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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Information Engineering and Management, M.S.I.E.M.


Information engineering is the blending of engineering principles and best business practices to create and manage high-quality, effective and possibly strategic information infrastructures for an organization. The M.S.I.E.M. curriculum, designed in consultation with industry, covers topics in computer and telecommunications hardware and software, systems engineering, operations research, information technology strategy, global considerations and engineering management. It develops students’ technical and managerial expertise in information technology and its design and application.

Admission Requirements

In addition to meeting the Lyle School of Engineering admission requirements for an M.S. degree, applicants are required to satisfy the following additional requirement: a bachelor’s degree in engineering or another technical discipline. (The technical requirement may be waived with sufficient relevant work experience.)

Degree Requirements

In addition to meeting the Lyle School of Engineering degree requirements for an M.S. degree, candidates are required to satisfy the following additional requirements:

  1. Satisfactory completion of seven required core courses (21 credit hours).
  2. Satisfactory completion of three electives (nine credit hours).

Curriculum


The M.S.I.E.M. course requirements are structured in four pedagogical groups, and students are encouraged to schedule their degree, by group, in the following order.

Enterprise and Information Systems Fundamentals


Foundational courses on enterprise and information systems fundamentals (nine credit hours):

Information Systems and the Management of Operations


Foundational courses on concepts to the construction of information systems and the management of operations (six credit hours):

Focus Courses


Focus courses, for broadening or specialization to specific interests, applications or industries. A nine credit hour elective set, approved by the adviser, which can include