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Course Offerings
Program of Study

Class Schedule and Calendar

The Engineering Master’s Degree Programs’ special schedule enables professionals to maintain full job responsibilities while attending classes one weekend a month (8:00am – 5:00pm Friday and Saturday). Classes are held on The University of Texas at Austin campus in the Thompson Conference Center.

Fall 2008 semester (Class weekend Schedule)
August 15, 2008 8:00am – 5:00pm Orientation and 7:00pm – 9:00pm Banquet
August 22-23, 2008
September 19-20, 2008
October 17-18, 2008
November 14-15, 2008
December 11-12, 2008
Graduation (cohort 15) December 12

Spring 2009 semester (Class weekend schedule)
January 23-24, 2009
February 20-21, 2009
March 13-14, 2009
April 10-11, 2009
May 15-16, 2009

Summer 2009 (Class weekend Schedule)

Fall 2009 semester (Class Weekend schedule)
August 21-22, 2009
September 18-19, 2009
October 16-17, 2009
November 13-14, 2009
December 3-4, 2009

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Faculty

The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering’s faculty are recognized worldwide for their expertise. The School ranks fourth in number of faculty who are National Academy of Engineering members. Faculty members have earned more than 60 Young Investigator Awards from the National Science Foundation.

Professorial Faculty 242
National Academy of Engineering members (25 active) 40
National Science Foundation young faculty awardees *66

*In 1984 the National Science Foundation began awarding large research grants to a select few high potential young faculty. These awards have been granted under the following names: Presidential Young Investigator Awards (21), Presidential Faculty Fellows (3), Young Investigator Awards (8), Faculty Early Career Development Awards (32), and the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (1).

Engineering Management Program Faculty
Tony Ambler, Ph.D. Director

Faculty Member	Class
Tony Ambler, Ph.D. Director	System Design Metrics
Utta Rayan Bagchi, Ph.D.	Strategic Decision and Risk Analysis
Bob Duvic, Ph.D.	Engineering Economics
Kyle Lewis, Ph.D.	Managing People and Organizations
Bruce McCann, Ph.D.	Managing Projects and Processes
Manny Newburger, J.D.	Legal Issues for Engineering Managers
Steve Nichols, J.D. and Ph.D.	System Design Metrics
Gaylen Paulson, Ph.D.	The Art and Science of Negotiations

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Course Offerings

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ENM 380.1 Managing People and Organizations
The development of the general areas of theory most central to dealing with the varieties of social/psychological behavior of direct import to the administrator and manager are covered. (3 credit hours)

ENM 380.2 The Art and Science of Negotiations
This course will assist the student to better understand the behavior of individuals, groups, and organizations in the context of competitive situations. Students develop negotiation skills experientially and understand negotiation in useful analytical frameworks. (3 credit hours)

ENM 380.3 Advanced Marketing Management
The major marketing concepts and variables, their interrelationships, and their implications for policy making, problem solving, and strategy formulation for the course curriculum. (3 credit hours)

ENM 381.1 Legal Issues for Engineering Managers
This course will provide an overview of warranty law, deceptive trade practices law, product liability, and class action concepts. Class discussions will focus on legal considerations for engineering managers, risk assessment, and the expense and adverse impact of litigation. (3 credit hours)

ENM 383.1 Management of Projects and Processes
Explores methods for organizing, coordinating, and controlling resources to minimize risk and conflict, and to maintain budgets and schedules. Topics include evaluation of competing alternatives, organization of a project, scheduling of tasks and resources, and the role of management over time. (3 credit hours)

ENM 383.1 Strategic Decision and Risk Analysis
The fundamentals of decision analysis and risk assessment; mathematical and psychological aspects of decision-making, especially under uncertain conditions; and engineering/project management applications from the course curriculum. (3 credit hours)

ENM 383.2 System Design Metrics
Designed to bring awareness to designers, this course focuses on the real issues associated with the design of complex components by analyzing the design process and the consequent implications for lifetime use. (3 credit hours)

ENM 384 Engineering Economics
Students are introduced to the fundamental topics of engineering economics, notions of risk and decision-making under conditions of risk and uncertainty, with applications to engineering design, business operations and planning. (3 credit hours)

ENM 397K Engineering Management Seminar
Offered during the summer semester, this course includes an engineering management workshop. (3 credit hours)

ENM 397P Engineering Management Project
In the first summer semester, students work independently on a project, which is supervised by a Graduate Studies Committee member. (3 credit hours)

ENM 398R Engineering Management Report
In the final semester a student is enrolled in the program, a Master's Report, which is supervised by a Graduate Studies Committee member, must be submitted. (3 credit hours)

Textbooks

Project Management: Processes, Methodologies, and Economics, 2nd Edition
A Guide to Project Management: Body of Knowledge , 3rd edition
The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, 2nd Edition (paperback)
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing & Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
The Anatomy of Persuasion: How to Pursuade Others to: Act on Your Ideas, Accept Your Proposals
Strategic Marketing (against peers)
EIS Simulation
HBS "Managing Virtual Teams" CD
The Technology Management Handbook

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Program of Study

Students in the MS EM program are subject to all masters degree regulations as outlined in the Graduate Catalog. The MS EM program is comprised of a total of 36 credit hours resulting from eight semester-long courses (24 credits), one independent project held during the first summer semester (3 credits), two Engineering Management Seminars held during the summer semesters (6 credits), and a Master’s Report (3 credits). The final semester enrolled, students are required to complete a Master’s Report.

Program of Study
(Subject to alterations)

Year 1

Spring Semester
ENM 383.1 Management of Projects and Processes
ENM 380.1 Managing People and Organizations

Summer Semester
ENM 397P Engineering Management Project
ENM 397K Engineering Management Seminar

Fall Semester
ENM 380.2 The Art and Science of Negotiations
ENM 384 Engineering Economics

Year 2

Spring Semester
ENM 380.3 Advanced Marketing Management
ENM 383.3 System Design Metrics

Summer Semester
ENM 397K Engineering Management Seminar
(Begin work on Master's Report and present topic at Seminar.)

Fall Semester
ENM 383.2 Strategic Decision and Risk Analysis
ENM 381.1 Legal Issues for Engineering Managers

and Master's Report

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