Chairperson: Gary R. Weber
Professors: M. Baumgardner, P. DePalma, P. McKenny (Emeritus), P. Nowak, S. Schennum
The Engineering Management Program was developed to address a growing need for individuals that possess both engineering and management skills. Courses taken in the Engineering Management Program are intended to provide students with a broad understanding of the practice and concepts of engineering, and make them adaptive leaders that are ready to address challenges caused by rapid changes in technology. The program provides graduates an opportunity to select from a wide range of career paths, and sufficient preparation for entry into the M.B.A. Program - which can be completed in an additional calendar year. (See “B.S. in Engineering and M.B.A.” for information.)
The Engineering Management program attracts students whose talents and interests are broader than those required for a traditional engineering design and analysis position, and also those that have yet to decide on a particular field of engineering specialization. The program is especially well suited to the typical engineering student attracted to Gonzaga University since it makes use of engineering and leadership skills they develop at GU, with their interest in helping others and making a valuable contribution to society. By combining a strong engineering background with a General Business Minor from the School of Business Administration, students develop a skill‐set that is sought after by employers.
In practice, managing engineering technology requires management expertise and leadership skills along with an engineering background to lead teams in various technical fields. Areas of employment typically include engineering project management, product development, production planning, engineering design and manufacturing, product quality and reliability, materials management, production processes, inventory management, system analysis, industrial plant management, technical sales and marketing, and a range of other positions in a wide variety of industries. As such, your Engineering Management degree will provide you with flexibility in terms of future employment opportunities.
Engineers typically work in teams, create innovative devices, and add value to the products we use in everyday life. Many engineers rise to the highest levels in business organizations to become global leaders and innovators, start companies like Boeing, Google, Hewlett Packard, Intel, and Yahoo, or use their engineering training as a springboard to other fields. They succeed in fields as diverse as investment banking, law, and medicine, and also play a leading role in addressing many world problems’ including global warming, clean water shortage, power shortages, poverty, nuclear proliferation, and new medical devices and equipment.
Our Engineering Management program provides students with a foundation in the critical skills required to be successful in their chosen career. The program contains a set of common engineering courses that provide a solid basis in engineering principles, augmented by relevant courses on the process of management as it applies to technically‐based projects. Students also develop a technical concentration by taking a set of courses from one of five tracks ‐ Civil, Computer, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science. Each technical track draws from a wide selection of interests within a particular engineering discipline. Technical proficiency is increased and management skills strengthened by combining qualitative approaches and quantitative techniques in a balanced curriculum. This combination of management and engineering skills is highly sought after by industry today.
Gonzaga’s School of Engineering and Applied Science is in a unique position to offer this Engineering Management program. Students receive a wealth of engineering knowledge in small class sizes with caring faculty that possess an array of industrial experience. Graduates from the program will be competent and conversant in the basic scientific and engineering principles, and able to formulate concepts, develop system designs, and apply engineering problem solving skills to their solutions. They will be able to see the “big picture” and interact with other engineers to develop practical, technologically achievable solutions within the constraints of time, cost, and resources. They will also be able to mediate between design team members, particularly in their ability to interpret requirements, explain designs and describe features for the non‐technical members of the team.
The Engineering Management Department, in conjunction with its various constituencies, has clearly defined program objectives. These engineering program objectives are listed in the School of Engineering and Applied Science section of this catalog, and by the Gonzaga University Mission Statement that may be found at the beginning of the catalog.
