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SMU School of Engineering Virtual On-site Hong Kong Executive Masters Website |
| This page is intended to help you quickly find information about the proposed Fall 2004 Executive Masters in Engineering Management program to be offered via the Teleportec system. For detailed information please read the information on this website and/or select any of the links below. SMU Engineering is now accepting applications online, click here! Contact:
Academic Arrangement Lectures: Only one weekend per month, conducted through an innovative Simultaneous Interactive System. (SIS) via Teleportec. Tutorials: Can be done on-line, students would form study-group or project group based on lecturers’ requirements. Examinations: Subject to individual course. Some of them would be conducted during lectures. Thesis: Not required. Admission Guidelines Qualification of an applicant
Tuition US$25,000 in total (about HK$200,000) by 5 installments, with US$2,500 non-refundable upfront deposit. (Students from South China have to stay for 2 hotel nights per month, plus transportation would probably add 20% to course fee). Application Procedure
Admission Procedure Once prospects submit all application data, their folder will be reviewed by the selection committee. If the applicant is accepted, the applicant will be informed via email. Hong Kong Contacts TACSEN Management Consultants Limited is the Official Hong Kong and China Agent of the School of Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, U.S.A. If you want know more about EMSEM program, please contact us.
Guangzhou Office: Unit D, 12/F, Tower One, Tian He Plaza, 268 Zhong Sha Road, Guangzhou, PRC Useful Links EMIS-EM Introduction An Executive Master’s Program designed exclusively for today’s fast-track technical executive The SMU School of Engineering’s Executive Master of Science in Engineering Management degree is a two-year program developed for rising executives with an undergraduate technical degree and who are rising through management or starting their own company. It is an elite executive program - restricted to a highly motivated group of area professionals - designed to impart essential knowledge for today’s and tomorrow’s technology-driven business. This fast-track program develops expertise in the traditional graduate business areas — management, finance, accounting, information technology, economics, and operations — along with pace-setting, innovative courses in information engineering, global perspectives, and entrepreneurship. This well-rounded approach prepares individuals for success in the new world of techno-business and its challenges and opportunities. You will have the same identity as a Full-Time SMU student! During your part-time study, you will be entitled the same identity as a full-time SMU student in the U.S., even though you are staying in Hong Kong or the China Mainland and continuing your work.
An innovative approach that helps you learn more effectively Unlike any other distance-learning programs, the lectures of this Executive Format program are conducted through the innovative Simultaneous Interactive System (SIS) for Distance Learning and advanced technology that enables you to interact with your lecturers in real time. 3D actual size with natural eye contact, just like studying in a real classroom situation. With the help of SIS, you will be able to learn and progress more effectively than any traditional distance-learning program; as it combines the advantages of a classroom setting while lecturers can be from every corner of the world to deliver their lectures. You are learning directly from the same faculty as studying in the States. How SIS works
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Curriculum - (order and class topics subject to modification) Year One
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Course 1: Engineering Management Course Description: This Engineering Leadership course examines planning, financial analysis, organizational structures, management of the corporation (including its products, services, and people), transfer of ideas to the marketplace, ethics, and leadership skills. Goals: It is well known that many engineering and computer science graduates assume management roles in the very early stages of their careers. Usually they are thrust into these positions because of their technical capabilities and they have little or no background or education in management. Being thrust into these positions they often learn by trail and error. This course to specifically addresses the management topics of interest to technology managers. This course examines planning, financial analysis, organizational structures, ethical management of the corporation as well as its products and people, transfer of ideas to the marketplace, and leadership skills. Course 2: Management of Information Technologies Course Description: Defines the management activities of the overall computer resources within an organization or government entity. Consists of current topics in strategic planning of computer resources, budgeting and fiscal controls, design and development of information systems, personnel management, project management, rapid prototyping, and system life cycles. Goals: To provide a broad spectrum of knowledge of tools, approaches, and techniques that can be used to manage, evaluate and improve the Information Technology resources used by a small business, large enterprise or government entity. Course 3: Engineering Finance Course Description: Develops an understanding of corporate financial decisions for engineers. Topics include cost of capital, capital budgeting, capital structure theory and policy, working capital management, financial analysis and planning, and multinational finance. Goals: 1) To learn how decision-makers use financial information to make better business decisions. 