Engineering and Science Management
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ESM 401 3
Credits
Construction Cost Estimating and Bid Preparation
Compilation and analysis of the many items that influence and
contribute to the cost of projects to be constructed. Preparation of cost proposals
and study of bidding procedures. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
ESM 422 3
Credits
Engineering Decisions
(Stacked with ESM 622)
Risk and uncertainty in engineering decisions. Basic applied
probability and statistics, data analysis, regression analysis and time series.
Practical applications of decision tools: linear programming, inventory
analysis, queuing, network models and utility theory. Engineering judgment and
uncertainty. Public safety and ethics. (Recommended: Calculus through MATH
302.) (3 + 0) Offered Spring
ESM 450W 3
Credits*
Economic Analysis and Operations
Fundamentals of engineering economy, project scheduling,
estimating, legal principles, professional ethics and human relations. (Not offered
for credit toward the master of science degree in Engineering Management or
Science Management. Prerequisites: ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X or
permission of instructor; ES 201 and senior standing in engineering or
permission of instructor. Undergraduate engineering students who are taking
graduate ESM courses as technical electives should have completed or be concurrently
enrolled in ESM 450.) *2 credits meet the writing intensive requirement for the
core curriculum. (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
ESM 601 3
Credits
Managing and Leading Engineering Organizations
Leadership knowledge and skills as applied to motivation,
direction and communication within engineering and technical organizations, and
their relations with other organizations and the public. The general tools of
management are reviewed including management theory, communications, conflict
management and resolution. (Recommended: B.S. degree in engineering or physical
science or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2008-09.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
ESM 605 3
Credits
Engineering Economic Analysis
The economic basis of engineering decisions, Graduate level
studies of capital investment analysis techniques, including present worth,
annual cash flow and rate of return. Applications to replacement problems,
benefits/cost analysis and capital budgeting. Consideration of impacts of
depreciation accounting, income taxes and inflation. Risk and uncertainty in
economic decisions. Simulation. (Recommended: Graduate standing. Next offered:
2007-08.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ESM 608 3
Credits
Legal Principles for Engineering Management
Those aspects of law specifically related to technical
management. Contracts, sales, real property, business organization, labor, patents
and insurance. (Recommended: Graduate standing. Next offered: 2007-08.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ESM 609 3
Credits
Project Management
Organizing, planning, scheduling and controlling projects.
Use of CPM and PERT; computer applications. Case studies of project management
problems and solutions. (Recommended: Graduate standing in Engineering or
Science Management or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2007-08.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ESM 620 3
Credits
Statistics for ESM
Forecasting applications and technique—technological,
time series, judgmental and regression; decision trees; Bayesian statistics;
utility theory with trade-offs between expected value and risk in decision
making; bidding strategies; and data analysis. (Recommended: STAT 301 and MATH
202X. Next offered: 2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ESM 621 3
Credits
Operations Research
Mathematical techniques for aiding technical managers in
decision making. Linear programming, transportation problem, assignment
problem, network models, PERT/CPM, inventory models, waiting line models,
computer simulation, dynamic programming. Emphasis on use of techniques in
actual technical management situations. Computer applications. (Next offered:
2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ESM 622 3
Credits
Engineering Decisions
(Stacked with ESM 422)
Risk and uncertainty in engineering decisions. Basic applied
probability and statistics, data analysis, regression analysis and time series.
Practical applications of decision tools: linear programming, inventory
analysis, queuing, network models, utility theory. Engineering judgment and
uncertainty. Public safety and ethics. A class project and paper are required.
(Recommended: Calculus through MATH 302.) (3 + 0) Offered Spring
ESM 684 3
Credits
Engineering Management Project
Comprehensive study of an actual engineering management
problem resulting in reports and presentations which include recommendations
for action. (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring