ME in Engineering Mgmt and MS in Telecom

The Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and the Engineering Management (EMP) programs are complementary in that the Engineering Management program greatly enhances practical management and business skills for technical professionals, while the Interdisciplinary Telecommunication Program provides particular technical skills and an overarching framework of technology, business, and policy to professionals in telecommunications.  Both programs are committed to providing substantial access to their curricula to distance education students.  The combined program allows students to apply certain courses against both degrees, reducing the total number of credits required to earn both degrees.

Requirements differ depending on whether the student is first admitted to to ITP or first admitted to EMP.

Primary Program ITP, also Pursuing ME in Engineering Management

A student who is pursuing the MS, Telecommunications degree and wishes to also obtain an ME in Engineering Management, must complete the following additional requirements.

1. Be admitted to the Engineering Management Program (annotating the application with "Joint with ITP").

2. If EMEN 5050/TLEN 5050 (Leadership and Management), EMEN 5900/TLEN 5700 (Research Techniques), and EMEN 5020 (Finance and Accounting for Engineering Managers) have been successfully completed as part of the Telecommunications degree, an additional 15 hours of engineering management course work are required consisting of the following five courses:

   • EMEN 5010 Introduction to Engineering Management

   • EMEN 5030 Project Management Systems or EMEN 5031 Software Project Management

   • EMEN 5040 Quality, Strategy, and Value Creation

   • EMEN 6805 Capstone Preparation and EMEN 6810 Capstone completion

   • An elective Engineering Management course drawn from the remaining EMEN courses.

3. EMEN 5050/TLEN 5050 (Leadership and Management), EMEN 5900/TLEN 5700 (Research Techniques) or EMEN 5825 Entrepreneurial Business Plan Preparation, and EMEN 5020 (Finance and Accounting for Engineering Managers) have to be successfully completed as part of either the Telecommunications or Engineering Management degree programs.  If not completed as part of the Telecommunications degree, then they will need to be completed as part of the Engineering Management degree.  Hence, the total additional credit hours required for an engineering management degree will range from a minimum of 15 to a maximum of 24 credit hours.

4. No courses may be transferred from other graduate schools or other programs, schools, and departments at the University of Colorado at Boulder, except as approved by the Engineering Management Faculty Director.

5. A minimum GPA of 3.0 with no grades less than a C.

Primary Program EMP, also Pursuing MS in Telecommunications

A student who is pursuing the ME, Engineering Management degree and wishes to also obtain a MS, Telecommunications, must complete the following additional requirements.

1. Be admitted to the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program (annotating the application with "Joint with EMP").

2. An additional 24 credit hours of course work in total.  Credits accumulated fulfilling requirements (4)-(9) below all count toward this total.

3. TLEN 5300, Telecom Theory and Applications, unless waived by advisor or the student has completed EMEN 5000 Engineering Analysis.  Note that this course does not count towards the 24 credit hour requirement of (2).

4. TLEN 5310 Telecommunication Systems and TLEN 5330 Data Communications 1.

5. A total of at least 12 credit hours of TLEN technology courses, including those taken under requirement (4).

6. At least 3 credit hours of TLEN policy and law courses.

7. At least 3 credit hours of programming courses unless waived by advisor (typically waived for students with substantial academic or professional programming experience).

8. At least 2 credit hours of TLEN 5600 Telecommunications Seminar.

9. Either the Capstone or Thesis option.

   • Capstone Option.  TLEN 5700 Research Methods (1 credit hour) and TLEN 5710 Capstone 1 (1 credit hour).  Students who have taken EMEN 5900 or another research methods course may request to audit TLEN 5700 (which will not count towards the total credit hours required of the dual degree program).

   • Thesis Option.  TLEN 5700 Research Methods (1 credit hour) or EMEN 5900 Research Techniques or another research methods course approved by the advisor.   A combined total of 7 credit hours of research methods and thesis credits.

10. A minimum GPA of 3.0 with no grades less than a C.

11. No courses may be transferred from other graduate schools or other programs, schools, and departments at the University of Colorado at Boulder, except as approved by the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program Faculty Director.

The two degrees are awarded simultaneously.  Students should consult with the ITP advisor for more information or consult the dual degree's defining document: ITP and EMP Dual Degree Program.