3-2 MBA Program for Engineering
For Engineering Undergraduates Interested in Supplementary Business Training
For more information contact:
For ASM Admission Policy:
Loyola Chastain –
Director for MBA Programs
UNM Anderson Schools of Management
Room 2051
505-277-3147
Chastain@mgt.unm.edu
For faculty consultation:
Prof. Andres C. Salazar
Chair, Microsystems, Commercialization and Technology
UNM School of Engineering
UNM Anderson Schools of Management
Room ASM 2110
505-277-8883
salazar@mgt.unm.edu
This program is ideally suited for those engineers who have little interest in pursuing a
“research” career path but would rather start a career that would lead to a job in project
management, management of technical development, or technical advisory services.
Further, engineers who aspire to “start” their own company or join an entrepreneurial
team may also find such a 3-2 MBA program can maximize their chances for success in
such a venture. The goal of the 3-2 MBA program for engineering is to have School of
Engineering (SOE) undergraduates receive their Baccalaureate degree in engineering in
four years and then complete the remaining Anderson Schools of Management (ASM)
requirements for an MBA during a fifth year of study. The program requires completion
of several optional ASM courses during the undergraduate engineering program and
earning “dual” credit for several required courses that count towards both the SOE and
ASM degrees.
The UNM Anderson Schools of Management has an existing 3-2 MBA program for any
undergraduate who essentially “minors” in business. However, few engineering
undergraduates take advantage of this program because the UNM engineering curricula
from various School of Engineering (SOE) departments do not allow room for a “minor”
in business courses. However, several SOE departments do have “business” related
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courses in the required curriculum for an undergraduate degree. Namely, Economics,
Ethics and Statistics are often found in the required curriculum.
The attached SOE item for the upcoming UNM catalog (attached as Appendix A)
describes a proposed 3-2 Program for engineering undergraduates. It is described in
generic form to allow individual SOE departments, other than EECE, to decide whether
such a program can be accommodated in their undergraduate curricula.
The EECE department in the UNM SOE has already approved a 3-2MBA program for its
undergraduates. Attached are the suggested curricula to be followed by interested EECE
undergraduates who wish to complete the program in five years and attain both a BSEE
from SOE and an MBA from ASM. The EECE department believes that the program will
respond to what appears to be a critically needed skill set in industry. The goal of the
approved program is to achieve 18 hours of “business” coursework in the EECE
undergraduate curriculum. Six hours can be achieved by substituting ASM courses in
economics and ethics for those required in the EECE curriculum and currently taught
within SOE. Three hours of probability and statistics taken in engineering (EECE340)
will earn a waiver of 3 hours of a similar ASM course in statistics (MGT501). Nine
additional hours would be accomplished by accepting ASM graduate courses to be taken
within an EECE “track.” This path towards 18 ASM credit hours is outlined in the EE
curriculum shown in Appendix B and the CE curriculum shown in Appendix C.
Note:
Although formal acceptance of a 3-2MBA curriculum for other engineering departments
has not been finalized, it is anticipated that a similar track for earning ASM credit
towards an MBA can be accomplished within the undergraduate curricula in those
departments. Presently, each engineering department (other than EECE) will have to
approve the business courses being taken in lieu of the engineering courses as herein
described.
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Attachment A.
The Three-Two Program Leading to a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a
Master of Business Administration.
The School of Engineering recognizes that some engineers in training have aspiration to
become managers of engineering programs and projects and thus require some time to
pursue supplementary business education. In cooperation with the Anderson Schools of
Management (ASM) at UNM, the School of Engineering, subject to final approval by the
engineering department that will grant the student his undergraduate degree, suggests the
following five year track to be followed to attain both a BS in engineering at the end of
the fourth year and an MBA at the end of the fifth year:
1. Satisfy the required coursework in years 1 and 2 for an undergraduate degree in a
designated engineering department.
2. Satisfy the non-elective coursework in that designated engineering department in
years 3 and 4. However, among the elective courses, technical or other, in the
designated engineering department, and subject to approval from the
curriculum committee of that department, the student will take ECON300 and
MGT306 as replacements for ME/CE350 and a Social Science/Behavioral
Science elective respectively. EECE340 or equivalent Math/Stat course will be
accepted as an equivalent course for MGT501.
