CSUN’s Master of Science in Engineering Management provides you with the leadership training and technical expertise to manage high-level engineering projects, teams and resources.
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In recent years, the job market for engineering management has grown significantly, in both size and pay.
Our two-year program combines the convenience of online learning with dynamic collaboration and research opportunities. In addition to robust technical and management training, the program includes advanced study of data analytics to improve your ability to use data in a variety of contexts. The program builds a wide variety of skills including decision analysis and project, quality and supply chain management—all of which are necessary for today’s manufacturing industries.
Students graduate able to work with organizations to rapidly commercialize innovations, adapt to agile production shifts and translate advanced research into scalable, competitive factory operations. Training in Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) is included throughout the program, as knowing how to use Gen AI in manufacturing can increase the efficiency of processes and reduce costs—making it a skill set top employers seek.
Our program's convenient online platform includes asynchronous, on-demand course modules, as well as live class sessions and daily networking opportunities.
Students move through the program with a dedicated cohort of fellow engineers and collaborate with expert peers on a capstone research project that applies skills gained in the program to complex, real-world issues.
CSUN is a pioneer in online education with more than 25 years of innovation in developing engaging online degree programs and supporting students from application to graduation and beyond.
At CSUN, we don't fill courses. We build them, entirely from scratch, each and every time we launch a program. This leads to a unique education, with real and lasting outcomes in your career.
Our world-class faculty design and teach all courses, helping you gain today's most in-demand skills—and bringing the industry directly to you.
When you enroll, we place you in a small, interactive group of peers from diverse organizations and industries. From day one to graduation, you'll learn and grow together.
As you earn your degree, we'll stay with you every step of the way, offering close, personal support when and where you need it.
Answer: Credit-bearing programs conform to Carnegie hours (i.e., one credit equals one hour of class time, plus two hours of homework). This program has three to six credits per term. Six credits equal 18 hours a week dedicated to classes.
Answer: Admission decisions are typically made four to eight weeks after the complete admission packet is submitted, including transcripts and all required supplemental documents.
Answer: The Engineering Management program focuses on skills for engineering managers, as compared to broad management training that is typical in an MBA program. The EM program teaches students how to manage technical and engineering projects, teams and organizations. The degree focuses on topics such as innovation, entrepreneurship, financial analysis, quality management and supply chain management that are specific to the skills required for successful engineering managers.
Answer: It is possible, if you have relevant work experience. Please contact us for details.
Answer: No. I-20s are not issued for fully online degree programs.
Answer: Graduates have gone on to work in many settings, including:
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Those with technical knowledge, strong communication skills, and years of related work experience will likely be in the best position to become managers. —U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The aim of leadership should be to improve the performance of man and machine, to improve quality, to increase output, and simultaneously to bring pride of workmanship to people. —W. Edwards Deming
Median salary for Engineering Managers is $155,000. —George R. Brown
School of Engineering
Rice University
Master of Engineering Management ranks 4th among the Top 30 Highest Paying Masters Degrees for 2022. —EDsmart
The second half [of the course] is an an exploration on how we can start to bring people-centric leadership into high technology organizations – into engineering environments, scientific environments, biomedical or pharma. — Dale S Deardorff, Ph.D., M.S., M.A.
MSE 608B: Leadership of Engineering Professionals and High-Tech Firms
Demand for Engineering Managers grew by 58% between 2020 and 2022. —George R. Brown
School of Engineering
Rice University
Quality Management is to take complex systems, break them into parts and manage the components all the way down to meeting the requirements on each and every component of these systems. — Bill Bellows, Ph.D.
MSE 617: Seminar and Quality Management
What you'll learn in this course is a vocabulary for much of what you already do both at home and at work. Not to mention exposure to ideas in Quality Management which lie in a blind spot to most people in organizations. — Bill Bellows, Ph.D.
MSE 617: Seminar and Quality Management
A master's degree in engineering can increase an individual's earning potential by 50%. —George R. Brown
School of Engineering
Rice University
