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Ohio University Graduate Catalog 2017-19 
    
Ohio University Graduate Catalog 2017-19 [Archived Catalog]

Engineering Leadership Certificate


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Certificate Title: Engineering Leadership

Certificate Name and Number: Engineering Leadership Certificate - CTELCG & ND9994

Department/Unit: Industrial and Systems Engineering

Delivery Mode: Online

Terms of Entry: [Fall | Spring | Summer] – Depends on course offerings in each semester

Certificate Mission: Prepare dedicated leaders and skilled managers who exert inspiring influence in their workplaces and across the entire enterprise.

Certificate Learning Objectives:

* Identify the fundamentals of leadership, including characteristics, roles and skills of successful leaders; examine these fundamentals using self-reflection; and apply them to case studies and to particular situations selected by the student.

* Demonstrate the ability to communicate in standard written English in a variety of types of business writing by using effective organization of ideas, style of expression, understanding of the audience, techniques of persuasion, and editing for clarity and conciseness.

* Apply principles and techniques of accounting, finance, performance measures and decision making to optimize and communicate the use of resources in the engineering management context.

Certificate Overview:

This certificate centers on the Engineering Leadership course. Here students learn what it means to be a leader: to inspire others to achieve both individually and together what they would not be able to do on their own. Activities include selected readings, supplemental videos, interviews of experienced leaders, reflections, oral presentations, and discussions to explore, develop, and reinforce leadership development. Engineers’ responsibilities often exceed their direct authority, and engineers and engineering managers bridge this gap by learning the art of informal leadership.

Building on this foundation, two major tools are provided to multiply the influence of the engineering manager. The first is communication, focusing on its many written forms. The Engineering Writing course is designed to enable students to develop the ability to think critically as a professional communicator. Students are challenged to understand, develop, and produce effective communication using elements of thought including purpose, context, information sources, assumptions, inferences and conclusions, implications and consequences, points of view, and questions raised and addressed.

The second major tool is the practice of thinking and communicating not in technical terms, but rather in terms of resources saved or gained. This is how enterprise senior leaders frame decisions, and is therefore the golden key of engineering influence. In the Applied Accounting and Finance for Engineering Management course, students examine and apply techniques of accounting, finance, performance measures and decision making in the engineering management context. Differential analysis techniques are used, and financial statements and cash flow statements are examined and interpreted to assess the financial health of engineering organizations.

Certificate Relationship to Parent Degree Program:

The parent program of this graduate specialized stackable certificate is the Master of Engineering Management (MEM) degree, with program code ME7266 (see https://catalogs.ohio.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=55&poid=15385&returnto=4228). Neither enrollment in nor completion of the MEM degree is required to complete this certificate, but completing this certificate does fulfill 3 of 10 courses toward the MEM degree. Students admitted to this certificate may also seek admission to the MEM degree, and/or the MEM program’s other certificates. Two or more certificates also “stack” toward the degree. Previously submitted application materials will be reused as much as possible, as determined by the MEM Program Director. Link to MEM program: https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu/masters-engineering-management/

Completion Requirements:

1. Complete the three designated courses totaling 9 semester credit hours:

a. Engineering Leadership: EMGT 6700 (3 hrs, required)

b. Engineering Writing: EMGT 6010 (3 hrs, required)

c. Applied Finance & Accounting for Engineering Management: EMGT 6600 (3 hrs, required)

 

There are no prerequisites for any of these three courses. There is no thesis or qualifying exam.

2. This certificate must be completed within three (3) years.

3. No grade below a “C” can be used to fulfill any Ohio University graduate requirement including this certificate, and a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average (GPA) at the graduate level is required to stay in and complete the certificate. By Ohio University policy, if any graduate course is retaken, both the original grade and the new grade are included in the cumulative GPA. An applicant on academic probation in any Ohio University graduate program may apply with permission from the MEM Program Director.

4. Depending on the starting semester selected, the student can complete the certificate in two or three semesters, taking one or two courses per semester. In order to keep tuition costs low, these courses are shared with and scheduled by the MEM program. Depending on the semester the student begins the certificate, a student’s course plan may contain a gap of one semester.

5. There is no capstone course to receive this certificate, but smaller projects are used to give students the opportunity to apply and integrate what they learn.

Admission Requirements:

The admission requirements to this certificate are the same as those for the MEM degree program, except that the eight (8) semester credit hours in Calculus or post-Calculus math are not required. Students currently in the MEM program may enroll in this certificate with administrative approval from the MEM Program Director and the OHIO Graduate College.

For direct admission to this certificate, prospective students may be admitted under any of the following three criteria:

Criterion A:

1. Bachelor’s degree in an accredited program in engineering, mathematics, or physical sciences

2. GPA 3.0 or higher (GPA 2.75 acceptable with GRE quantitative reasoning score of 155 or higher)

Criterion B:

1. Bachelor’s degree in an accredited program in business or technology

2. GPA 3.0 or higher

3. GRE quantitative reasoning score of 155 or higher

Criterion C:

1. Bachelor of Science degree in an accredited program from a field not listed above

2. GPA 3.0 or higher

3. GRE quantitative reasoning score of 155 or higher

4. Four or more years of technical work experience

The application requires two letters of recommendation, one preferably from the applicant’s current supervisor and another from an individual who has supervised, mentored or taught the applicant, or is otherwise familiar with the applicant’s academic ability and/or work experience.

Students admitted directly to this certificate, and who have not been admitted to the MEM degree, hold a non-degree-seeking status. This status may limit the student’s eligibility for certain types of financial aid.

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