2) To prepare individuals with technical degrees for management duties and interactions by understanding the sources and uses of financial information for planning and controlling these financial elements of their business life. 3) To focus on the key concepts, issues and applications rather than the technical financial details. 4) To motivate students to learn the material and use it in the future by demonstrating that finance is both interesting and relevant in their business and personal lives Course 4: Engineering Accounting Course Description: An introduction to and overview of financial and managerial accounting for engineering management. Topics include basic accounting concepts and terminology; preparation and interpretation of financial statements; and uses of accounting information for planning, budgeting, decision-making, control, and quality improvement. The focus is on concepts and applications in industry today. Goals: For the engineering student to: Become familiar with the language of business, accounting, so as to understand financial statements and the budget process used by all major organizations. Prepare for management duties or interactions through an understanding of the uses of accounting information for planning, controlling, and decision-making Course 5: Economic Decision Analysis Course Description: Introduction to economic analysis methodology. Topics include engineering economy and cost concepts, interest formulas and equivalence, economic analysis of alternatives, technical rate of return analysis, and economic analysis under risk and uncertainty. Goals: To improve financial decision making capabilities by learning concepts and techniques of analysis useful in evaluating economic alternatives. Course 6: Information Engineering and Global Perspectives Course Description: This course examines global and information aspects of technology-based and information-based companies. Topics include modern business processes, the strategic use of information technology, and integration of global information resources for competitive advantage. Goals: To enable the student to: 1.Analyze, critique, and design modern business processes 2.Develop an information systems strategy 3.Integrate global IT resources for competitive advantage Course 7: Operations Research Course Description: A survey of models and methods of operations research. Deterministic and stochastic models in a variety of areas will be covered. Credit is not allowed for both EMIS 3360 and EMIS 6360. Goals: To enable the student to (1) identify operations research/management science (OR/MS) problems in industry and government, (2) formulate an appropriate model for their solution, (3) apply a solution methodology, and (4) interpret the results for a manager or engineer in terms of the application involved. Course 8: Production and Operations Management Course Description: A survey of models and methods for designing and implementing quality-based, integrated, production/operations systems. Topics include demand forecasting; product-mix decisions; distribution logistics; facilities location and layout; scheduling; supply-chain, inventory, and materials management; just-in-time techniques; and quality measurement and improvement methods for manufacturing and service operations. Goals: Production is the process of converting resources into manufactured goods; operations management addresses the delivery of services to customers. The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with a variety of methods for forecasting, planning, scheduling and controlling quality for production systems and operations. Students learn to manage processes within an organization and between members of a supply chain. Specific techniques are studied for forecasting, planning and operating production operations in today's competitive environment. Course 9: Technical Entrepreneurship Course Description: Development of principles and practical strategies for the management and evolution of rapidly growing technical endeavors. Topics include entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, strategic planning, finance, marketing, sales, operations, research and development, manufacturing, and management of technology-based companies. Management teams are formed, and ventures are selected and simulated over an extended period of time. Extensive student presentations and reports are required. Goals: To prepare students for: 1.Management roles in entrepreneurial start-ups, and small to mid-sized companies 2.Technical business situations that they will face in many technology businesses, especially in today's e-business world 3.Working in teams and groups 4.On-the-job learning by developing a feasible company structure, making mistakes, developing solutions, and observing mistakes and approaches made by the other teams. Course 10: Probability & Statistics Course Description: Introduction to fundamentals of probability and distribution theory, statistical techniques used by engineers and physical scientists. Examples of tests of significance, operating characteristic curves, tests of hypothesis about one and two parameters, estimation, analysis