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  Program Learning Outcomes

  Graduates of the Master of Science in Product Development program will have the ability to:

  1. apply systems thinking/engineering with customer focus and total enterprise perspective.
  2. understand and apply current and advanced tools and techniques for design, analysis and management in product development and manufacturing.
  3. develop innovative and robust solutions to system design problems.
  4. develop and execute complex system architectures.
  5. function in a high-performing, multidisciplinary team.
  6. transform customer/market requirements into competitive product portfolios and product functions and features.
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  Admission Requirements

  Applicants will be considered if they have excellent academic records with a minimum GPA of 3.0, a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or a closely related field, and five or more years of work experience in industry, government or academia. Alternate qualifications include an MS in Engineering with three or more years of work experience in industry, government or academia. Each applicant must also be approved by the department director/chair and the College of Engineering & Science dean's office.

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  Master of Science in Product Development Degree Requirements (36 credits)

  The Master of Science in Product Development requires 36 credit hours consisting of 33 credit hours of coursework and a three credit-hour capstone project/thesis. An employer may wish to create a cohort of employees to complete in two calendar-years (six semesters).  Students may also enroll on a non-cohort basis, and typically complete the program in three years.  

  The program requires on-site participation in an intensive full-time, two-week boot-camp style experience as part of the course MPD 5350 Organizational Processes.  The boot-camp takes place during the first two weeks of the Winter semester.  Students must plan to be full-time participants during those two weeks. The program is a two calendar-year (six-semester) experience beginning with an intensive full-time two-week launch experience, followed by two courses per semester for six semesters.

  Required Courses (27 credit hours)

  • MPD 5050 (or AEV 5060) Systems Architecture (3 credits)
  • MPD 5100 (or AEV 5070) Systems Engineering (3 credits)
  • MPD 5200 System and Project Management (3 credits)
  • MPD 5350 Organizational Processes (3 credits)
  • MPD 5400 Finance and Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
  • MPD 5450 Marketing Management (3 credits)
  • MPD 5600 Product Planning & Development (3 credits)
  • MPD 5990 Capstone Thesis and Project (3 credits)
  • MENG 5925 Modeling of Complex Systems via SysML Programming (3 credits)

  Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

  • CSSE 5150 Software Engineering (3 credits)
  • CSSE 5570 Software Systems Project Management (3 credits)
  • EMGT 5020 Economic Considerations of Technical Businesses (3 credits) or ECN 5120 Analysis of Economic Conditions (3 credits)
  • EMGT 5040 Administration of Technical Businesses (3 credits)
  • EMGT 5450 Total Quality Management (3 credits)
  • ENGR 5790 Mechatronics: Modeling and Simulation (3 credits)
  • MBA 5200 Modeling, Analytics and Operations Decisions (3 credits)
  • MENG 5955 Advanced System Modeling with SysML (3 credits)
  • MPD 5300 System Optimization (3 credits)
  • MPD 5460 or EMGT 5460 Product and Process Improvement: Lean Six Sigma I (3 credits)
  • MPD 5470 or EMGT 5470 Product and Process Improvement: Lean Six Sigma II (3 credits)
  • MPD 5500 Operations Management (3 credits)
  • MPD 5750 Design for X (3 credits)
  • MPD 5960 Advanced Topics in Product Development (3 credits)