The BS in Engineering Management (BSEM) is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
B.S. in Engineering Management: 135 credits
Lower Division |
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| CENG 261 Geomatics | 2 credits |
| CENG 261L Geomatics Lab | 1 credit |
| CHEM 101 General Chemistry I | 3 credits |
| CHEM 101L General Chemistry I Lab | 1 credit |
| EENG 201 Circuit Analysis I | 3 credits |
| EENG 201L Circuit Analysis I Lab | 1 credit |
| ENSC 191 Engineering First Year Seminar |
3 credits |
| ENSC 192 Engineering First Year Seminar | 3 credits |
| ENSC 205 Statics |
3 credits |
| ENSC 244 Computer Methods for Engineers |
3 credits |
| MATH 157 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I |
4 credits |
| MATH 258 Calculus and Analytical Geometry II |
4 credits |
| MATH 259 Calculus and Analytic Geometry III | 4 credits |
| MATH 260 Ordinary Differential Equations |
3 credits |
| MENG 221 Materials Engineering |
3 credits |
| PHYS 103 Scientific Physics I | 4 credits |
| PHYS 103L Scientific Physics I Lab | 1 credit |
| PHYS 204 Scientific Physics II | 4 credits |
| PHYS 204L Scientific Physics II Lab | 1 credit |
Upper Division |
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| ENSC 306 Dynamics | 3 credits |
| One of the following two courses: | 3 credits |
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ENSC 355 Thermal Science
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CENG 252 Civil Fluid Mechanics (CE Track students only)
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| ENSC 400 Fundamentals of Engineering Examination |
0 credits |
| ENSC 405 Engineering Project Management | 3 credits |
| ENSC 491 Senior Design Project I |
2 credits |
| ENSC 492 Senior Design Project II |
3 credits |
| MATH 321 Statistics for Experimentalists | 3 credits |
| Technical Electives* | 21-24 credits |
| * Students select a single track and take all courses in prescribed order. Contact Department Chair or your advisor for specific details. | |
Required minor in General Business |
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Lower Division |
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| ACCT 263 Accounting Analysis | 3 credits |
| BMIS 235 Management Information Systems | 3 credits |
| ECON 200 Economic Analysis (2nd Core Broadening Requirement) |
3 credits |
Upper Division |
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| BFIN 320 Principles of Finance | 3 credits |
| MGMT 350 Principles of Management | 3 credits |
| MKTG 310 Principles of Marketing | 3 credits |
| One of the following two courses: | 3 credits |
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OPER 340 Operations Management
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BUSN 283 Business Law
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In addition to their major and minor areas of study, all undergraduate students follow a common program designed to complete their education in those areas that the University considers essential for a Catholic, Jesuit, liberal, and humanistic education. The University Core Curriculum consists of forty-five credits of course work, with additional designation requirements that can be met through core, major, or elective courses.
The University Core Curriculum is a four-year program, organized around one overarching question, which is progressively addressed through yearly themes and questions. Hence, core courses are best taken within the year for which they are designated. First year core courses encourage intellectual engagement and provide a broad foundation of fundamental skills. Second and third year courses examine central issues and questions in philosophy and religious studies. The fourth year course, the Core Integration Seminar, offers a culminating core experience. Taken at any time throughout the four years, broadening courses intersect with the core themes and extend students’ appreciation for the humanities, arts, and social and behavioral sciences. Finally, the designation requirements (writing enriched, global studies, and social justice) reflect important values and reinforce students’ knowledge and competencies.
Overarching Core Question: As students of a Catholic, Jesuit, and Humanistic University, how do we educate ourselves to become women and men for a more just and humane global community?
Year 1 Theme and Question: Understanding and Creating: How do we pursue knowledge and cultivate understanding?
- The First-Year Seminar (DEPT 193, 3 credits): The First-Year Seminar (FYS), taken in the fall or spring of the first year, is designed to promote an intellectual shift in students as they transition to college academic life. Each small seminar is organized around an engaging topic, which students explore from multiple perspectives. The FYS is offered by many departments across the University (click here [PDF] for list of FYS courses).
- Writing (ENGL 101, 3 credits) and Reasoning (PHIL 101, 3 credits): The Writing and Reasoning courses are designed to help students develop the foundational skills of critical reading, thinking, analysis, and writing. They may be taken as linked sections. Writing (ENGL 101) carries one of the three required writing-enriched designations (see below).
- Communication & Speech (COMM 100, 3 credits): This course introduces students to interpersonal and small group communication and requires the application of critical thinking, reasoning, and research skills necessary to organize, write, and present several speeches.
- Scientific Inquiry (BIOL 104/104L, CHEM 104/104L, or PHYS 104/104L, 3 credits): This course explores the scientific process in the natural world through evidence-based logic and includes significant laboratory experience. Students pursuing majors that require science courses will satisfy this requirement through their major.
