CurriculumOptional Concentrations & Programs
Students may attain an optional concentration in Healthcare Systems, Managerial Analytics, Product Management, or Project and Process Management by choosing appropriate courses as indicated below. Courses taken to meet concentration requirements cannot be applied to two separate areas of concentration.
Students may count non-MEM elective courses from other programs toward a concentration, with approval. A list of previously approved non-MEM elective courses is provided; other choices must be approved individually by the MEM Director.
Approved Non-MEM Electives from Other Programs
The most frequently chosen elective courses from MEM and related programs are categorized by concentration below and require no additional approval.
Healthcare Systems Engineering (4 Courses)
- IEMS 385 Introduction to Health Systems Engineering (required)
- MEM 490 Healthcare Systems Project Practicum (required)
- MEM 412: Operations Excellence
- MEM 414: Supply Chain Management
- MEM 415: Computer Simulation for Risk & Operations Analysis
- MEM 416: Business Process Change Management
- ENTREP 470: NUvention Medical
- IEMS 382 Production Planning and Scheduling
- IEMS 383 Service Operations Management
Managerial Analytics (3 Courses)
- MEM 410: Managerial Analytics
- MEM 412: Operations Excellence
- MEM 414: Supply Chain Management
- MEM 415: Computer Simulation for Risk & Operations Analysis
- MEM 490: Marketing Analytics
- ENTREP 495: NUvention Analytics
- IEMS 304: Statistical Learning for Data Analysis
- MSIT 423: Data Science for Business Intelligence
- CIV_ENV 304: Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems Analysis
Product Management - Formerly Design & Innovation (3 Courses)
- MEM 417: Product Development
- MEM 419: Technical Entrepreneurship
- MEM 420: Organizing for Innovation
- MEM 430: Product Management
- MEM 490: Marketing Analytics
- MEM 490: Technology Venture Capital Investing Practicum
- ENTREP 470: NUvention Medical (Count as one)
- ENTREP 471: NUvention Transportation
- ENTREP 473: NUvention Web (Count as one)
- ENTREP 474: NUvention Energy
- ENTREP 475: NUvention AI Analytics
- ENTREP 476: NUvention Arts & Entertainment
- ISEN 430: NUvention Energy
- DSGN 450: Differentiation by Design
- DSGN 492: Design & Leveraging Organizational Networks
- DSGN 495-41: Design, Discovery and Invention
Project and Process Management (3 Courses)
- MEM 416: Business Process Change Management
- MEM 420: Organizing for Innovation
- MEM 426: Project Management
- MEM 429: Negotiations for Engineers
- MEM 430: Product Management
- MEM 490 Healthcare Systems Project Practicum
NUvention
NUvention, a course series focused on creating new businesses/startups, teaches the processes used by entrepreneurs in the creation of robust business models and concepts. Courses are taught by experienced entrepreneurs in a variety of fields, including:
These courses are available to MEM students (application may be required for certain offerings) as well as the university at large, bringing together students from a variety of disciplines. This creates a unique environment for business development through a collaboration of diverse skills sets.
