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Engineering Management Analytics Certificate
Last Updated: 07/30/2024 | All information is accurate and up-to-date
The Engineering Management Analytics Certificate is a graduate program that will help advance your career as you take on more responsibility or move into a management role. The program provides you with the principles and foundational concepts of analytics, and you will learn how to apply them to planning, management, and decision-making for industrial and technical organizations. You can pursue this certificate on-campus or online through our Engineering Online Program.
This certificate is a great option if you want to learn key concepts but are unsure about committing to a full master’s degree program. Successfully completing the certificate covers 40 percent of the MEM degree. The curriculum is designed with few prerequisites, making you highly marketable.
If you decide to transfer courses into a master’s degree program, like MEM, consult the Director of the Graduate Certificate Program (DGCP) for specific requirements. Note that NC State requires a grade of B or higher for courses to transfer into a master’s degree program, as stated in the Graduate Student Handbook (Section 3.1.D).
Curriculum
| CERTIFICATE: Analytics | Credits |
|---|---|
| CORE Courses | |
| ISE 501 Intro to Operations Research (required) | 3 |
| Take one course | |
| ST 515 Experimental Statistics for Engineers I | 3 |
| ST 516 Experimental Statistics for Engineers II | 3 |
| ST 517 Applied Statistical Methods I | 3 |
| ST 518 Applied Statistical Methods II | 3 |
| CORE Subtotal | 6 |
| ELECTIVE Courses | |
| Take two courses | |
| CE 537 Computer Methods and Applications | 3 |
| EM/ISE 538 Practical Machine Learning for Engineering Analytics | 3 |
| EM 589 Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Managers | 3 |
| ISE 519 Database Applications in Industrial and Systems Engineering | 3 |
| ISE 535 Python Programming for Industrial and Systems Engineers | 3 |
| ISE 537 Statistical Models for Systems Analytics in Industrial Engineering | 3 |
| ISE 547 Applications of Data Science in Healthcare | 3 |
| ISE 560 Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering | 3 |
| MBA 545 Decision Making under Uncertainty | 3 |
| OR 504 Introduction to Mathematical Programming | 3 |
| OR 506 Algorithmic Methods in Nonlinear Programming | 3 |
| ST 554 Analysis of Big Data | 3 |
| ST 555 Statistical Programming I | 3 |
| ST 556 Statistical Programming II | 3 |
| ST 558 Data Science for Statisticians | 3 |
| ST 563 Introduction to Statistical Learning | 3 |
| ELECTIVE Subtotal | 6 |
| Total | 12 |
The Fine Print
- Unless the Director of the DGCP grants you an exception, you must choose courses as outlined in the table below.
- Out of the 12 required credit hours, three may be at the 400 level with prior approval from the DGCP, according to the Graduate Student Handbook (Section 3.13). The remaining nine hours must be at the 500 level or above.
- You need to take one course per semester to stay in good standing. Your grades must be a B- or higher for them to count toward the certificate, and you need a GPA of 3.00 to earn the certificate. For more details, refer to the Graduate Student Handbook (Section 3.13).
- Due to the program’s specificity and high demand, premium tuition is charged for this certificate. If you are currently pursuing other degrees or certificates, you cannot be admitted to this certificate program until you complete those other programs. Once enrolled in this certificate, your credit hours will be subject to the MEM tuition premium until you receive the certificate.
- If you are in a degree program without a tuition premium, you cannot simultaneously add a second program with a tuition premium. Similarly, if you are in a degree program with a tuition premium, you cannot add a second program with a different tuition premium (including no premium).
- Premium tuition is based on your program of study, not the individual courses you take. This policy is outside the department’s control. For example, as a MEM student, you pay the MEM premium even if you take one, two, or three courses outside the MEM curriculum in a given semester. Similarly, once you are admitted to the Engineering Management Foundations Graduate Certificate Program and the certificate is added to your program of study, you will be charged the premium.
Admission Requirements
To apply to the program, you need to:
- Complete an online application form
- Submit transcripts of all academic work after high school
- Provide a written personal statement
Admission is competitive, and the GRE is not required. Your academic success plays a significant role in the admission process. However, completing a certificate program does not guarantee entry into a graduate degree program. You should have a STEM or another relevant bachelor’s degree.
Certificate Learning Outcomes
Upon completing the graduate certificate program, you will be able to:
- Understand critical engineering leadership and organizational communication concepts. You will also use communication techniques to work with various stakeholders.
- Grasp and apply basic financial concepts to analyze alternatives for projects of different lengths and cash flows.
- Use conceptual, analytical, and practical tools to plan and manage projects involving various stakeholders.
- Identify quantitative tools and analytical methods for solving different problems.
- Effectively communicate quantitative information to both technical and non-technical audiences.