Professional Skills Courses

As aspiring future technical leaders, MEM students take 9 credits of coursework in professional skills which develops and enhances their profile in communication, management, entrepreneurship, leadership, and other essential business topics.

These professional skills courses, combined with technical interdisciplinary engineering courses, prepare students to be thought- and people- leaders in the technical fields of their choosing.

Popular Professional Skills Courses include:

  • CCE 59601 Entrepreneurship & Business Strategy
  • ENGR 50200 Engineering Leadership
  • ENGR 59600 Social Impact Startup Academy
  • ENGR 59600 Social Innovation and Business
  • QM 67000 Business Analytics
  • SCOM 660 Introduction to Operations Management
  • SCOM 66100 Experiential Learning in Supply Chain Management
  • STRT 56810 Corporate Consulting Experiential Learning
  • STRT 59000 Student Managed Venture Fund
  • STRT 650 Strategic Management

Additional Course Options

Depending upon your career and academic goals, you can incorporate other professional skills courses into your curriculum plan. The following list offers a sample of popular courses available each year.

  • BME 595 Entrepreneurship in BME
  • ChE 597 Engineering Applications in Marketing Management
  • ECE 595 AI, Ethics, and Society
  • ECE 695 Communication for Engineering Leaders
  • MIS 586 Python Programming
  • MIS 683 Technology Driven Business
  • MKTG 522 New Product Development
  • OBHR 591 Launching Global Leaders
  • OBHR 690 Storytelling with Data
  • QM 571 Data Mining
  • SCOM 562 Project Management
  • SCOM 565 Strategic Sourcing and Procurement
  • SCOM 566 Global Supply Chain Management
  • STRT 688 Developing a Global Business Strategy