- Mathematics (above Math 100, 3 credits): Mathematics courses promote thinking according to the modes of the discipline—abstractly, symbolically, logically, and computationally. One course in mathematics, above Math 100, including any math course required for a major or minor, will fulfill this requirement. MATH 100 (College Algebra) and courses without the MATH prefix do not fulfill this requirement.
Year 2 Theme and Question: Being and Becoming: Who are we and what does it mean to be human?
- Philosophy of Human Nature (PHIL 201, 3 credits): This course provides students with a philosophical study of key figures, theories, and intellectual traditions that contribute to understanding the human condition; the meaning and dignity of human life; and the human relationship to ultimate reality.
- Christianity and Catholic Traditions (RELI, 3 credits). Religious Studies core courses approved for this requirement explore diverse topics including Christian scriptures, history, theology, and practices as well as major contributions from the Catholic intellectual and theological traditions (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses) .
Year 3 Theme and Question: Caring and Doing: What principles characterize a well lived life?
- Ethics (PHIL 301 or RELI, 3 credits): The Ethics courses are designed to help students develop their moral imagination by exploring and explaining the reasons humans should care about the needs and interests of others. This requirement is satisfied by an approved ethics course in either Philosophy (PHIL 301) or Religious Studies (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- World/Comparative Religion (RELI, 3 credits): Religious Studies courses approved for this core requirement draw attention to the diversity that exists within and among traditions and encourage students to bring critical, analytical thinking to bear on the traditions and questions considered. These courses carries one of the required two global-studies designations (see below) (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
Year 4 Theme and Question: Imagining the Possible: What is our role in the world?”
- Core Integration Seminar (DEPT 432, 3 credits). The Core Integration Seminar (CIS) offers students a culminating core experience in which they integrate the principles of Jesuit education, prior components of the core, and their disciplinary expertise. Some CIS courses may also count toward a student’s major or minor. The CIS is offered by several departments across the University (click here [PDF] for list of CIS courses).
The Broadening Courses
- Fine Arts & Design (VART, MUSC, THEA, 3 credits): Arts courses explore multiple ways the human experience can be expressed through creativity, including across different cultures and societies. One approved course in fine arts, music, theatre, or dance will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- History (HIST, 3 credits): History courses are intended to develop students’ awareness of the historical context of both the individual and the collective human experience. One course in History (HIST 101, HIST 102, HIST 112, HIST 201, HIST 202) will fulfill this requirement.
- Literature (3 credits): Literature courses foster reflection on how literature engages with a range of human experience. One approved course in Literature (offered by English, Classics, or Modern Languages) will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 credits): Courses in the social and behavioral sciences engage students in studying human behavior, social systems, and social issues. One approved course offered by Criminal Justice, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, or Women and Gender Studies will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
The Designations
Designations are embedded within already existing core, major, minor, and elective courses. Students are encouraged to meet designation requirements within elective courses as their schedule allows; however, with careful planning students should be able to complete most of the designation requirements within other core, major, or minor courses.
- Writing Enriched (WE; 3 courses meeting this designation): Courses carrying the WE designation are designed to promote the humanistic and Jesuit pedagogical ideal of clear, effective communication. In addition to the required core course, Writing (ENGL 101), which carries one of the WE designations, students must take two other WE-designated courses (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Global-Studies (GS; 2 courses meeting this designation): Courses carrying the GS designation are designed to challenge students to perceive and understand human diversity by exploring diversity within a context of constantly changing global systems. In addition to the required core course, World/Comparative Religion (RELI 300-level), which carries one of the GS designations, students must take one other GS-designated course (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Social-Justice (SJ; 1 course meeting this designation): Courses carrying the SJ designation are designed to introduce students to one or more social justice concerns. Students must take one course that meets the SJ designation (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
Major-specific adaptations to the University Core Curriculum
All Gonzaga students, regardless of their major, will complete the University Core Curriculum requirements. However some Gonzaga students will satisfy certain core requirements through major-specific programs or courses. Any major-specific adaptations to the core are described with the requirements for the majors to which they apply.