of variance, and the choice of a particular experimental procedure and sample size. Goals: To prepare students with diverse technical backgrounds and objectives with fundamental probabilistic and statistical concepts, methods, and techniques for use in continuing graduate studies and in engineering and engineering management through a balance of theory and application involving engineering decision making, including situations in which uncertainty and risk are important. Emphasis is placed on problem definition, solution and interpretation of results. About SMU The Vision of Southern Methodist University To create and impart knowledge that will shape citizens who contribute to their communities and lead their professions in a global society. The Mission of Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University's mission is to be a leading private institution of higher learning that expands knowledge through research and teaching. Among its faculty, students, and staff the University develops skills and cultivates principled thought and wisdom. The University is dedicated to the values of academic freedom and open inquiry and to its United Methodist heritage. To fulfill its mission the University strives for quality, innovation, and continuous improvement as it pursues the following goals:
Southern Methodist University As a private, comprehensive university enriched by its United Methodist heritage and its partnership with the Dallas metroplex, Southern Methodist University seeks to enhance the intellectual, cultural, technical, ethical, and social development of a diverse student body. SMU offers undergraduate programs centered on the liberal arts; excellent graduate, professional, and continuing education programs; and abundant opportunities for access to faculty in small classes, research experience, international study, leadership development, and off-campus service and internships, with the goal of preparing students to be contributing citizens and leaders for our state, the nation, and the world. SMU comprises six degree-granting schools: Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Meadows School of the Arts, the Edwin L. Cox School of Business, the School of Engineering, the Dedman School of Law, and Perkins School of Theology. Founded in 1911 by what is now the United Methodist Church, SMU is nonsectarian in its teaching and is committed to the values of academic freedom and open inquiry. The University has 101 buildings, a total enrollment that has averaged more than 10,000 the past four years, a full-time faculty of 520, and assets of $1.388 billion -- including an endowment of $872,000,000 (Market Value, May 2001). Offering only a handful of degree programs at its 1915 opening, the University presently awards baccalaureate degrees in more than 80 programs through four undergraduate schools and a wide variety of graduate and professional degrees through those and professional schools. Of the 10,266 students enrolled for the 2001 fall term, 5,836 were undergraduates and 4,430 were graduate and professional students. The full-time equivalent enrollment was 5,650 for undergraduates and 2,663 for graduate and professional students. Nearly all the students in SMU's first class came from Dallas County, but now 37.5 percent of the University's undergraduate student body comes from outside Texas. In a typical school year, students come to SMU from every state, from 86 foreign countries, and from all races, religions, and economic levels. Undergraduate enrollment is 54 percent female. Graduate and professional enrollment is 40.2 percent female. A majority of SMU undergraduates receive some form of financial aid. In 2001-2002, 74 percent of first-year students received some form of financial aid, and 32 percent of first-year students received need-based financial aid. Management of the University is vested in a Board of Trustees of civic, business, and religious leadersMethodist and non-Methodist. The founders' first charge to SMU was that it become not necessarily a great Methodist university, but a great university. Academic Accreditation Southern Methodist University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; telephone number 404-679-4501) to award baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Individual academic programs are accredited by the appropriate national professional associations. The Edwin L. Cox School of Business is accredited by AACSB-International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The Dedman School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association. Perkins School of Theology is accredited by The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. Undergraduate programs in mechanical engineering, computer engineering, and electrical engineering are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The Department of Chemistry is accredited by the American Chemical Society. In the Meadows School of the Arts, the Dance Division is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance; the Music Division by the National Association of Schools of Music; and the Theatre Division by the National Association of Schools of Theater. Brief Facts About SMU Dallas campus: 76 buildings on 165 acres Location SMU's spacious, tree-lined campus is located in University Park, five miles north of downtown Dallas. National and International Rankings SMU consistently ranks in the top half of national universities in the guide America's Best Colleges, published by U.S. News & World Report. Dedman School