Curriculum

Optional Concentrations & Programs

Students may attain an optional concentration in Managerial Analytics, Product Management, Project and Process Management, or Operations and Supply Chain Management by choosing appropriate courses as indicated below. Courses taken to meet concentration requirements cannot be applied to two separate areas of concentration. Students may earn only one concentration.

Students may count non-MEM elective courses from other programs toward a concentration, with approval. A list of previously approved non-MEM elective courses is provided; other choices must be approved individually by the MEM Director.

Approved Non-MEM Electives from Other Programs

The most frequently chosen elective courses from MEM and related programs are categorized by concentration below and require no additional approval.

Managerial Analytics (3 Courses)

• MEM 410: Managerial Analytics
• MEM 412: Operations Excellence
• MEM 414: Supply Chain Management
• MEM 415: Computer Simulation for Risk & Operations Analysis
• MEM 490: Marketing Analytics
• IEMS 304: Statistical Learning for Data Analysis
• IEMS 341: Social Network Analysis
• IEMS 455: Machine Learning
• MSIT 423: Data Science for Business Intelligence
• CIV_ENV 304: Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems Analysis

Product Management (3 Courses)

• MEM 417: Product Development
• MEM 419: Technical Entrepreneurship
• MEM 420: Organizing for Innovation
• MEM 429: Negotiations for Engineers
• MEM 430: Product Management
• MEM 490: Product Lifecycle Management (Course Description Link Pending)
• MEM 490: Marketing Analytics
• MEM 490: Product Management for Digital Transformation
• MEM 490: Technology Strategy for Products
• MEM 490: Technology Venture Capital Investing Practicum
• ENTREP 470: NUvention Medical(Count as one)
• ENTREP 473: NUvention Web (Count as one)
• ENTREP 474: NUvention Energy
• DSGN 450: Differentiation by Design
• DSGN 492: Design & Leveraging Organizational Networks
• DSGN 495-41: Design, Discovery and Invention

Project and Process Management (3 Courses)

• MEM 412: Operations Excellence
• MEM 414: Supply Chain Management
• MEM 416: Business Process Change Management
• MEM 420: Organizing for Innovation
• MEM 426: Project Management
• MEM 429: Negotiations for Engineers
• MEM 430: Product Management
• MEM 490: Product Lifecycle Management

Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 Courses)

• MEM 410: Managerial analytics
• MEM 412: Operations excellence
• MEM 414: Supply chain management
• MEM 415: Computer simulation for operations analysis
• MEM 416: Business process reengineering
• MEM 426: Project management
• MEM 429: Negotiations for engineers