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The ETM course sequence can be customized for full-time and part-time students based on prior course work and prerequisite requirements. The file below demonstrates one potential path for a full-time student.
SETM 320. Engineering Cost Analysis (4) Engineering economics and financial analysis of prospective alternatives. Lab includes analysis techniques, use of modeling tools, and applications of techniques toward real-world problems. Occasional off-campus laboratory sessions may be required. Three class and three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisite: Admission to ETM program (within 12 hours of Associate degree completion). Pre or co-requisite: Technical Communications support course.
SETM 330. Engineering Work Analysis (4) Techniques for operation analysis, work measurement, and work sampling. Major topics include human factors, work design principles, work environment, economic justification, work measurement and the design process. Predetermined basic motion-time systems and standard data development are introduced. Occasional off-campus laboratory sessions may be required. Three class and three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisite: Admission to ETM program (within 12 hours of Associate degree completion). Pre or co-requisite: Technical Communications support course.
SETM 370. Systems Decision Making (4) Systems analysis mathematical models, environmental factors, operations research methodologies, dynamic systems and the application of a variety of computer tools. Occasional off-campus laboratory sessions may be required. Three class and three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: SETM 320, SECO 291, SMTH 141.
SETM 410. Engineering Teams Theory and Practice (4) Methods of understanding, planning, and presenting information in oral and written formats while working in an engineering team setting. Occasional off-campus laboratory sessions may be required. Three class and three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: SETM 320, SETM 330.
SETM 415. Quality Practices (4) Techniques for controlling quality of work processes and assuring delivered or received product quality. Topics include cost of quality, customer/focused quality, quality diagnostic tools, total quality management, quality assurance and quality standards. Occasional off-campus laboratory sessions may be required. Three class and three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: SETM 330 and SECO 291.
SETM 420. Engineering Project Management (4) Planning, scheduling, control of engineering projects, and applications of project management tools. Occasional off-campus laboratory sessions may be required. Three class and three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: SETM 410.
SETM 499. Senior Seminar (3) Integration of engineering technology management at an advanced level, the impact of engineers on society, and exploration of ethical issues. Written and oral presentation required. Prerequisites: SETM 370, SETM 410, SETM 415. Pre or co-requisite: SETM 420.
The cognate consists of elective courses selected by the student with concurrence of the advisor. The ETM curriculum has a wide variety of options for the cognate courses as shown below. Alternatively, students may complete a Minor in Business Administration. Download the Minor in Business Administration Student Worksheet (pdf) for a simple course checklist.
The Engineering Technology Management program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 - telephone: (410) 347-7700.