide the design and development of high quality, low cost products in the most timely manner through the use of analytical tools in case studies: Topics include: new product creation strategy and process, organizational aspects of multi-disciplinary design teams, concurrent project management, and structural methodologies for identifying customer requirements and manufacturing process design, control and selection. In particular, focus is on the interrelationship of CE, manufacturing and Quality tools and methodologies and how they contribute in determining the appropriate level of product/process quality and design efficiency. 3 credits.
Ferrous and non-ferrous, plastic and ceramic material behavior and properties. Electronic manufacturing processes, including printed circuit board fabrication, population and soldering. Castings, materials forming and shaping. Surface preparations and heat treatment. Additive manufacturing and fabrication of composites. 3 credits.
(3-0)3 Design for Reliability Engineering provides a systematic approach to the design process that is focused on reliability and the physics of failure. It provides the requirements on how, why, and when to use the wide variety of reliability engineering tools available in order to achieve the reliability goals of the total design cycle. Topics include the product design cycle and customer requirements, analytical physics, reliability statistics, accelerated testing, accelerated reliability growth, industry standard predictive models, design reliability assessment, reliability FMEA, product risk evaluation and thermodynamic reliability. 3 credits.
Concepts of Robust Design and statistical Design Of Experiments (DOE) as applied to the design and manufacturing of new high technology products. Classical and current methodologies of DOE including Full Factorial, Fractional Factorial, Taguchi, Central Composite and Yates Algorithms. The course will also provide for different methods for experimental design and analysis, including average and variability analysis. Commercial software packages and case studies using industrial experiments will be used to illustrate the material. 3 credits.
Prerequisites:
CSCE Graduate Restrictions
Skills are developed enabling engineers to be effective decision makers and technical leaders in an environment where technology management, business operations and strategies for contract compliance are critical to achieving competitive advantage. Elements of the Project Planning and Control System are presented along with analytical methods important for maintaining Projects on schedule and within budget. 3 credits.
Common robotics joints and robotics classification. Planes of motion and fold lines. Robotics capability. Forward and inverse kinematics and the RobSim software package. Trajectory planning and elementary obstacle avoidance. Robotics dynamics and feasible trajectory evaluation. Design of the control system for the non-linear robotics problem. Classroom studies are followed by hands-on applications in the Automated Manufacturing Assembly and Robotics Laboratory. 3 credits.
Introduces students to management and organizational behavior. Its general purpose is to study and understand the behavior of individuals and groups in organizations. It is directed toward behavioral action components and emphasizes the close relationship between the study of organizational behavior and the practice of management. Pre-requisites: MBA or Certificate Programs, or Permission of MBA Director. 2 credits.
Prerequisites:
MBA/ MSF/MSEM/MGFB/PSM or PHD.
Examines how business enterprises are designed, managed and changed to operate efficiently and perform effectively within their competitive environments. It critically examines organizations that vary in terms of such characteristics as size, complexity, goals, and technology as they operate under different circumstances and at various stages of their life cycles. The role and impact of individual managers receive particular attention. 3 credits.
If not currently matriculated in a Manning School of
Business program, please contact the MBA staff at
MBA@uml.edu or call 978-934-2848 for permission to
take courses.
This course examines leadership theory and research with an emphasis on preparing students for the leadership challenges they face in their professional careers. Topic covered include: the difference between management and leadership; the role of experience; effective use of power and influence; leader traits and characteristics; and the situational factors leaders must assess in facilitating group effectiveness and teambuilding. Students will have the opportunity throughout the course to develop specific leadership skills and practice these skills through exercises, applied reading and class projects. 3 credits.
This course addresses the issues involved in doing business overseas, and how it differs form purely domestic business. It surveys the changing international business landscape, focusing on the opportunities and challenges that company decision makers face in the global marketplace, and the factors that influence their decision to internationalize. Special attention is given to the broad concept of globalization - of markets and production - multinational enterprises include: governments, central banks, financial markets, regional and multilateral institutions (e.g., World Band, IMF, WTO), and the role of individuals who shape the international environment. 3 credits.
Describes how marketing strategies and plans of a competitive enterprise are formulated, implemented, and adjusted over time. Behavioral and quantitative aspects are covered, as well as analysis of the environmental forces affecting marketing decisions. Pre-requisites: MBA or Certificate Programs, or Permission of MBA Director. 2 credits.
