MSEM Program Overview

Professor Ana Muriel

Director of Engineering Management

2023
Engineering Management (MSEM) Program
• Learn the language of business
• Build on your engineering skills to become a data-driven leader in
today’s technological world
– Technical/Analytics depth
– Management breadth

• 10-course program – 30cr

– Opportunity to get credentials along the way with our “stackable” curriculum
o PML: Project Management and Leadership Certificate à 3 courses
o DAN: Decision Analytics Certificate à 3 courses
• Online, on-campus, or blended – You choose!
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Stackable MSEM Curriculum
• Required Foundational Courses • PML certificate courses
§ Project Budgeting and Finance for Engineers • DAN certificate courses
§ Technical Project Management
§ Predictive Analytics and Statistical Learning • Technical/Analytics Core
Choose three courses from list:
• Descriptive Analytics
• Management Core • Prescriptive Analytics
Choose two courses from list: • Business Intelligence and Analytics
§ Engineering Leadership and Entrepreneurship • Human Factors Design
§ Business Law • Principles of Systems Engineering
§ Engineering Law & Ethics • Economic Decision Making
§ Negotiations • Multi-criteria Decision Making
§ Product Management • Network Optimization
§ Strategy-Driven Engineering Innovation • Advanced Production Planning
• Supply Chain Logistics 2
MSEM Electives Portfolio
• Additional courses from the management or technical cores
• MIE and ISOM courses including
Engineering Courses School of Management Courses
o 565 Operations Research in Healthcare o 601 Data Management for Bus Leaders
o 573 Engineering Windpower Systems o 655 Data Mining
o 620 Linear Programming o 660 Marketing Strategy
o 524/624 Machine Learning for Dynamic Decision-Making o 670 Operations Management
o 627 Research Methods o 680 Leadership and Organizational Behavior
o 550/650 Vehicle Automation o 697CA Supply Chain Analytics
o 553/653 Industrial Automation o 752 Business Process Optimization
o 659 Intelligent Manufacturing Systems o 758 Supply Chain Management
o 684 Stochastic Processes

• Independent studies or industry capstone experiences Take advantage of the

wide set of courses
• Technical STEM courses within student’s discipline offered across UMass! 3
Decision Analytics Certificate
• Descriptive Analytics
o Statistical foundation
o Visualization & analytics with R
o Focus on practice
• Predictive Analytics
o Basics of Statistical Learning
o Regression/Classification/Tree Based Models
o Neural Networks and Deep Learning
• Prescriptive Analytics
o Python-Gurobi optimization
o Hands-on applications
§ Supply chain design/Routing
§ Finance/Electricity market clearing
§ Scheduling of hydro/thermal systems
§ Healthcare
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Field Experience Concentration
Gain hands-on experience right away
• How it works:
– Within the first three semesters of joining the MSEM program, students conduct a
field experience, which can be an internship, co-op, or practicum at an industrial
company, government agency, or similar entity.
– Before the field experience, students must complete at least three EM courses,
including one course in the management core and one course in the technical core.
– After the field experience, students must take at least one course that has a major
project component. A list of suitable courses will be provided to students every
semester.
The field experience concentration allows international students to participate
in internships and co-ops after just one semester on-campus
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MSEM Full-Time Schedule Example
• PML certificate courses
• Fall • DAN certificate courses
– Technical Project Management
– Descriptive Analytics
– Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Decision Analysis OR Human Factors Design
• Winter
– Strategy-Driven Engineering Innovation
• Spring
– Project Budgeting and Finance for Engineers
– Systems Engineering OR Prescriptive Analytics
– Product Management
• Summer
– Predictive Analytics and Statistical Learning + INTERNSHIP!
• Fall 2
– Engineering Leadership and Entrepreneurship
– Advanced Production Planning 6
MSEM Part-Time Schedule Example
• Fall • Fall 2
– Technical Project Management
– Engineering Law and Ethics
– Descriptive Analytics
– Human Factors Design
• Winter • Spring 2
– Strategy-Driven Engineering Innovation
– Product Management
• Spring – Prescriptive Analytics
– Engineering Leadership and Entrepreneurship
– Systems Engineering
• Summer
– Project Budgeting and Finance for Engineers • PML certificate courses
• DAN certificate courses
– Predictive Analytics and Statistical Learning
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 Flexible and Stackable Program
SEMESTER 1 BREAK 1 SEMESTER 2 BREAK 2 SEMESTER 3 BREAK 3 SEMESTER 4

BASELINE PATH 3 COURSES BREAK 3 COURSES BREAK 3 COURSES BREAK 1 COURSE

FAST PATH 3 COURSES 1 COURSE 3 COURSES INTERNSHIP 3 COURSES

EXTREME PATH 3 COURSES 1 COURSE 4 COURSES 2 COURSES

EXPERIENCE PATH 3 COURSES INTERNSHIP 3 COURSES INTERNSHIP CO-OP INTERNSHIP 4 COURSES

SCHOLAR PATH 3 COURSES INTERNSHIP 3 COURSES INTERNSHIP 3 COURSES INTERNSHIP 3 COURSES

These are sample paths. You make your own path!

All paths offer PML and DAN certificate options.
Student Ambassadors support planning your path throughout the UMass experience.
Working professionals typically take 1-2 courses a semester to achieve best outcomes.
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Details
• Full time status is 3 courses (9 credits)
– Required for international students during Fall and Spring semesters
• The last semester students can take fewer credits, just the courses left to
complete the program
• Opportunity to take online courses during summer, winter, internships and
co-ops
• Credit Limit: 16 credits during the semester (spring/fall), 9 credits in
summer, 8 credits in winter
• Working professionals typically take 1 or 2 courses per semester
– Students can take up to 4 years to complete the program
– Students can take a semester off when needed by registering for continuous enrollment
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Registering for Courses
• Spire portal (spire.umass.edu)
– You can search for courses on the Add, Drop & Edit Classes menu.
– Beyond the list of recommended courses you can do Advanced Search to see
what other courses are offered by various departments in topics of your interest.
• Be aware of course pre-requisites
– Read Spire information on courses carefully
– High-level courses build on previous knowledge

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 Program Director: Prof. Ana Muriel
[email protected]
ELAB 213B
Assistant Director: Nauman Tazeem
[email protected]
ELAB 219
Academic Advisor: Mr. Kevin Romani
[email protected]
ELAB 208F

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