The Master of Engineering in Professional Practice (MEPP) is a cross-disciplinary program that gives you the tools and capabilities to be more effective as an engineer and technical leader in the 21st century. The problem-based, application-oriented courses provide the engineering, communications, management and computer skills most needed for advancement in project and program management.
MEPP is a fast-track, two-year program that requires 26 graduate credits obtained by completing the 10 courses listed below.

Year One: Summer
Network Skills for Remote Learners

Year One: Fall
Engineering Economic Analysis and Management
Technical Project Management

Year One: Spring
Engineering Problem Solving with Computers
Communicating Technical Information

Year Two: Summer
Independent Reading and Research in Applied Engineering

Year Two: Fall
Engineering Applications of Statistics
International Engineering Strategies and Operations

Year Two: Spring
Quality Engineering and Quality Management
Engineering and Business Data Communications

Who will benefit
Practical and results-oriented, MEPP provides an alternative to an MBA for practicing engineers from any field seeking to advance in project and program management. The MEPP curriculum is specially designed to meet the needs of engineering team leaders, staff engineers, plant and facilities engineers, consulting engineers, municipal engineers, sales engineers, and application engineers.

Sponsoring organizations will also benefit as staff members complete this degree without disrupting work hours or travel requirements. The skills offered in this degree should help your organization improve productivity, team-oriented engineering and customer satisfaction.

Proven excellence
MEPP recently won four major awards that recognize the exceptional quality of the program. These honors include two awards from the University Continuing Education Association and awards from the US Distance Learning Association and the American Distance Education Consortium. Consistently these awards point to MEPP’s excellence of curriculum, faculty qualifications, and high rate of student success.