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The Engineering Management Technology curriculum provides academic background in humanities, social sciences, communication, and technical subjects relating to manufacturing systems. Human relation skills used in industry when dealing with people are developed. The engineering manager may direct production employees working on line operations or may direct staff personnel specifically assigned to assist the line in meeting its objectives. Employment may be in the general areas of manufacturing and service industries.

The educational objectives of the Engineering Management Technology program are:

1. Produce job-ready graduates for careers benefiting from engineering management knowledge, skills, and abilities.
2. Enable student competency in deploying state-of-the-art systems for designing, installing, and managing operational systems in manufacturing and service settings.
3. Gain an awareness of systems concepts and the interrelatedness of human behavior, operations, performance, professional ethics, and social responsibility.
4. Involve manufacturing and service organizations in collaborative relationships to support engineering management research and teaching.

(For up-to-date educational objectives and learning outcomes, see department web page at www.wmich.edu/ime)

Requirements 

Candidates for the Bachelor of Science must satisfy the following requirements in addition to those required by Western Michigan University:

1. A grade point average of 2.0 or better must be earned in courses presented for graduation with IME, ECE, and MSE prefixes.
2. No more than two grades of “D” or “DC” in courses presented for graduation may be counted for graduation.
3. Complete the following program of 129 semester credit hours. The schedule below is an example of one leading to graduation in eight semesters, beginning in fall, plus one spring session.
4. Prior to enrollment in 300/400-level courses, students must 1) place resume with Career and Student Employment Services; 2) complete the following courses with a grade of “C” or better: CHEM 1100 and 1110, ECE 1000, IME 1020, PHYS 1150, and MATH 1220 or 1700. These courses are indicated below.

Baccalaureate Writing Requirement 

Students who have chosen the Engineering Management Technology curriculum will satisfy the Baccalaureate Writing Requirement by successfully completing IME 4910 Multidisciplinary Senior Proposal and IME 4920 Multidisciplinary Senior Project.