Engineering Management, B.S.

Students will be provided the opportunity to study the engineering relationships between the management tasks of planning, organization, leadership, control, and the human element in production, research, and service organizations. Other subjects studied deal with the stochastic nature of management systems and will prepare graduates to integrate management systems into a series of different technological environments. Graduates are qualified for employment in a wide range of managing engineering projects; these include but are not limited to the oil, gas and coal extraction industry, scientific research and development services, and the management of companies and enterprises. Positions for which graduates qualify may be found with architecture, engineering and related services, navigational, measuring, electro- medical, and control instruments manufacturing, electric utilities, electrical and mechanical equipment manufacturers, mining companies, manufacturing companies, and other industries where engineering managers are needed.

The Engineering Management program publishes the following program educational objectives as broad statements describing expected accomplishments of its graduates during the first few years after graduation.

Academic Plan of Study

Semesters One - Four

A.S. Degree in Engineering Technology or A.S. degree in a technical field approved by the Dean of the School of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics. The degree must contain at least 60 hours and meet all Bluefield State University general studies requirements for an associate degree and include successful completion of at least one calculus, one statistics, and one Computer Aided Drafting course.

Fifth Semester

ENGR 315 - Engineering Economics Credit Hour(s): 3
EGMT 323 - Technology Entrepreneurship Credit Hour(s): 3
ACCT 201 - Principles of Accounting I Credit Hour(s): 3
or
MGMT 330 - Organizational Behavior Credit Hour(s): 3
MATH 230 - Calculus II Credit Hour(s): 4
FA/HUMN/SS Core Skill Credit Hour(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 16

Sixth Semester

EGMT 317 - Project Management Credit Hour(s): 3
EGMT 362 - Discrete Event Simulation Credit Hour(s): 3
COMM 201 - Basic Communications Credit Hour(s): 3
or
COMM 208 - Fundamentals of Speech Credit Hour(s): 3
FA/HUMN/SS Core Skill Credit Hour(s): 3
MGMT 210 - Principles of Management Credit Hour(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Seventh Semester

EGMT 443 - Statistical Process Control Credit Hour(s): 3
EGMT 401 - Business Planning for Engineers Credit Hour(s): 3
EGMT 465 - Supply Chain Management Credit Hour(s): 3
CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I Credit Hour(s): 3
or
MATH 240 - Calculus III Credit Hour(s): 4
or
MATH 310 - Differential Equations Credit Hour(s): 3
or
MATH 311 - Linear Algebra Credit Hour(s): 3
or
ENGR 325 - Numerical Analysis Techniques for Engineers Credit Hour(s): 3
FA/HUMN/SS Core Skill Credit Hour(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Eighth Semester

EGMT 410 - Operations Research Credit Hour(s): 3
EGMT 437 - Industrial Safety Credit Hour(s): 3
EGMT 472 - Facilities Planning Credit Hour(s): 3
or
EGMT 413 - Undergraduate Research Credit Hour(s): 3 **
MGMT 482 - Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations Credit Hour(s): 3
Health & Wellness Credit Hour(s): 2-3

Total Credit Hours: 17

Note:

* COSC 210 Visual Basic (Technical elective if taken, MATH 220 , MATH 301 , MEET 112 if needed).

Program Educational Objectives

Graduates apply operational research, engineering economic, quality control and management principles to analyze, evaluate, improve and implement for engineering management projects.
Graduates function on professional teams and communicate with speaking, writing, and graphical skills.
Graduates respect professional, ethical, and social issues as well as a commitment to quality and dependability.
Graduates remain current, professionally.
To provide breadth for additional job opportunities, graduates utilize rigorous mathematics techniques, computer programming and simulation software in support of complex engineering management projects.
Graduates apply project management techniques to manage product design and development.

The Engineering Management program publishes the following program outcomes to describe what students are expected to know and do at the time of graduation. These relate to knowledge, skills, and behaviors that students acquire in the program.

Program Outcomes

Students demonstrate an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
Students demonstrate an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
Students demonstrate an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
Students demonstrate an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
Students demonstrate an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
Students demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
Students demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively.
Students possess the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
Students have recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
Students possess knowledge of contemporary issues.
Students demonstrate an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
Students possess an ability to understand the engineering relationships between the management tasks of planning, organization, leadership, control, and the human element in production, research, and service organizations.
Students possess an ability to understand and deal with the stochastic nature of management systems.
Students possess an ability to integrate management systems into a series of different technological environments.