Master of Engineering

48.0 quarter credits

All students enrolled in the program receive the ME degree from the College of Engineering. Students take a series of manufacturing core courses, a set of discipline-oriented engineering courses, business core electives, and a mathematics/quantitative methods course. A six-month period of career-related employment through Drexel’s Graduate Co-op program is a requirement for full-time students. Students who are already employed as practicing engineers may apply to pursue the program on a part-time basis. A thesis is not required. The average time required to complete the master’s degree is two years of full-time study or three years of part-time study.

Degree Requirements
The degree requires a total of 48 credits, including at least 18 credits from an engineering discipline core. This core may be from any engineering department: Civil and Architectural, Chemical, Electrical and Computer, Materials, or Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics. (Please refer to the appropriate departmental description in this catalog for more information about each department. ) Students also complete 15 credits from the manufacturing core, which includes 6 credits in manufacturing and 9 credits of departmental manufacturing electives. Three credits of either engineering analysis or probability and statistics, 6 credits from either engineering management or the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, and 6 credits of GCP round out the program.

Curriculum

Manufacturing core courses			Credits
MEM 687	Manufacturing Processes I			3.0
MEM 689	Computer-Aided Manufacturing			3.0
	Departmental manufacturing electives (see below)			9.0
	Departmental engineering core			18.0
	Engineering management/business requirements (see below)			6.0
	Engineering analysis/probability and statistics requirement			3.0
	Graduate Co-Op Program			6.0
Departmental Manufacturing Elective Courses
At least three of the following courses must be completed:
Chemical Engineering
Courses			Credits
CHE 525	Transport Phenomena I			3.0
CHE 554	Process Systems Engineering			3.0
CHE 560	Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems			3.0
CHE 562	Bioreactor Engineering			3.0
CHE 564	Unit Operations in Bioprocess Systems			3.0
Civil Engineering
Courses			Credits
CIVE 673	Construction Project Management			3.0
CIVE 674	Construction Contracting I			3.0
CIVE 770	Construction Process Modeling I			3.0
CIVE 771	Construction Process Modeling II			3.0
CIVE 773	Construction Management			3.0
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Courses			Credits
ECEC 541	Robotics/Computer Interface and Controls I			3.0
ECEC 542	Robotics/Computer Interface and Controls II			3.0
Materials Science and Engineering
Courses			Credits
MATE 570	Materials Processing			3.0
MATE 651	Advanced Polymer Processing			3.0
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Courses			Credits
MEM 688	Manufacturing Processes II			3.0
MEM 717	Heat Transfer in Manufacturing Processes			3.0
MEM 727	Fluid Dynamics in Manufacturing Processes			3.0
MEM 772	Plasticity in Manufacturing			3.0
MEM 800	Special Topics: Concurrent Engineering I			3.0
MEM 800	Special Topics: Concurrent Engineering II			3.0
MEM 800	Special Topics: Engineering Finite Element Analysis			3.0
Business Core
At least two of the following courses must be completed:
LeBow College of Business
Courses			Credits
POM 620	Management of Manufacturing Firms			3.0
POM 624	Management of Service Firms			3.0
Engineering Management
Courses			Credits
EGMT 531	Economics for Engineering Management			3.0
EGMT 607	Marketing for Engineers			3.0
EGMT 652	Engineering Law			3.0
EGMT 680	Manufacturing Management for Engineers			3.0