Joint MBA / ME Program

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This program allows students to earn a Master of Engineering and a Master of Business Administration degree in only two years.  This dual degree prepares students for careers in management of technical organizations in management and government.

Prerequisites
B.S. or B.E. in Chemical Engineering. Those with degrees in other science or engineering disciplines may also be admitted, but will be required to make up undergraduate course deficiencies in chemical engineering.

Normal Program Duration
Two calendar years (24 months) for those with a B.S. or B.E. in chemical engineering.

Requirements

Two graduate courses (6 credits) in chemical engineering applications, to be selected from a list available from the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.

Two graduate courses (6 credits) in business. Normally these would consist of EB courses designed to meet the foundation requirements for entry into the MBA program. If the student has already taken these courses, then any 500 or 600 level in AC, EB, EC, FN, IS, MG, MK, SB would meet this requirement.

One graduate course (3 credits) in engineering, mathematics or science (500 or 600 level in BY, CE, CH, CM, CS, EE, ES, IH, MA, ME, MP, PH, PY, SU).

An additional graduate course (3 credits) in business, engineering, mathematics, science or technical communications. Normally this would consist of an EB course designed to meet the foundation requirements for entry into the MBA program.

Two credits of CH610 Chemical Engineering Seminar.

Four credits of CH613 Master of Engineering Project. A design project carried out under the direction of a chemical engineering faculty member, requiring the completion of a written report.

Management foundation requirements. MBA requirements (32 credits)

Typical Schedule for a Student with B.S. in Chemical Engineering

First Year
Summer Semester		Fall Semester		Spring Semester
Course	Credits	Course	Credits	Course	Credits
AC205 Introduction to Accounting for Decision Analysis	3	One ChE fundamentals course	3	One ChE fundamentals course	3
LW270 Business Law	3	One ChE applications course	3	One ChE applications course	3
EC150 (or EC350) Principles of Microeconomics	3	EB501 Corporate Finance	3	Statistics ES505, CM506, or MA383)	3
EC151 Principles of Macroeconomics	3	EB502 Organizational Behavior	3	One technical elective	3
		CH610 ChE Seminar	1	CH610 ChE Seminar	1
		MEng project	2	MEng project	2
Total	12	Total	15	Total	15
Second Year
Summer Semester		Fall/Spring Semester		Second Summer (if needed)
Course	Credits	Course	Credits	Course	Credits
MEng project	0	MBA Requirements	32	Complete MEng project	0
EB503 Principles of Marketing	3
EB504 Operation Production Mgmt	3
Total	6	Total	32	Total	0

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