14 Department of Engineering Management and Leadership Professor: Robert J. Parden Lecturer: Frank Barone (Interim Chair) OVERVIEW The Engineering Management and Leadership degree focuses on how we work—the management of technical activities through which the manager integrates physical and human resources. Technical managers ensure that personal and organizational objectives are realized by coupling task and process in the achievement of objectives primarily in the areas of research, development, design, operations, testing, marketing, and field service. Engineering management and leadership coursework encompasses these activities and the ways in which they interface with other activities within organizations. DEGREE PROGRAM Surveys of technical professionals around the world reveal that there are two major motivators in play: personal career growth and expanded responsibility in the firm. Santa Clara’s Engineering Management and Leadership Program addresses both concerns. The goal of this program is to support the development of technical managers. To this end, the program requires that approximately half of the degree units be devoted to a technical stem, drawn from one or more of the other engineering departments. The remaining units are in management-leadership related studies. Master of Science in Engineering Management and Leadership Admission to the Engineering Management and Leadership Program is open only to those students who hold an undergraduate degree or graduate degree in engineering or computer science. The undergraduate degree must be from a four-year engineering program substantially equivalent to Santa Clara’s. Students holding undergraduate degrees in disciplines other than civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering or mechanical engineering must be prepared to select technical stem courses from these disciplines as listed in the current Graduate Engineering Bulletin. In addition, the GRE is required for all students who do not have at least 2 years of working experience in the United States.
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