Management & Engineering for Manufacturing Undergraduate Major

Joint Program offered by the Schools of Business Administration and Engineering

Program Emphasis/Objective

The Management and Engineering for Manufacturing undergraduate program educational objectives are that our alumni:

• practice their profession with solid engineering and business knowledge and skills and have a total enterprise vision of world class manufacturing organizations




• compete successfully using principles of lean manufacturing and time and quality management in the design and manufacture of products and services




• approach engineering and business decisions consistent with ethical, global, environmental, societal contexts and responsible leadership




• continue to extend their professional and personal skills and engage in life-long learning

Career Opportunities

Upon graduation, students will be able to contribute immediately to the continuous improvement of the firms where they are employed. MEM graduates will be prepared to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve level of product quality and customer service. Their educational background will also enable them to participate in the evaluation, design, and implementation of new technologies for years to come. As their careers advance, graduates of the MEM program will be well-prepared to move into management positions in their manufacturing organizations. Graduates of the program will have the skills to assume supervisory or support positions in a manufacturing company and the depth and breadth of skills consistent with rapid promotion. A sampling of positions available to MEM graduates is outlined below.

• Production Supervisor or Manufacturing Supervisor
  

• Department Head/Line Manager or Materials Manager
  

• Associate Engineer, levels 1, 11, and 111
  

• Manufacturing, Quality, Production, or Industrial Engineer
  

• Machine Operator advancing to Group Leader or Area Lead Person
  

• Plant Supervisor or Plant Manager
  
  

Academic Program

The MEM program requires many existing courses offered by the School of Business Administration and the School of Engineering. Along with courses designed to meet both Schools’ curricula requirements, majors take a sequence of special MEM courses: Introduction to MEM Program in the freshman year; Introduction to Manufacturing Systems in the sophomore year; and, during the junior and senior years, Advanced Manufacturing Systems; Introduction to Products and Processes; Advanced Products and Processes; and Computers in Manufacturing. Many of these special MEM courses are team-taught by faculty from both schools.

Management and Engineering for Manufacturing Major
For information contact the Operations and Information Management Department
Telephone: (860) 486-5295
Fax: (860) 486-4839
http://www.business.uconn.edu/mem