Engineering Management Department

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Contact Information

Dr. Frank Matejcik
Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineering 303
(605) 394-1271
E-mail: Frank.Matejcik@sdsmt.edu

School of Mines Faculty

Ervin Pietz Professor Kellogg; Professor Kerk; Associate Professors Matejcik,Karlin and Jensen; Assistant Professor Piper.

Engineering Management

The M.S. degree in Engineering Management (MSEM) is designed to provide a program of advanced study in technically oriented disciplines for candidates anticipating a managerial career. It is a multi-disciplinary applications-oriented degree, which draws from the fields of engineering, management, business, operations research and management science.

The intent of the program is to provide an interface between training received in engineering and scientific disciplines with the management of resources and personnel in a technical environment. In addition to being available in distance mode, flexibility is built into the program in order to provide an optimum educational experience to students. Graduates of the EM program are likely to find an initial position as a mid level supervisor within a broad range of applications requiring the use of quantitative models to integrate human and material resources necessary to perform an integrated function. Program specific information and resources may be found at the department of industrial engineering website: http://ie.sdsmt.edu.

Application should be made through the graduate office at School of Mines http://graded.sdsmt.edu/prospective/apply All candidates for this degree must possess a bachelor’s degree from a four-year accredited institution, in which satisfactory performance has been demonstrated. In addition to these requirements, the following minimum bachelor’s level credits shall have been completed:

1. Mathematics one year minimum, to include algebra and basic calculus (Equivalent to School of Mines MATH 123 ).
2. Six semester hours of natural and physical science (fields of geology, astronomy, biology, meteorology, chemistry, and physics) and which must include at least 3 credit hours of chemistry or physics.
3. Three semester hours of probability and statistics. (Students may complete prerequisite requirements in probability and statistics through an Internet-based study option. Students desiring this option should contact the program coordinator.)

In addition, individual elective courses may have additional prerequisite requirements. A maximum of 12 semester hours of credit may be transferred into the candidate’s program from another institution. This must be from a regionally accredited institution. Application materials will be evaluated by an admission committee composed of the program director and such other faculty as deemed appropriate for the review. Recommendations from this committee will be made to the Dean of Graduate Education and research at the School of Mines.

Requirements for the degree include the completion of a minimum of 24 credits of coursework and 6 credits of research for the thesis option, or 32 credits of coursework for the non-thesis option. A cumulative GPA of 3.0 must be obtained by the end of the program of study and other general and master’s level grade requirements must be maintained as specified in this catalog. The probation policy outlined in this catalog applies to all credits taken.

A minimum of 3 semester hours of required coursework must be completed in each of four discipline areas. Discipline areas and allowable courses are show below. All courses are 3 credits, unless otherwise noted. Students wishing to utilize transfer courses to satisfy core requirements should contact their advisor or the program coordinator for suitability of transfer credits. In some cases, agreements with other state institutions are already available.

http://www.sdsmt.edu/distanceEM/

The continuing registration requirement must be satisfied at the School of Mines campus. Students utilizing transfer credits should plan accordingly and ensure that they are officially enrolled in a minimum of the two credits from the School of Mines the semester in which they graduate.

In the early stages of the candidate’s program, a student advisor will be appointed by the program director of School of Mines. The advisor will meet with the student to prepare a program along the direction of the specific emphasis desired. The advisor and student will then organize a advisory committee, and file their committee program of study with the School of Mines graduate office according to the directions specified under “Supervision of the Master’s Program” of the Master of Science Programs section of this catalog.

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