Graduate Certificates

Graduate certificates consist of four courses (16 credits) that are selected from a list of six qualifying courses. Most students take 9-12 month to complete the degree.

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Graduate Certificate in New Product Management

This program significantly enhances the capabilities of engineers and managers who are involved in researching, defining, designing or developing new products, processes, hardware, software or services. Students tend to hold technical or managerial positions in product marketing engineering, technology marketing engineering, advanced R&D management, engineering management, software engineering, design engineering or project management.

Select four out of six qualifying courses:

ETM 543 New Product Planning and Trend Foresight
ETM 547 New Product Development
ETM 549 Managing Technological Innovation
ETM 555 Technology Marketing
ETM 556 User Centered Innovation
ETM 558 Engineering Financial Management

Objective: The objective of the program is to prepare engineers and other technical personnel for working in the various areas of new product development.

Learning Outcomes: This program significantly enhances the capabilities of engineers and managers who are involved in researching, defining, desinging or developing new products, processes, hardware, software or services

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Graduate Certificate Project Management

The Graduate Certificate in Project Management prepares engineers and scientists for leadership in project management. Project management responsibilities include understanding the role and challenges of projects in functional organizations, project-based organizations and matrix organizations; being able to link project management to an organization’s strategy; understanding the roles and challenges of project managers in a wide variety of projects; appreciating the positive role of conflict in projects and mitigating its negative effects; conducting project planning, scheduling, resource allocation and estimating; and being able to audit and terminate projects.

Select four out of six qualifying courses:

ETM 522 Communication and Teambuilding
ETM 525 Strategic Planning in Engineering Management
ETM 544 Organizational Project Management
ETM 545 Project Management
ETM 546 Project Management Tools
ETM 560 Total Quality Management

Objective: The objective of the program is to prepare engineers, scientists and other technical personnel in technology-driven industries for positions that require decision making knowledge and skills for leadership in managing projects.

Learning Outcomes: This program significantly enhances the capabilities of engineers, scientists and those from related disciplines, working in technology-driven organizations, and aspiring to move into project management positions. The topics include strategic and operational aspects of project management, project selection methods, project organizations, project scheduling, execution, control and termination. The courses lead to better assessment of technologies and understanding of multiple perspectives such as impacts on economy, society and the environment.

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Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management of Technology

Innovation and commercialization are major drivers of technology-related businesses and the economy. Efficiency and effectiveness in terms of the development and commercialization of new products and services are in turn driven by the construction and implementation of a strategic plan. Today’s fast changing “hypervelocity” technologies and markets pose a particular challenge. Industry boundaries become blurred, technologies evolve, undergo fusion, and markets change in often chaotic fashions so that prediction of the future in order to plan becomes problematic. This program is designed to address the issues of strategic planning and implementation, and dealing with high levels of uncertainty in a global technology business setting.

Select four out of six qualifying courses:

ETM 526 Strategic Management of Technology
ETM 527 Competitive Strategies in Technology Management
ETM 530 Decision Making
ETM 534 Technology Roadmapping
ETM 536 R&D Management
ETM 575 Science and Technology Policy

Objective: The objective of the program is to prepare engineers, scientists and other technical personnel in technology-driven industries for positions that require strategic decision making knowledge and skills for leadership responsibilities.

Learning Outcomes: This program significantly enhances the strategic management capability of engineers and managers in technology driven organizations. The program provides the students with key tools that they can use for making strategic decisions. This leads to a better assessment of multiple strategic scenarios and achievement of better outcomes in developing competitive technology based products and services.

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