Engineering Leadership Concentration

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics is offering engineering leadership concentration for MS non-thesis students who intend to learn skills that are in high demand in practical aerospace engineering, such as business skills or specialized skills (e.g., machine learning), in addition to the traditional core training in aerospace engineering. It is expected that students in this concentration will be on a career path of technical and engineering leadership.

This is a practical practice-oriented concentration. There is no research focus and funding support. Students will choose to focus their graduate studies in one of the six AAE core areas (Aerodynamics, Aerospace Systems, Astrodynamics and Space Applications, Autonomy and Control, Propulsion, Structures and Materials) and a secondary area (another one of the six core areas, or an approved interdisciplinary study). Students are required to complete a total of 30 credit hours of graduate level coursework, with 12 credits in the major/fpocus area, 6 credits in the minor/secondary area, and 3 credits in Mathematics or Statistics. The other 9 credits will be in an approved professional development area. Students will get MSAA degree after completing the program.

 

Sample Courses for Professional Development

GRAD 590 - Program Management: A Comprehensive Overview of the Discipline

ENE 554- Globalization and Engineering

CE 52400 – Legal Aspects in Engineering Practice

CS 50011 – Introduction to Systems for Information Security

CS 50100 – Computing for Science and Engineering

CS 52600 – Information Security

MGMT 54600 – Decision Support and Expert Systems

MGMT 56200 – Project Management

MGMT 57100 – Data Mining

MGMT 60000 – Accounting for Managers

MGMT 61000 – Financial Marketing

MGMT 62000 – Marketing Management

MGMT 65000 – Strategic Management

MGMT 66000 – Operations Management

More courses are to be added. Generally anything in MGMT would be allowed. 

 

Typical Plan of Study (on-campus example)

Semester 1: Fall term on campus – 9 credits of coursework

Semester 2: Spring term on campus – 9 credits of coursework

Summer: Summer term on campus – 3 credits of coursework

Semester 3: Fall term on campus – 9 credits of coursework