Engineering Management

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The Engineering Management Program was developed to address a growing need for individuals that possess both engineering and management skills. Courses taken in the Engineering Management Program are intended to provide students with a broad understanding of the practice and concepts of engineering, and make them adaptive leaders who are ready to address challenges caused by rapid changes in technology. The program provides graduates an opportunity to select from a wide range of career paths.

The Engineering Management program attracts students whose talents and interests are not confined to a traditional engineering design and analysis position, as well as those drawn to the entrepreneurial aspects of engineering. The program is especially well suited to the typical engineering student attracted to Gonzaga University since it makes use of engineering and leadership skills they develop at GU, with their interest in helping others and making a valuable contribution to society. By combining a strong engineering background with a Minor in Business for Engineering Technologies from the School of Business Administration, students develop a skill‐set that is sought after by employers. 

Gonzaga’s Engineering Management program provides students with a foundation in the critical skills required to be successful in their chosen career. The program contains a set of core engineering courses that provide a solid basis in engineering principles, augmented by relevant courses on the process of management as it applies to technically-based projects. Students also develop technical expertise by taking a set of SEAS Elective courses from the other School of Engineering and Applied Science disciplines - Civil, Computer, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science. The SEAS Electives draw from a wide selection of interests within engineering, allowing students to customize their degree as a multi-disciplinary collection across several disciplines or focused on an aspect within on discipline. The SEAS Electives must include at least three senior-level technical electives which are characterized as 4XX-level engineering courses or as 3XX- or 4XX level computer science courses. Engineering Management students must complete at least twenty-one credits of SEAS Electives courses.
The Engineering Management program, in conjunction with its various constituencies, has clearly defined program objectives. These engineering program objectives are listed in the School of Engineering and Applied Science section of this catalog, and by the Gonzaga University Mission Statement that may be found at the beginning of the catalog.

The Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management degree program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org, under the General Program Criteria and the Engineering Management and Similarly Named Engineering Programs Program Criteria.