of Law ranks in the top tier of law schools, according to U.S. News & World Report. The M.B.A. program of the Cox School of Business is one of only 27 programs in the United States to appear in rankings released by the six major publications that rank graduate business programs, including Business Week, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. The Cox B.B.A. program also ranks among the top 30 nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report. In the 2001 edition of The Princeton Review's Best 331 Colleges, SMU ranks 14 in the Great Libraries category. SMU is one of only two universities in the Southwest to be included in the top 20 libraries. Campus Profile Faculty -- Of 535 full-time faculty members, 84 percent hold the doctorate or highest degree in their fields. Most classes are taught by faculty, not graduate students, and most faculty members, including senior professors, teach undergraduates. Total Full-time Faculty - 535 Fall 2002 Enrollment Undergraduate students - 6,210 Total first-year undergraduate students - 1,380 Degrees Awarded - July 1, 2001,
to June 30, 2002: Degrees awarded by school in 2001-02: Alumni SMU alumni number about 96,000 internationally. About 50,000 live in Texas, with more than 33,000 alumni living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Notable SMU alumni include Nobel Prize-winning physicist James Cronin; computer memory pioneer Robert Dennard; first lady Laura Welch Bush; Karen Hughes, adviser to President George W. Bush; Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates; Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley; Emmy Award-nominated actress Regina Taylor; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and SMU faculty member Craig Flournoy; the late Payne Stewart, championship golfer; 2000 Olympic gold medalist Lars Frolander, winner of two silver medals Martina Moravcova, and bronze medalist Kajsa Bergqvist; and the late Doak Walker, Heisman Trophy recipient. The Office of Alumni Relations connects alumni to SMU and to each other through student recruitment programs, alumni chapter gatherings, class reunions, and Homecoming. Web-based services also are available, including the PerunaNet online alumni directory and career network (www.PerunaNet.net), as well as e-mail forwarding and an online community. The Alumni Association is the membership component for SMU's alumni outreach efforts, offering benefits, discounts, and exclusive services to dues-paying members. Research and Graduate Studies SMU faculty members participate in research sponsored by federal and state agencies and corporations, as well as other research projects. During 2001-02, SMU received more than $11 million in external funding for research. In addition to managing sponsored research on campus, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies publishes SMU Research magazine and handles admission and administration for graduate programs in Dedman College. The dean of Research and Graduate Studies works with the SMU Foundation for Research to help the University identify promising faculty inventions, patent and market faculty inventions accepted for commercialization, and seek partnerships and capital to develop SMU's growing portfolio of potentially viable technologies. School of Engineering The SMU School of Engineering offers Bachelor's, Master's, and doctoral degrees through five departments: Computer Science and Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Engineering Management, Information, and Systems; Environmental and Civil Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering. The curriculum emphasizes not only technical training but also management and communication skills. Specialized graduate professional degree programs are available through evening and weekend studies or by videotape throughout the world. Through SMU's undergraduate co-op program, the oldest in the Southwest, engineering students can gain on-the-job experience in addition to classroom and laboratory training. The Industry Scholars and Research Scholars programs also provide opportunities for interaction with local industry. The School of Engineering operates Advanced Computer Education Centers in Richardson, Plano, Houston, and San Antonio that offer day and evening courses leading to computer certification. The school also operates a Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Richardson. The Institute for Engineering Education at SMU develops programs for students from kindergarten to college designed to enhance the quality, quantity, and diversity of tomorrow's technical workforce through an enhanced appreciation of engineering and technology. Notable Facilities -- The $14 million Jerry R. Junkins Electrical Engineering Building opened in August 2002. History of SMU In 1911 a Methodist education commission made a commitment to establish a major university in Texas. More than 600 acres of open prairie and $300,000 pledged by a group of local citizens secured the university for Dallas, and it was chartered as Southern Methodist University. In appreciation of the city's support, SMU named its first building Dallas Hall, which remains the centerpiece and symbol of the University. When SMU opened in 1915, it consisted of two buildings, 706 students, a 35-member faculty, and total assets of $636,540. The original schools were the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Theology, and School of Music. University Resources Quick guide to:
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