Through our elective tracks, Duke Engineering Management students in our campus program select courses that support the job roles and career goals they have in mind.
The elective tracks help guide those choices by grouping courses by the skills needed to prepare you for your potential job role.
Create or improve products that exceed customer expectations and increase satisfaction, loyalty, and advocacy
Potential Job Roles
Dependent upon experience
Customer Experience Data Analyst
Customer Success Analyst
Quality Engineer
Software Engineer
Course Offerings
EGRMGMT 542: Competitive Strategy in Technology-Based Industries
EGRMGMT 556: Consulting or Industrial Practicum
EGRMGMT 560: Project Management
EGRMGMT 575: Software Quality Management
EGRMGMT 576: Design Thinking and Innovation
EGRMGMT 578: Designing Customer Experiences in Technology
EGRMGMT 579: Using Real-Time Data to Improve Customer Quality Experience
EGRMGMT 587: Data Visualization for Engineering Managers
EGRMGMT 590.XX: Managing Product Design
Prepare for a role using data science to improve, accelerate and transform – or even disrupt – an industry
Potential Job Roles
Dependent upon experience
Business Intelligence Analyst
Financial Analyst
Data Analyst
Data Scientist
Course Offerings
EGRMGMT 534: Quantitative Financial Analysis for Technology-Driven Investment Decisions
EGRMGMT 556: Consulting or Industrial Practicum
EGRMGMT 579: Using Real-Time Data to Improve Customer Quality Experience
EGRMGMT 585: Fundamentals of Data Science in Engineering Management
EGRMGMT 586: New Opportunities in Big Data
EGRMGMT 587: Data Visualization for Engineering Managers
EGRMGMT 588: Machine Learning Principles and Applications for Engineering Managers
EGRMGMT 590.XX: Digital Marketing with Machine Learning
Note: In addition to the Master of Engineering Management, Duke Engineering offers discipline-specific master’s degrees focused on data analytics and machine learning. Learn more
Gain skills in designing, operating and improving the systems that create and deliver primary products and services
Potential Job Roles
Dependent upon experience
Operations Data Analyst
Supply Chain Data Analyst
Associate Supply Chain Manager
Project Manager
Program Manager
Process Engineer
Industrial Engineer
Course Offerings
EGRMGMT 556: Consulting or Industrial Practicum
EGRMGMT 560: Project Management
EGRMGMT 562: Operations Management
EGRMGMT 563: Supply Chain Management
EGRMGMT 580: Decision Models
Prepare for a career planning, forecasting, producing, or marketing at any stage of the product lifecycle
Potential Job Roles
Dependent upon experience
Associate Product Manager
Product Management Analyst
Product Development Engineer
Associate Offering Engineer
Course Offerings
EGRMGMT 512: Product Management in High-Tech Companies
EGRMGMT 514: Negotiations and Consultative Selling in Technology
EGRMGMT 532: Advanced Corporate Finance for Technology-Based Companies
EGRMGMT 542: Competitive Strategy in Technology-Based Companies
EGRMGMT 556: Consulting or Industrial Practicum
EGRMGMT 560: Project Management
EGRMGMT 572: Innovation Management in Technology-Based Organizations
Note: Permission is required to participate in this option.
Selected students receive priority in registering for courses. They must take the Key Courses listed below and have the option of selecting the fourth course in the Duke Global Health Institute, listed below under Other Notable Courses.
*Note: Fuqua School of Business offers courses on a space-available basis with instructor consent required. Fuqua courses are in six-week terms rather than semesters. A Master of Engineering Management student is limited to one (1) Fuqua course per term, two per semester. Fuqua courses require a separate registration process.
In the Research Triangle Region
Relevant courses at other nearby universities, including:
As a Duke Engineering Management student, I handpicked the courses that would be most beneficial in my chosen industry.
Aakruti MehtaMEM’16, Google
Further Options
MEM frequently develops new technical elective offerings focused on the latest technology/business themes in industry.
Choosing these courses as technical electives allows students to further customize a main technical elective track (Product Management, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Entrepreneurship, etc.) into these thematic areas.
Further non-MEM technical elective options for these themes can be found in approved Pratt, Nicholas or Fuqua courses. Approved non-MEM technical electives
Many of our courses develop skills necessary for success in a career in consulting
Students interested in consulting should consider topic areas such as:
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