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        MEM 502 - Advanced                                                                                    performed, ensures that all processes   MPM 541 - Project Contract   MPM 581 - Project Costing and
        Engineering Economics           Track 2- Master of           Master of                                in a project run smoothly. Integration   Management and Legal Aspects  Financial Management
        Credit Hour:  3                 Science in Engineering       Project                                  management will produce a series   Credit Hour:  3             Credit Hour:  3
                                                                                                              of deliverables. These deliverables
        Prerequisite: COE 202-PC        Management  (Research)                                                include the project charter, project   Pre-requisite:  No Prerequisite  Pre-requisite: MEM 501
        This course covers the theory and                            Management                               plan, and preliminary project scope   This course presents legal aspects of   This course investigates two
                                                                                                              statement.
        application of engineering economics   MEM 598 - Master Thesis 1                                                                    contract documents, specifications;   interrelated topics: Finance and
        principles and methods. It studies                                                                    MPM 503 - Advanced            owner-service provider relationships   costing for projects. In the finance
        techniques for engineering economic   Credit Hour:  3                                                 Engineering Data Analysis     and responsibilities; bids and   part, course reviews and analyzes
        analysis for decision making,   Prerequisite: Completion of 15   Core Courses                                                       contract performance; labor laws;   financing structures, schemes, and
        evaluations of economic alternatives,   credits that include MEM 503                                  Credit Hour:  3               governmental administrative    options for projects. In the costing
        capital budgeting and money   This course is the first phase of   MEM 501 - Project Management        Pre-requisite: STT100 or equivalent  and regulatory agencies; torts;   part course studies, the methods of
        management, depreciation and                                                                          This course provides students with   business organizations; ethics   developing project estimates during
        taxes, cost estimation, multi-attribute   the master thesis in Engineering   Credit Hour:  3          a strong foundation in modern   and professionalism. This course   the planning stages and updating
        decision making, and advanced asset   Management. It focuses on the   Pre-requisite: No Prerequisite  data analysis techniques relevant   presents contract terminology and   the estimates throughout the project
        replacement analysis. It also covers   preparation and planning of                                    to engineering management and   conventions through engineering   life cycle. Tools and techniques used
        the principles of corporate finance   the thesis project. Students are   This course covers the elements   decision-making. It covers advanced   and technical problems. An in-depth   in monitoring, reporting, controlling,
                                      required to identify a research
        and investment science such as                               of project management critical           statistical methods, data visualization,   comprehension of the complexities   and managing project cost and
        cash flow streams, handling project   topic, select a thesis advisor,   to the success of engineering   and predictive modeling,    of professional liability, project   procedures used in managing project
        uncertainly, investment worth, pricing        develop a research proposal, and   projects: project management   emphasizing real-world applications   contracts, and contract law shall be   resources to optimize cost of the
        of firms, and finance instruments,   successfully defend it. Emphasis is   framework, waterfall and agile project   in operations, project management,   emphasized, as well as an awareness   project are discussed. Relationships
        interest rate term structure, fixed   placed on critical thinking, problem   management, project selection and   and industrial decision-making.   and comprehension of the ethical   between project cost and other
                                      definition, literature review, and
        income instruments duration, etc.                            initiation, project organization, scope   Students will gain proficiency in   implications of engineering and   project parameters including scope,
        knowledge.                    research design. This course lays the   management, time management,    python as a tool to conduct data-  construction              time, quality, procurement, and risk
                                      foundation for the completion of the   cost management, resource        driven decision-making, hypothesis                           are discussed.
