The Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) program at USF was established in 1982 to offer engineering professionals a graduate program to develop leadership competencies for management positions, including technical management, process optimization, quality and continuous improvement, safety, entrepreneurship, and engineering analytics. The MSEM program has been successful for over 30 years as an outreach program, and a pioneer in distance education in the Southeast-offering our first distance learning courses in 1985. We have more than 800 graduates who are employed in a variety of organizations across the world. Over 70% of our students are employed fulltime when they enroll in the program, with companies that include Tampa Electric, Mosaic, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Disney, Universal Studios, Publix, Baxter, and Conmed Linvatec.

Total Minimum Hours: 30 Credit Hours

• General Core Area - 12 Credit Hours
• Quantitative Core Area - 3 Credit Hours
• Job Design Core Area - 3 Credit Hours
• Electives - 12 Credit Hours Minimum
• Thesis Option - 6 Credit Hours*

Up to 6 hours of advanced courses in the student’s area of specialty may be taken as electives. A thesis option is available to M.S.E.M. students who are interested in applied research.

*In the thesis option, 18 credits of core work, 6 credits of electives, and 6 credits of thesis are the minimum required.

Pre-Requisites:

An undergraduate statistics course with a grade of C or higher is a prerequisite for the quantitative core area. Otherwise students must additionally take EGN 3443 Probability & Statistics for Engineers as a prerequisite.