Prerequisites:
MBA/ MSF/MSEM/MGFB/PSM or PHD.
Methods of analysis and operation of plastics manufacturing facilities. Topics include: performance measurement, inventory control, forecasting, production planning, scheduling, resource management, supply chains, various technologies for improved productivity. 3 credits.
This course reviews the theoretical principles and the engineering practice associated with the development of new plastic products. The course focuses on design practices for products that will be produced by conventional and advanced injection molding processes. Topics include design methodology, plastic materials selection, design for manufacturing, computer aided engineering, mechanical behavior of plastics, structural design of plastic parts, prototyping techniques, experimental stress analysis, and assembly techniques for plastic parts. 3 credits.
Prerequisites:
26.211 Engineering Mechanics, 26.218 Introduction to Design or Graduate career students. (Pre-requisites are enforced only for undergraduate plastics engineering students).
Business legal issues engineers encounter in practice, including contractual, products liability, and intellectual property issues. Business torts relating to product design, manufacturing and inadequate warning defects. Unreasonably dangerous products and strict liability. 3 credits.
A systematic approach to inventing new medical devices. The class details the process of validating medical needs including market assessment and the evaluation of existing technologies; basics of regulatory (FDA) and reimbursement planning; brainstorming and early prototyping for concept creation. Course format includes expert guest lecturers and interactive practical discussions with faculty. Students will prepare a medical device proposal and presentation. 3 credits.
A review of patents, trademarks, copyrights and their application for protection of technology in the plastics industry. Other topics to be considered will be employee rights/non-competition agreements, foreign protection, and technology licensing. (in the Plastics Industry) 3 credits.
The course provides guidance about plastics manufacturing as an integrated system with broadly applicable analysis in three areas: 1) machinery, 2) controls, and 3) operations. The machinery topics include heating/cooling, hydraulics/pneumatics, electric drives, and sensors. The controls topics include signal conditioning, data acquisition, machine controllers, and related control laws. The operations topics include process characterization, process optimization, quality control, and automation. The course is developed to support plastics processing engineers and others involved with plastics manufacturing who are performing process development, research, and machine design. 3 credits.
Design of plastic and composite products to meet structural requirements including strength, stiffness, impact, fatigue, and creep while remaining low weight, low cost, and easy to manufacture. The course will include an overview of structural properties of polymeric materials as well as application of finite element analysis to homework and project assignments. 3 credits.
16.418 Product & Process Design or PLAS 5180 Plastics Product Design and PLAS 4030 or 26.503 Mechanical Behavior of Polymers.
Prerequisites:
16.418 Product & Process Design or PLAS 5180 Plastics Product Design and PLAS 4030 or 26.503 Mechanical Behavior of Polymers.
Provides students with an introduction to operations management and operations analysis. The latter furnishes the student with a set of quantitative tools which are useful in designing and operating the former. These techniques are also generally applicable to other functional areas/courses within the MBA Program. Pre-requisites: MBA or Certificate Programs, or Permission of MBA Director. 2 credits.
If not currently matriculated in a Manning School of Business program, please contact the MBA staff at MBA@uml.edu or call 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
Prerequisites:
MBA/ MSF/MSEM/MGFB/PSM or PHD.
Examines the strategic and tactical operations processes of manufacturing and service firms that foster global competitiveness. This course focuses on traditional and newer approaches including just-in-time, total quality management, MRP, flexible manufacturing systems, and capacity and management that lead to an integrated operations strategy. Cost reductions, flexibility, and market responsiveness are also considered. 3 credits.
If not currently matriculated in a Manning School of Business program, please contact the MBA staff at MBA@uml.edu or call 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
Prerequisites:
MBA, MSA, MS ITE or MSF.
Supply chain management has become a crucial factor in the success of many leading organizations, including for-profit and not-for-profit companies, government agencies, and humanitarian relief efforts. This course will start with principles and concepts of supply chain management, tracing the flows of materials, funds, and information required to develop and deliver products and services around the globe. Topics covered include sourcing, logistics, demand planning, and inventory management, along with the use of quality tools and lean methodologies to improve supply chain operations and develop supplier relationships. This course will also discuss the challenges, key issues, and trends in global supply chain management, such as sustainability, disruptions, security, and innovation. 3 credits.
