PROGRAM
CURRICULUM: The Program curriculum
consists of 36 credit hours - 12 courses
of 3 credit hours each. these twelve
courses consist of 8 core courses and
4 elective courses and is designed in
consultation with the sponsor of the
program. In this case, UTech, Jamaica.
Each
course offered in the program shall
be scheduled for a minimum of four weekends
and include a minimum of 40 hours of
classroom and laboratory instruction.
this schedule is based on a semester
of 15 weeks and 2.5 teaching hours per
week.
ADMISSION
REQUIREMENTS: The admission
committee, in making an admission decision,
will consider the undergraduate GPA,
score on Graduate Record Examination
(GRE) or Graduate Management Admission
Test (GMAT). The minimum requirements
for admission are:
o
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree
in engineering or a closely related
field from an accredited institution.
o A minimum of "B" average
in upper level work (minimum of a 3.0
GPA on a 4.00 scale) or a minimum score
of 1000 in GRE (verbal and quantitative)
or 500 in GMAT.
o Students must be accepted
by the FIU Graduate School upon recommendation
of the College of engineering and Computing.
PROGRAM
COST: The fee is US$16,800
for the entire program per student.
APPLICATION
PROCEDURES: To
apply for admission to the MSTN program,
applicants must:
1. Submit a Graduate Application form
to UTech at
download
form (PDF file);
2.
Pay the $30 application fee; non
refundable.
3.
Have the official transcripts of all
previously earned college or university
credits sent from the formerly-attended
institution(s) to the University’s
Admissions Office. Unsealed or opened
copies submitted directly by applicants
will not be accepted;
4. Students may provisionally begin
the program before being fully admitted,
pending only confirmation of a Bachelor's
degree.
COURSE
DESCRIPTION (Description to be updated)
1. Engineering Management
o Organization of engineering system
including production and service organizations.
o Inputs of human skills, capital, technology,
and managerial activities to produce
useful precuts and services
2.
Total Quality Management for Engineers
o Fundamentals of TQM and its historical
development Integration of QC and management
tools QFD, benchmarking, experimental
design for scientific management.
3.
Advanced Engineering Project Management
o This course covers entire phase of
project management including selection,
planning, budgeting, scheduling, monitoring,
and control.
o It focuses on the management of engineering
projects through case studies and independent
research assignment.
4.
Advanced Engineering Economy
o Review of engineering economy and
the evaluation of advanced manufacturing
systems
o Evaluation of alternative capital
investments considering income taxes,
depreciation, inflation, risk and uncertainty.
5.
Logistics Engineering
o Concepts and tools for effective design
and management of supply chain systems
o Including logistics strategies, inventory
management, customer service, supply
chain integration and logistics network
design.
6.
Organization Design and Behavior
o Covers how managers interact with
organizations to accomplish complex
tasks by examining how strategy, structure
and systems interact with behavior variables.
7.
Operations Management
o Analysis, design, and operations of
organizational systems.
o The systems approach is used to provide
a framework or general model of analysis,
to which specific concepts, quantitative
techniques, and tools can be related.
o The material presented has application
to any organization of people and machines,
including hospitals, governmental agencies,
service organizations, and industrial
concerns.
8.
Industrial Financial Decisions
o The use of financial techniques and
data planning, controlling and coordinating
industrial activities.
o his course will familiarize the student
with accounting concepts and analytical
methods.
9.
Management of Technology (Elective)
10.
Energy Management (Elective)
11.
Building Services (Elective)
12.
Power Systems (Elective)
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The
Master of Science in Engineering
Management (MSEM) program, offered
by University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica
and the College of Engineering & Computing,
Florida International University (FIU),
Miami, Florida develops leadership talents
for engineers and managers working in a
technological environment. The program blends
a carefully chosen mix of engineering and
management courses and offers specialization
opportunities in a wide variety of fields.
