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MEM 510 - Innovation and MEM 504 - Quality Engineering MGT 523 - Strategic topic, select a thesis advisor, research problems, evaluate related
Entrepreneurship & Management Management develop a research proposal, and Master of research works, and design a suitable
successfully defend it. Emphasis is research methodology as well as
Credit Hour: 3 Credit Hour: 3 Credit Hour: 3 placed on critical thinking, problem Science in communicate their ideas effectively
Prerequisite: No prerequisite Prerequisite: MEM 503 Prerequisite: Last Semester definition, literature review, and through different mediums in a
This course covers basic and research design. This course lays the Information scientifically convincing manner. The
This course focuses on coverage advanced quality concepts and This course covers the determination foundation for the completion of the course starts by defining scientific
of the topics of managing methods including statistical of the strategic direction of the thesis in MPM599. Technology research and identifying its essential
technological innovations for approaches that are used in Quality firm and management of strategic elements, then takes the students
products and services and creating Engineering such as SPC, Process processes in the firm. The course through a progressive journey
successful organizations. It aims Capability, and Experimental Design. draws on and integrates concepts MPM 599 - Master’s Thesis in through the different scientific
at providing rich exposure to It also covers process and product from the functional areas (i.e. Project Management-2 Core Courses research phases such as problem
the students on management quality tools; quality assurance finance, accounting, management, formulation, literature review, and
of innovation in manufacturing methods and standards such as management information systems) Credit Hour: 3 methodology design. Several class
and information technologies. It QFD, ISO9000 and Six-Sigma, quality in the analysis and resolution of Prerequisite: MPM 598 activities relevant to weekly topics
also explains how to become an planning and control, quality awards, complex business situations. It This course is the final phase ITE 501 - Cloud Computing are planned to ensure a balance
entrepreneurial leader by defining and continuous improvement. The also discusses the integration of the master thesis in Project Credit hours: 3 between theory and practice. In
and developing opportunities and project and assignments are key of environmental factors and Management. Building on the Prerequisite: Graduate status doing so, students will learn methods
bringing together the resources components of this course. These organizational functions in the proposal developed in MPM598, for critically reading research
and capabilities needed to make include quality systems design and analysis and solution of management students are expected to conduct Cloud computing provides highly papers, identifying research gaps,
it happen. Topics covered include: management, application of effective problems. This course explains the research, analyze findings, elastic scalability in delivery of selecting interesting research topics,
disruptive technologies, strategic design for quality management the whole process of strategy and produce a comprehensive enterprise applications. This course formulating research questions,
management of technology, new standards, quality tools and formulation, implementation, thesis. The work should reflect provides comprehensive knowledge planning research methodology,
product development, technological techniques in real world organization, evaluation, control, and strategic creativity, independent thinking, about cloud computing concepts and discussing and communicating
change management, corporate and ethical issues related to sampling issues. The course is mainly case- and the application of scientific and and capabilities across various research results in a convincing
entrepreneurship and innovation, and quality audit and assurance. and discussion-oriented. Real engineering management principles. Cloud service models including way. Several research tools are
diffusion of innovation, and chain of case studies will be presented and Successful completion requires a Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), presented to the students such as
innovation activities. MEM 506 - Operations Research active participation in discussions is written thesis, oral defense, and Platform as a Service (PaaS) and LaTeX, Mendeley, and SciVal through
expected. A project related to one
Software as a Service (SaaS). This
& Simulation of the course topics will be assigned submission of a draft paper for practical tutorial sessions.
MEM 508 - Engineering Risk publication to a Scopus-indexed course will introduce students to
Analysis & Management Credit Hour: 3 to each group of students and conference or journal. basic concepts and principles of ITE 504 - Advanced Big Data
Prerequisite: No Prerequisite presented at the end of the course. cloud computing. The students will Analytics
Credit Hour: 3 learn new programming paradigms Credit hours: 3
Prerequisite: MEM 503 This course covers computer such as Node.js, JavaScript, REST
simulation concepts and operations API and benefits and challenges Prerequisite: Graduate status
This course introduces risk research modeling techniques, Track 2: Research as well as tradeoffs for using the
identification, risk analysis, risk including problem formulation and cloud services. The course will The Big Data course focuses
assessment, strategies to manage discrete event simulation modeling. Thesis-based Master teach students how to utilize the on managing and processing,
risk, and applications of risk cloud services such IBM Cloud and storing, and modeling massively
management. Students learn how It includes the formulation of of Science in Project Amazon (AWS). Other topics such as large, versatile, continuous, and
to determine the quantitative and/ mathematical models, solutions using programming models (MapReduce heterogeneous data retrieved from
or qualitative value of risk related to linear programming, sensitivity and Management and Hadoop), virtualization, storage, different sources including, for
engineering systems and projects. cost analysis of developing alternative and distributed file systems will be instance, sensors, social media, web
It also presents the basic concepts, optimum solutions, transportation covered as well. applications, ERP systems, mobile
methods and tools to perform and network analysis, forecasting MPM 598 - Master’s Thesis in applications, transportation systems,
risk analysis in various project and stochastic modeling. The course Project Management-1 ITE 503 - Research Methods and and others. Acquiring, storing,
management applications, and includes case studies related to Communications processing, modeling, and visualizing
engineering and technology-based the topic and a term project. It also Credit Hour: 3 Credit hours: 3 this data encompass various
industries. The focus is on using tools applies the concepts and principles Prerequisite: Completion of 15 methods/techniques with many
and methods of Risk Matrix, Decision associated with systems modeling credit that include MEM 503 Prerequisite: Graduate status challenges to be considered. The
Trees, Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), and simulation using contemporary The main purpose of the Research course walks the students through
FMEA, Fault Tree, Utility Theory, as simulation software ARENA. This course is the first phase Methods and Communications the Big Data process starting from
well as an introduction to Bayesian of the master thesis in Project Course is to introduce students to data acquisition, and moving to
statistical theory. Other risk man- Management. It focuses on the the process of scientific research storage, processing, analytics, and
agement tools include SWOT analysis preparation and planning of and equip them with the necessary visualization. Throughout the course
and Participatory Analysis. the thesis project. Students are knowledge and tools to formulate the students will learn the concepts,
required to identify a research techniques, tools, and frameworks

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