Engineering Management Minor

The Engineering Management minor is designed to help advance abilities in leadership for application to industry. This minor is designed for students who wish to advance their business skills and knowledge within industry. Students will learn the skills necessary to integrate engineering management systems into the engineering and technology environment.  A minor in engineering management will broaden your knowledge and skills in project management, leadership, marketing, economics, accounting and finance. 

Details:

• Total Credits Required:  15 
• Required Courses (6 credits, 2 courses) 
  • EMEN 4100: Engineering Economics
  • EMEN 4030: Project Management Systems or substitute AREN 4506, CSCI 3308 or CVEN 3246. 
• Elective Courses ( 9 credits, 3 courses) 
  Engineering Management Electives

  • EMEN 3100: Introduction to Engineering Management
  • EMEN 4050: Leadership & Professional Skills
  • EMEN 4055: Designing for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Engineering-counts towards H&SS credit
  • EMEN 4110:  Supply Chain Management (same as MGMT 4110)
  • EMEN 4120:  Managing Business Processes (same as MGMT 4120 & MGMT 5120)
  • EMEN 4200: Engineering Entrepreneurship for the Developing World
  • EMEN 4400: Quality Management
  • EMEN 4405: Fundamentals of Systems Engineering or substitute ECEN 4583
  • EMEN 4800: Technology Ventures & Marketing
  • EMEN 4820:  Entrepreneurial Product Design:  starting Fall 2018
  • EMEN 4825: Entrepreneurial Business Plan Prep
  • EMEN 4830: Special Topics
  • EMEN 4850: Entrepreneurial Leadership
  • EMEN 4875: Entrepreneurial Finance

  *Students may select any 3000 or 4000-level EMEN course to count towards the Engineering Management minor (EMEN 4030 does not count as an elective if AREN 4506, CSCI 3308 or CVEN 3246 is taken for the required course above).  Three elective credits can come from the approved "accepted elective substitutions" list below.

  Accepted Elective Substitutions

  (*can satisfy up to 3 credit hours)

  • APPM 3570: Applied Probability
  • ASEN 2004: Aerospace Vehicle Design and Performance OR ASEN 2704: Introduction to Aerospace Vehicle Design and Performance (spring 2023)
  • AREN 4606: Construction Project Execution and Control
  • CHEN 3010: Applied Data Analysis
  • CHEN 4090: Undergraduate Seminar
  • CHEN 4630: Intellectual Property Law and Enginering
  • CSCI 1000: Computer Science as a Field of Work and Study
  • CSCI 4502: Data Mining
  • CVEN 3227: Probability, Statistics and Decision
  • CVEN 4897: Professional Issues on Civil Engineering
  • ECEN 1100: Exploring ECE
  • ECEN 2410: Renewable Sources and Efficient Electrical Engergy Systems
  • ECEN 3810: Introduction to Probability Theory
  • ENLP 3000: Intelligent Leadership
  • GEEN 3853: Data Analysis for Engineers
  • MCEN 2000: Mechanical Engineering as a Profession
  • MCEN 3047: Data Analysis and Experimental 
  • MCEN 5045: Design for Manufacturability

• Effective fall 2023, the elective credit requirement has been reduced from 12 to 9. Students that declared the minor prior to fall 2023 are required to take 12 elective credits, for a total of 18 credits for the minor. 

Undergraduate Minor Requirements 

• The minors are open to all undergraduate students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science who are in good standing.
• To add a minor to your record (and degree audit), please work with your major advisor to submit this request. 
• A cumulative GPA of 2.250 or better is required for courses used to satisfy the requirements of this minor. 
• Each individual course that is counted towards a minor degree must be passed with a D- grade or better.  Note, however, that a C- or better is required in all prerequisite courses to move on to a subsequent course.  
• Prior coursework may be transferred from other institutions with approval.  At least three courses must be taken at CU Boulder. 
• After completion of the requirements, the undergraduate minors will be listed on the student's transcript at the time of graduation along with the student's engineering degree.