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Degree Requirements

The Master of Engineering Management (M.E.M.) curriculum includes mathematics, engineering management, design, project leadership, and core topics of an M.B.A. program.

M.E.M. Courses

Applied Mathematics (2 courses)

  • ENGS 103 Statistical Methods in Engineering
  • ENGM 184 Introduction to Optimization Methods

Engineering Project/Design Sequence (2 courses)

Engineering Management Core (5 courses)

Engineering Management Electives (choose 1)

  • ENGS 157 Chemical Process Design
  • ENGS 171 Industrial Ecology
  • ENGG 176 Design for Manufacturing
  • ENGM 185 Topics in Manufacturing Design and Processes
  • ENGM 186 Technology Project Management
  • ENGM 188 Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
  • ENGM 189 Topics in Engineering Management (includes 2 half-term courses)

Free electives (choose 3)

NOTE: The M.E.M. tuition covers 2 courses from Tuck School; extra tuition will be charged for a third Tuck course.

Typical Program—M.E.M. Only

The following is a typical program for a student with an ABET-accredited B.S. degree in engineering or its equivalent from a school other than Dartmouth. Students who do not hold an accredited degree may be required to take additional courses.

Fall

Winter

  • ENGS 103 Statistical Methods in Engineering
  • ENGM 179 Financial and Managerial Accounting
  • Free elective

Spring

Summer

  • ENGG 390 M.E.M. Project/Internship (Typically the project is accomplished within the context of an industry internship with the final presentation given in the fall term.)

Fall

  • ENGG 177 Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty
  • Engineering management elective
  • Free elective

Adobe PDF file icon M.E.M. program flow chart (PDF) for students entering with ABET-accredited B.S. engineering degree

Typical Program—Combined B.E./M.E.M.

M.E.M. students in lab cleanroom

Dartmouth A.B. graduates who majored in Engineering Sciences will normally complete the B.E. degree before completing the M.E.M. degree. Since both A.B. and B.E. courses may be counted toward the M.E.M. degree, Dartmouth students typically complete the M.E.M. degree with 12 courses beyond the B.E. degree. The A.B. year would include scheduling two engineering sciences electives and planning carefully to complete the B.E. and M.E.M. in the 5th and 6th years.

B.E. Year

Fall

  • ENGM 178 Technology Assessment
  • ENGS 190 Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation (B.E. requirement)
  • Engineering sciences elective

Winter

  • ENGS 103 Statistical Methods in Engineering
  • ENGS 290 Engineering Design Methodology and Project Completion (B.E. requirement)
  • Engineering sciences elective

Spring

  • Two engineering sciences electives
  • Engineering management elective

M.E.M. Year

Summer

  • ENGG 390 M.E.M. Project/Internship (Typically the project is accomplished within the context of an industry internship with the final presentation given in the fall term.)

Fall

Winter

  • ENGM 179 Financial and Managerial Accounting
  • Two free electives

Spring

Adobe PDF file icon M.E.M. program flow chart (PDF) for students entering with Dartmouth A.B. and/or B.E.