Master of Engineering Management (MEM)

The Master of Engineering Management degree, housed in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Thomas Walter Center, allows those who are currently working in an engineering-related field to expand their career potential and earn a degree that will pay dividends toward their future. The degree is the only one of its kind offered in Alabama and appeals to individuals working in the aerospace, biosystems, chemical, civil, computer science and software, electrical and computer, industrial and systems, materials, mechanical and wireless industries.

About:

This degree is targeted toward those individuals working in an engineering discipline who want to go back to school at their own convenience. The GRE is not required for eligible students who have earned a 2.75 GPA from an ABET-accredited engineering program. The courses, offered online, allow students to earn a well-rounded master’s degree targeted toward specific options. Students who enroll can expect to graduate with a degree that meets their specific professional interest.

 

Program Options

This program has four options.  There is no “general” option.

  1. Master of Engineering Management - Manufacturing Option
  2. Master of Engineering Management - Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Option
  3. Master of Engineering Management - Product Innovation Option
  4. Master of Engineering Management - Systems Option

 

Required Core Classes

There are five required courses common to all the options (core courses):

  • INSY 6600 (Prerequisite Information) – Engineering-Economic Systems (Offered Spring semester on campus and online; offered only online in Summer)  
  • INSY 7970 – Special Topics (Usually Summer online and Fall semester) OR INSY 6250 – Project Management (Offered Spring semester on campus and online; offered only online in Summer)
  • INSY 6800 – Lean Systems (Fall and Spring semesters only)
  • INSY 7080 – Human Factors Engineering (Offered every other Fall semester on campus and online; offered only online in Summer)  
  • INSY 7760 – Engineering & Technology Management (Fall semester only; OR BUSI 7140 (Offered as scheduled by the College of Business).

 

Required Courses by Option

There are two option-specific required courses in all the options in addition to the five core classes.

MEM-Manufacturing Option

  • INSY 6330 – Six Sigma (Every Fall)
  • INSY 6840 – Control of the Manufacturing Floor and Processes (Offered-odd numbered years in Fall)

MEM-Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Option

  • INSY 6010 – Safety Engineering I (Offered even-numbered years in Fall; Sometimes offered in Summer online only)
  • INSY 7060 – Ergonomics I (Offered odd-numbered years in Fall; Sometimes offered in Summer online only)

MEM-Production Innovation Option

  • INSY 7730 – Product Design, Development and Test (Offered every Fall)
  • INSY 7740 – Product Launch, Manufacturing and Delivery (Offered every Spring)

MEM-Systems Option

  • INSY 7720 – Systems Engineering I (Offered every Fall)
  • INSY 7710 – Life Cycle Engineering (Offered every Spring)

 

Elective Options

There are three additional required INSY or INSY-related Electives for each option. An INSY Elective is any 3-hour graduate course with INSY pre-fix.  An INSY-related Elective may have an INSY prefix or other prefix, such as SCMN 6720.  Students can take all of their courses as INSY courses and are recommended to do so if they do not have an undergraduate degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.  STAT 7000 may not be counted for this degree.

Advance approval from the Graduate Program Advisor is required to enroll in the following courses:

  • INSY 7940 ISE Problems
  • INSY 7980 ISE Project

All graduate level courses are numbered 6000 and above, e.g. INSY 6600, INSY 7300, or INSY 8250.  There is no substantive difference in the level 6xxx and level 7xxx courses.  The courses numbered 8xxx are usually only taken by PhD students; individual instructors can make exceptions.  Distance courses are delineated by the section number beginning with the letter D, such as INSY 6600-D01.  All graduate level courses are 3-semester hours unless otherwise specified.

Click here to view a listing of all INSY courses.

*If unable to register for a course, please complete the INSY Course Request Form.

All of our required courses are offered at least once per year; most elective courses are offered less frequently.  Generally around five elective courses or more are offered each semester, including Summer.

The courses in our program can be taken in any order and prerequisites are generally not enforced at the Graduate level.  Taking three courses (9 hours) is considered full-time for a Graduate student.  Most online students take 1-2 courses per semester.  Students have 6 years to complete the degree.

 

Transcript Information:

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Apply Now:

For the Master’s programs, there are no specific application deadlines. However, the practical deadline for domestic students to have all of their materials submitted through the Graduate School is around 30 days before the semester begins and around 90 days for international students.

 

Contact Us:

If you are interested in learning more about the Master of Engineering Management degree, please contact:

LuAnn Carpenter, graduate master's coordinator

mem@auburn.edu

334.844.1430