Whether engineers work for their own company, or at a large corporation, they assume different roles and would be involved with different aspects of a firm or a business. Some of these roles and responsibilities do not fit within the traditional definition of an engineering job description. To become a successful engineer, leader, and a manager, it is important that one understands and has an entire perspective of these aspects of a business in addition to the technical engineering knowledge.

The courses offered in this field would provide help and learnings to achieve this goal. The learnings in this field ranges from forming a business, how to design and execute a process, managing a project, support a business through logistics and strategic planning etc…. 

Recommended Technical Elective Offerings

• ENGR 410: Entrepreneurship for Engineers and Scientists
• IME 440: Engineering Economics
• IME 430: Process Engineering
• IME 450: Systems Engineering and Management
• IME 451: Logistics Engineering and Management
• IME 456: Program and Project Management
• IME 460: Evaluation of Engineering Data
• IME 480: Production and Inventory Control