                                      thesis in MEM599.              management, risk management,                                           MPM 561 - Project Scheduling
        MEM 531 - Sustainability &                                   tradeoffs, and project closing. The      testing, regression analysis, and   and Time Management
        Professionalism in Project    MEM 599 - Master Thesis 2      course also integrates and clarifies     machine learning techniques. The                              Track 1- Course- based
        Management                                                   the practices and software tools used    course also explores Bayesian   Credit Hour:  3               Master’s in Project
                                      Credit Hour:  3                                                         statistics and probabilistic modeling   Pre-requisite: MEM 501
        Credit Hour:  3                                              in project management through a          for engineering management.                                   Management
        Prerequisite: No Prerequisite  Prerequisite: MEM 598         team project and case studies from a                                   The course teaches how to design
                                      This course is the final phase of   variety of disciplines.             MPM 531 - Sustainability &    and build schedules from the basic   MPM 571 - Digital Technologies
        This course covers the professional   the master thesis in Engineering                                Professionalism in Project    building blocks (WBS, method   for Project Management
        responsibilities of project managers   Management. Building on the   MPM 521 - Project Planning,      Management                    statements, work productivity,
        in the engineering and technology   proposal developed in MEM598,   Integration & Scope               Credit Hour:  3               and work logic) of projects using   Credit Hour:  3
        industries, which are related to   students are expected to conduct   Management                      Pre-requisite: No Prerequisite  a variety of graphical techniques   Prerequisite: MEM 501
        professional code of ethics and   the research, analyze findings,                                                                   including PDM, Bar charts, CPM
        corporate human resource policies   and produce a comprehensive   Credit Hour:  3                     This course covers the professional   and PERT. It also covers scheduling   The course introduces digital
                                                                                                              responsibilities of project managers
        that include, among others, truth-  thesis. The work should reflect   Pre-requisite: Co-requisite MEM 5O1  in the engineering and technology   techniques such as the critical chain   technologies advancing capabilities
        telling and disclosure, whistle-  creativity, independent thinking,                                                                 methodology and the Line of Balance   to manage greater information for
        blowing; social responsibilities   and the application of scientific and   This course studies the techniques   industries, which are related to   for repetitive work. There will be   projects. New digital technologies
                                                                                                              professional code of ethics and
        that includes corporate social   engineering management principles.   for planning, integrating and                                 a focus on resource constrained   enable professionals manage
        responsibility; and environmental and   Successful completion requires a   controlling the scope of multiple   corporate human resource policies   scheduling and techniques to   change, communicate critical data,
                                                                                                              that include, among others, truth-
        sustainability responsibilities related   written thesis, oral defense, and   projects run within the same   telling and disclosure, whistle-  schedule projects based on the   and deliver quality project work
        to air, water, and soil quality, and   submission of a draft paper for   organization. Those projects                               availability of limited resources.   more efficiently. Cutting-edge
        pollution prevention and mitigation.   publication to a Scopus-indexed   could be commissioned within the   blowing; social responsibilities   Other topics include project schedule   digital technologies covered include
                                                                                                              that includes corporate social
        The course illustrates concepts   conference or journal      organization and implemented with                                      crashing/acceleration, and delay   generative AI, machine learning,
        through case studies that highlight                          the resources of the organization.       responsibility; and environmental and   analysis for claims. A study of the   IoT, and blockchain. Discussions
                                                                                                              sustainability responsibilities related
        professional/ethical decisions in the                        The concepts and techniques are          to air, water, and soil quality, and   relationship between schedules and   encompass web-based project
        field of engineering and technology                          equally applicable to outsourced or                                    cost, and the use of schedules in the   management, ERP and CRM
        industries and projects.                                     subcontracted projects. Integration      pollution prevention and mitigation.   Earned Value Analysis is covered as   systems, wireless connectivity,
                                                                                                              The course illustrates concepts
                                                                     management is an element                 through case studies that highlight   well.                  smart devices,collaborative
                                                                     of project management that               professional/ethical decisions in the                        tools, scheduling and document
                                                                                                                                                                           management software, and
                                                                     coordinates all aspects of a project.    field of engineering and technology                          knowledge management systems.
                                                                     Project integration, when properly       industries and projects.                                     Legal and Ethical issues, from the use
                                                                                                                                                                           of digital technologies, are discussed.
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