MANUFACTURING

ENGINEERING
M AST ER OF SCIENCE

ONLINE DELIVERY

The Manufacturing Engineering program predominately serves full-time engineers ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
who pursue the degree part-time in order to advance their engineering expertise. The To be admitted with full status to the
program is offered online; courses and lectures are provided via streaming video or program, you must:
prerecording. A few classes are synchronous with all students online simultaneously. • Hold a bachelor’s degree in
science, technology, engineering,
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES mathematics, statistics or a closely
• Apply mathematical models to the analysis of practical engineering problems related field from an accredited
• Apply lean six sigma principles to the design and operation of manufacturing college or university
processes and systems • Have earned an undergraduate GPA
• Analyze and apply relevant research to real-world problems of 3.0 or higher
• Create technically rigorous and accurately worded written reports • Applicants with a GPA below 3.0
may be admitted at program
CURRICULUM director’s discretion
The program requires 30 hours of graduate credits, with three options offered:
• Coursework-only (non-thesis) APPLICATION MATERIALS
• Field Project REQUIRED
• Thesis Submit the following items:
• Graduate School Application
Students may select either one from the three options.
• Resume
CORE COURSES For detailed information about the
• Six Sigma Quality Improvement Methods program, or for application forms and
• Planned Experimentation for Quality Improvement deadlines, visit the program website at:
• Financial and Managerial Cost Analysis www.uwstout.edu/programs/msmfe.
• Reliability Engineering
• Quality Engineering
• Human Factors Engineering
• Sustainable Engineering
• Product Development and Design
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Systems Design and Simulation

The professors always challenge you to think about how the course
material applies to your work. Making those connections for me was
very valuable. I knew at that moment that my education was really PROGRAM DIRECTOR
making a difference in my career. Shawn Xu, Ph.D
M.S. Manufacturing Engineering
715/232-1606
xus@uwstout.edu

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