If not currently matriculated in a Manning School of Business program, please contact the MBA staff at MBA@uml.edu or call 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
This course introduces statistical methods and techniques for predictive analytics. This is part of the business-analytics umbrella of courses. The main focus of this course is on regression, a powerful and widely used predictive method. Topics covered include simple linear regression, multiple regression, variable selection, model diagnostics, and systems of regression equations. The course also covers classification techniques using statistical methods such as linear discriminant function and logistic regression. Spreadsheet software, such as MS Excel, and statistical software, such as SAS and R, will be heavily utilized. 3 credits.
Prerequisites:
POMS.6010 Operations Management, or Matriculated MS Business Analytics, or Business Analytics Certificate, or matriculated MS Engineering Management, or permission of program coordinator.
This course covers the three main facets of business analytics: descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. Students will gain the knowledge of managerial decision-making (commonly referred to as data analytics, decision support systems-DSS, data mining). Some of the business analytic topics covered include neural networks, decision trees, support vector machines, k-means, association rule mining, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Data Envelopment Analysis, expert systems, optimization, and simulation. 3 credits.
Prerequisites:
POMS.6010 Operations Management, or Matriculated MS Business Analytics, or Business Analytics Certificate, or matriculated MS Engineering Management, or permission of program coordinator.
This course covers principles and techniques of applied mathematical modeling for managerial decision making. Emphasis is on the methods of prescriptive analytics, including optimization models, decision analysis, simulation modeling, and risk analysis. Problems studied will include applications in finance, health care, marketing, operations, and management. Cases studies will be used extensively to demonstrate the practical use of models to improve managerial decision making. In addition to developing and applying models, emphasis will be placed on explaining the models and interpreting their results. 3 credits.
Prerequisites:
POMS.6010 Operations Management, or Matriculated MS Business Analytics, or Business Analytics Certificate, or matriculated MS Engineering Management, or permission of program coordinator.
The description for this course is not yet available.
3 credits.
Program Requirements
To be recommended for a University of Massachusetts Lowell master's degree, candidates must satisfy all of the general requirements below, plus any additional requirements that may be required by the department through which the program is offered. Any additional requirements for this program are either listed below or may be found in the University's Graduate Program Catalog.
General Requirements:
- Students must complete the program of study designed by the Department in which they are enrolled and approved by the University.
- Satisfactory grades in all subjects offered for the degree must be earned. See Academic Standing.
- All financial obligations, including tuition, fees and expenses, must be satisfied as evidenced by completion.
- Upon completion of all their courses, graduate degree candidates must submit a signed Declaration of Intent to Graduate (DIG) form to their coordinator. The coordinator will apply them in SIS, Graduation Tracking.
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Tuition & Fees
Tuition at UMass Lowell is typically half the cost of private colleges, and our online tuition is among the lowest in the nation. Tuition for online programs offered through the Division of Graduate, Online & Professional Studies is the same whether you live in-state, out-of-state or outside of the U.S.
Fall 2023 Tuition |
Cost Per Credit | Cost Per 3-Credit Course* |
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Graduate |
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| Online | $585 | $1,755 |
| Online Business** | $655 | $1,965 |
| Online IT and Engineering*** | $600 | $1,800 |
| Online Education | $470 | $1,410 |
| Online Education for Ed.D. and Ph.D. | $500 | $1,500 |
| On Campus | View Here | View Here |
*If the number of contact hours exceeds the number of credits, tuition is calculated by multiplying by the total number of contact hours.
***Applies to CHEN, CIVE, EECE, ENGN, MECH, PLAS and MSIT courses.
Additional Costs |
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| Term Registration Fee | $30 |
| Late Fee | $50 |
| Graduate Engineering and Business Degrees and Certificate Applications | $75 |
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Admission Requirements
- Completion of a Bachelor of Science degree in any engineering or science discipline, or in Industrial Management or Operations Research with a GPA of at least 3.000.
- Students with industrial or management experience and a bachelor's degree in another area can be admitted on a case-by-case basis.
Applying into a Graduate Degree Program
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- An application fee
- A statement of purpose
- Two letters of recommendation
- Official transcripts
- Official test scores, when applicable. GRE/GMAT waivers may be available to some students (see waiver form for details).
- Resume Required for certain programs such as the Master's in Business Administration and the Master of Science in Health Informatics and Management
Graduate Program Admissions Requirements
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