College of Engineering City University of Hong Kong

MSc in Engineering Management

Course Description

Required core courses (12 credit units)

This block aims to develop a basic understanding of engineering management, to provide a broad range of knowledge and to enhance professional practices in engineering management. It includes the following courses:

• Engineering Management Principles and Concepts
• Operations Management
• Project Management
• Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Elective courses (18 credit units)

• Asset and Maintenance Management
• Business Process Improvement and Innovation
• Contemporary Occupational Safety and Health Management
• Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence for Systems Engineering
• Data Analytics for Smart Cities
• Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
• Dissertation
• Energy Conservation and Management
• Engineering Economic Analysis
• Estimation and Control of Random Dynamic Systems
• Financial Engineering for Engineering Managers
• Global Human Resource Management
• Industrial Case Study
• Industrial Marketing Management for Engineers
• Intelligent Manufacturing for Engineering Managers
• International Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship
• International Organizational Behaviour
• Linear Systems Theory and Design
• Managerial Decision-making Systems with Artificial Intelligence
• Managerial Economics
• Managing International Business
• Managing Strategic Quality
• Predictive Modeling and Forecasting for Business
• Process Modelling and Control
• Quality and Reliability Engineering
• Quality Improvement: Systems and Methodologies
• Queueing Theory with Telecommunications Applications
• Risk and Decision Analysis
• Semiconductor Manufacturing and Management
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Supply Chain Management
• Systems Modelling and Management
• Transportation and Logistics Management

Remarks: Course offering is subject to sufficient enrollment.

Remarks

• MSc Degree in Engineering Management (30 credit units)

The full MSc degree award requires 30 credit units, with the completion of taught courses only, or taught courses plus the dissertation project.

Distinct Features of the Programme

• The programme is highly multi-disciplinary.
• The programme adopts action learning and team-based experimental learning approaches.
• The programme requires students to work in small groups in different courses with a view to developing solutions for a set of engineering management problems which are derived from the professional experiences of the students or sponsored by local companies.

Teaching and Learning

The programme utilises a variety of learning methods including :

• Action Learning
• Experimental Learning
• Team-based Learning
• Lectures & Tutorials
• Seminars / Panel Discussions

Programme Intended Learning Outcomes (PILOs)

Upon successful completion of this Programme, students are expected to:

• Reflect on extensive knowledge in engineering management in supporting problem identification, problem-solving, decision making and analysis;
• Apply managerial skills, including behavioural and communication skills, needed in the effective transition from the role of an engineer to that of an engineering manager;
• Integrate and apply engineering and managerial knowledge in the management of engineering projects, operations, products and services in engineering/ manufacturing enterprises and departments;
• Be able to generate innovative ideas in the engineering management process and turn the innovations into practical implementation;
• Reflect on responsibility and sensitivity for environmental and societal concerns, inter-cultural issues and global development.