Thinking about tackling this online program after I complete my MBA in December. I don't have an engineering undergrad, so I will have to do some leveling. Anyone have any experience with this program/degree? Looking to understand the following: True program cost (I am a TX resident) Expected difficulty while working full time (I am an Engineer Manager in the telecom world) Overall experience
Nothing? Crickets? Here is a link that might help..... Doctor of Philosophy in Systems & Engineering Management :: Doctoral Degrees :: eLearning Home :: TTU
I expect this program would have lots of math based courses and I would anticipate it would be very difficut without an engineering backgound (I went though the links until I got to the catalog then gave up).
Undergrad is Information Technology. Work is manager of a group of engineers in a global telecom company.
This is the first time that I have heard of this program. Is it new? While there are a decent number of tech folks here on degreeinfo, I don't often hear as many discussions on engineering PhDs as I do CS/IS/IT doctoral programs.
I believe it is relatively new. I posted here because it is a management degree as well as a technical degree. Based on the lack of responses this is getting, I would imagine that you are right, there are not a lot of people talking about engineering PhDs here.
Few reasons for this, many people come to the forum searching for PhDs to become online adjuncts. Most online adjunct jobs are in Business or IT and very few in engineering. Not many engineering degrees are available online for obvious reasons. Another reason is that most engineering jobs don't call for PhDs but only a MS or an MBA. There is not much financial gain from getting a PhD in engineering for industrial jobs. Engineering jobs are hard to find while accounting, finance, IT, etc jobs seem to be everywhere. As most factories, engineering design,etc jobs are going to India, MExico, etc, there is less need for engineers. In Canada, only 50% of the engineering graduates work in Engineering. The 50% left work in Finance, business, IT, etc.
I believe aerospace to be an exception here. I have worked with engineering doctorates thoughout my career employed by both my employers and customers.
