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Toby Gouker, Ph.D., CPEM, Graduate Program Director

Degrees Offered

M.S., P.B.C. (Degree Types )

Faculty

Engineering Management Faculty: 

Program Description

The Engineering Management Program at UMBC combines a practical business approach with an a flexible in-depth technical track and emphasizes how to manage people and complex projects. The aim of the program is to provide students with a basic and focused set of advanced business/management skills coupled with advanced skills in technical areas commensurate with a student’s interests and likely technical employment. The combination of these advanced skills and knowledge will help students assimilate and integrate practical technical experience for the management of technology-based enterprises or government functions. Although not required for participating in this program, it is expected that students are, or intend to be, employed in a technology-oriented enterprise or government program.

For more information on the engineering management programs visit engm.umbc.edu.

Program Admission Requirements

Domestic Students

• A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or Information Systems.
• Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• GREs are not required

In addition, for International Applicants:

• English Proficiency: TOEFL (99iBT), IELTS (7.0), or Duolingo (120) testing required
• Letters of recommendation (two required)

For more detailed information about admissions requirements please visit the program website: engm.umbc.edu/masters

International applicants should refer to the International Admissions page for special admission information. 

Financial Assistance

The MS: Engineering Management in the Division of Professional Studies is an applied degree and as such does not offer research-based assistantships. However, students are eligible to apply for non-research based graduate assistantships offered through other academic departments.

Course Listing

Programs

• Engineering Management, M.S.

• Engineering Management, P.B.C.

Courses

• ENMG 650 - Project Management Fundamentals
• ENMG 652 - Management, Leadership, and Communication
• ENMG 654 - Leading Teams and Organizations
• ENMG 656 - Engineering Law and Ethics
• ENMG 657 - Competition and Strategy
• ENMG 658 - Financial Management
• ENMG 659 - Strategic Management
• ENMG 660 - Systems Engineering Principles
• ENMG 661 - Leading Virtual Global Teams
• ENMG 662 - Financial Decision-Making in Engineering
• ENMG 663 - Advanced Project Management
• ENMG 664 - Quality Engineering and Management
• ENMG 667 - DE/I Mindset in Technical Project Management
• ENMG 668 - Project and Systems Engineering Management
• ENMG 672 - Decision and Risk Analysis
• ENMG 680 - International Project Management
• ENMG 681 - Acquisition and Execution of Technical Contracts
• ENMG 690 - Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship
• ENMG 691 - Topics in Engineering Management
• ENMG 692 - Principles of Organizational Learning
• ENMG 693 - Management Project

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