3. Admission to ASM graduate program at end of junior year. A GPA of 3.0 is
required of all coursework taken through year 3.
4. MGT 504 should be taken in place of ME/CE350 in senior year.
5. Two of the following courses: MGT506, MGT508, MGT511, MGT520, MGT526
in senior year.
6. 33 hours for ASM graduate credit in fifth year (UNM Graduate School
requirement) after receiving BS from the designated engineering department. Six
of these graduate credit hours can be from School of Engineering graduate level
coursework
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Attachment B – Sample 3-2 EE/MBA Track.
EE BS Curriculum Years 3 -4
Course
First Semester - Yr 3
EECE371 Matrl/Devices
EECE321 Electronics I
EECE344L Microprocess
EECE314 Sig & Comm
ECON300
Hrs
Comment
4
3
4
3
3 Taken as EECE Track Elective
Second Semester - Yr 3
EECE340 Probabilistic Methods
EECE 322 Electronics II
EECE327L Electronics Lab
EECE360 ElectroFlds & Waves
Core 2nd Lang Elective
MGT306 (Organiz Behavior & Dvrsty)
3 Taken as MGT501 Substitute
3
2
3
3
3 Taken as Soc/Behav Sci Elect
First Semester - Yr 4
EECE419L Sr. Design I
EECE445 Intro Cont Sys
EECE Track Elective
MGT502 Fin. Accounting I
Core Humanities Elective
3
3
3
3 Taken as a EECE Track Elective
3
Second Semester - Yr 4
EECE420L Sr Design II
MGT508 (Ethical,Political,Social & Legal Env)
MGT511 (Tech. Comm & Global Env
EECE Track Elective
Core Humanities Elective
Core Fine Arts Elective
3
3 Replaces EECE409 Engr Ethics
3 Taken as a EECE Track Elective
3
3
3
First Semester - Yr 5
MGT526 (Financial Management)
MGT522 (Marketing Management)
MGT5uu
MGT5ww
MGT5xx
EECE Elect
3
3
3
3
3
3
Second Semester - Yr 5
MGT520 (Operations & Production Mgmt
MGT598 (Strategic Management)
MGT5yy
MGT5zz
EECE Elect
3
3
3
3
3
4
Attachment C – Sample 3-2 Comp_E/MBA Track
CompE BS Curriculum Years 3 -4
First Semester - Yr 3
EECE321 Electronics I
EECE338 Intermediate Logic Design
Math327 Discrete Math
EECE344L Microprocess
ECON300 Int. Microeconomics
Hrs
Comment
3
3
3
4
3 Replaces ME/CE350 Engr Econ
Second Semester - Yr 3
EECE 322 Electronics II
EECE327L Electronics Lab
EECE337L Computer Organization
EECE331 Data Structure & Algorithm
EECE 314 Signals and Comm
EECE340 Probabilistic Methods
3
2
3
3
3
3 Taken as MGT501 Substitute
First Semester - Yr 4
EECE435 Com. Engr Design Proj
EECE437 Operating Systems
EECE438 Design of Comp.
Core Humanities Elective
MGT502 (Fin Accounting I)
MGT306 (Organiz Behavior & Diversity)
3
3
3
3
3 Taken as Track Elective
3 Taken as Social/Behav. Sci Elective
Second Semester - Yr 4
EECE440 Computer Networks
EECE447: Comp. Design Lab
Core 2nd Lang Elective
MGT508 (Ethical, Political, Social, Legal Env)
MGT511 (Tech. Comm & Global Env)
Core Fine Arts Elective
3
2
3
3 Replaces EECE409 Engr Ethics
3 Taken as a EECE Track Elective
3
First Semester - Yr 5
MGT526 (Financial Management)
MGT522 (Marketing Management)
MGT5uu
MGT5ww
MGT5xx
EECE Elect
3
3
3
3
3
3
Second Semester - Yr 5
MGT520 (Operations & Production Mgmt
MGT598 (Strategic Management)
MGT5yy
MGT5zz
EECE Elect
3
3
3
3
3
5