Curriculum & Format
Curriculum & Format
The EGOM program draws its core and elective course offerings from the University's Schools of Business, Engineering, and Arts & Sciences. This provides participants with a number of opportunities to customize a graduate education around a specific career path or individual interest.
Core Courses
The curriculum consists of eight core engineering and non-engineering courses, of which participants must complete any six for a total of 18 credit hours.
- ES505 – Design of Experiments
- ES530 – Environmental Sustainability & Risk Analysis
- ES540 – Engineering Economics
- ES555 – Global Supply Chain Systems Modeling
- ES572 – Quality Management & Process Control
- ME504 – Design Methodology
- OS657 – Leading Organizational Change
- SB696 – Global Business Strategies
Elective Courses
The remaining three courses (9 credit hours) may be taken from a variety of business and engineering disciplines. Participants vote each year on the elective courses that will be offered the following year. Typical elective courses include:
- OS666 – Negotiations & Relationship Management
- FN608 – Financial Management
- ES510 – Strategic Project Management
- MK697 – Business-to-Business (B2B) Marketing
- IS641 – Web-Based Information Systems Development
Special Project
The M.S. degree culminates with a research-based capstone project, integrating course concepts and often focusing on an application from the participant's workplace. This offers sponsoring organizations an opportunity to realize immediate benefits and allows participants to incorporate and apply knowledge in a meaningful and value-added context.
Participants enrolled in MF687, Special Project, are paired with a faculty adviser with expertise related to the topic and a problem statement is formulated. Students must prepare and deliver an on-campus presentation that outlines the project topic, planned research and results. The project is then conducted independently and a written paper submitted to the faculty adviser for consideration.
Residency Requirements
The EGOM degree is administered through a combination of residence- and distance learning-based courses. On-campus sessions are scheduled each May and June over a four-week period. During this time, two two-week courses are held back-to-back. Participants may choose to attend the first two-week session, or the second two-week session to complete one course, or may attend all four weeks to complete two courses. Courses are scheduled Monday through Friday from 8 – 12:15 a.m. which allows time in the afternoons to check in with the office or complete team-based assignments. Participants must attend a minimum of three on-campus summer sessions (not consecutively) throughout the program.
Web-based Courses
Web courses are offered in the Spring, Summer and Fall semesters and begin with an on-campus "kick-off" weekend requiring one overnight stay. During this time, participants collect needed books and materials, meet the instructor and their classmates, and receive eight to 10 hours of introductory instruction face-to-face. The remainder of the course is completed over a 10-12-week semester from a home or office location using the Internet and telephone conferencing. The instructor leads weekly online sessions, making it possible for all course participants to speak with and hear the instructor and each other in "real time", creating a virtual classroom environment and more closely simulating the on-campus interactive experience.
Program Duration
Most participants complete the program in three to five years, although it is possible to finish in less than three years taking advantage of all Web courses offered.