Master of Science in Engineering Management

The engineering management program at CSUN provides you with the leadership training and technical expertise to manage high-level engineering projects, teams and resources.

Our two-year program combines the convenience of online learning with dynamic collaboration and research opportunities. In addition to robust technical and management training, the program includes advanced study of data analytics to improve your ability to use data in a variety of contexts.

Employers like Netflix, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Boeing and Disney are hiring graduates like ours with strong technical skills and a comprehensive understanding of data analysis. CSUN graduates complete the program with the skills necessary for roles ranging from major manufacturing to big tech.

Additionally, students are encouraged to customize their degree track based to their unique career goals. Degree tracks are offered in general engineering management as well as data analytics.

Alongside other engineers, you’ll learn how to:

• Manage diverse engineering projects
• Lead technical teams
• Analyze and use data of all sizes
• Introduce sustainable innovations
• Optimize production, manufacturing and more

Through practical, data-driven curriculum, you’ll learn how to manage:

• Supply chains
• Big data
• Emerging technologies
• Industrial manufacturing
• Complex systems
• Cross-functional engineering teams

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Choose Your Path: General or data analytics

The MS in Engineering Management program at CSUN offers two specialized options to tailor your education to your career goals.

Both degree options provide students with comprehensive technical management skills and the ability to step easily into roles that require expertise with digitization and data.

The general degree option provides students with the expertise needed to master project management in technical firms.

The general option includes dynamic courses on:

• Decision-making in engineering projects
• Leadership training and technical skills
• Contemporary topics in engineering management including sustainability, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, and operations management.

The general option curriculum teaches students the advanced study of data analytics within supply chain and quality management with a decreased emphasis on programming.

The data analytics degree option provides students with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of data analysis and programming, equipping you with the skills needed to manage teams that increasingly depend on data across industries, including manufacturing, preventive maintenance, quality engineering, and designing supply chain systems.

Our data analytics option includes customized courses on:

• Data analytics for management
• Data-based knowledge discovery and visualization
• Emphasis on programming for data science and analytics with a focus on Python.

Coursework in both degree options feature an innovative focus in data analytics and include lectures, classroom activities, online modules, hands-on assignments and a Capstone research analysis project.

Education with impact

As a discipline, engineering management involves designing, operating and continuously improving high-tech enterprises. Beyond achieving desired project goals and meeting customer requirements, the field of engineering management is equally focused on quality, sustainability, efficiency and now more than ever, data. The role of data analytics in manufacturing is pivotal in driving the industry towards smarter, more responsive, and efficient operations.

With a CSUN degree, you will expertly manage personnel through core leadership built on innovation and decisiveness and understand how to use data to improve performance and outcomes.

Learn the field from anywhere, at any time

Our program’s convenient online platform helps you master essential concepts in class. The program’s online courses include live class sessions, on-demand access to learning materials and daily networking opportunities.

Get personal support and group-powered learning

Throughout the program, you’ll receive the one-on-one support of a team dedicated to your personal and professional success. Whether it’s enrollment, grading or financial aid, our team of experts help you stay on track towards graduation.

Students in both the general and data analytics tracks collaborate on a Capstone research analysis project for an integrative learning opportunity with student experts in the field.