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				Graduate Course Descriptions
				500. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. (3, 0, 3). Survey of modern computer applications in engineering management such as decision support systems, networks and the Internet, electronic data interchange, data management, spreadsheets, report and program development tools, and software systems for case problems. 502. PROJECT ECONOMICS. (3, 0, 3). Procedures for conducting economic analyses used by technical managers. Fundamental methods followed by more advanced topics such as capital budgeting, leveraged investments, decisions under risk and uncertainty, and use of modern software systems. 508. ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT. (3, 0, 3). Principles of engineering management applicable to project development and implementation. Includes topics such as systems theory and concepts, organizational structure, project planning, scheduling, staffing, budgeting, and control of engineering projects. 509. INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS. (3, 0, 3). Application of principles of engineering management to industrial operations. Includes topics such as capacity planning, production system design, demand forecasting, aggregate planning, inventory management, scheduling systems, and performance controls. 510. APPLIED KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS. (3, 0, 3). Survey of knowledge engineering with emphasis on the use of expert systems and artificial intelligence to solve problems in manufacturing and logisitical systems. 519. MODELS OF INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS. (3, 0, 3). Quantitative and computer-based models. Applications to cost reduction and productivity improvement. 520. FORECASTING. (3, 0, 3). Survey of forecasting procedures useful for planning and budgeting functions. Includes topics such as moving averages and regression, smoothing, decomposition, feedback and adaptive control methods, ARIMA, and qualitative procedures. 525. ENGINEERING SYSTEMS SIMULATION. (3, 0, 3). Use of computer models to improve engineering and management processes that cannot be expressed analytically using deterministic or probabilistic models. Applicable to a wide range of commonly occurring problems for both manufacturing and service organizations. 530. LEGAL ASPECTS OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT. (3, 0, 3). Survey of legal aspects of topics relevant to engineering managers, such as design and product liability, labor law, insurance, and project management. 540. QUALITY ENGINEERING. (3, 0, 3). Engineering and management methods to improve quality, such as system/parameter/tolerance design for product and production process development, feedback and process parameter control, attribute characteristics and process improvement, re-engineering, and total quality management. 550. ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT. (3, 0, 3). Management principles and practices applicable to technical organizations. 570. MANAGEMENT OF CAD/CAM AND CIM. (3, 0, 3). Understanding, implementing and managing CAD/CAM and CIM technologies in the industrial environment. 594. RESEARCH. (3-6). To be taken by non-thesis option master's students only. Credit to be 3 hours unless written justification for varied credits is accepted by the Graduate School. Grades: S, U, W. 595. SPECIAL TOPICS. (3, 0, 3). 597-598. DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY. (3 ea.). 599. THESIS RESEARCH AND THESIS. (1-6). Grades: S, U, W. 899. EXAMINATIONS ONLY. (3). Required of all graduate students taking examinations, oral and/or written, who are not registered for any other course. Fa, Sp, Su. Grades: S, U, W.

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