Systems engineering master's degree!!

Discussion in 'IT and Computer-Related Degrees' started by ComputerDiva, Feb 14, 2012.

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  1. ComputerDiva

    ComputerDiva New Member

    What's your take?

    I have a BS in Business - IT Management. I have a couple of certs but no real experience in engineering, only Help desk type stuff. Could I benefit from a systems engineering degree, a technology management degree or...... Please help? Any feedback would be great.
     
  2. mcjon77

    mcjon77 Member

    What do you do for work and what do you want to do in the future?
     
  3. ComputerDiva

    ComputerDiva New Member

    Right now, I'm doing help desk and remote support. However, in the future I would to deal with more complex issues.
     
  4. dl_mba

    dl_mba Member

    If you can afford, look at Cornell's ME in Systems Engineering degree that can be complated online with a few visits to the campus.
    M.Eng Distance Learning - Systems Engineering @ Cornell University
     
  5. Cyber

    Cyber New Member

    I'd pick Systems Engineering MS over Technology Management (you already know most of what you'll be taught in a TM MS degree, from your Business/IT Mgmt BS.). Regis University MS in Systems Engineering, Western International University MS in Information Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Plateville MS in Engineering, Texas Tech University MS in Systems Engineering and Management, Southern Polytechnic State University MS in Systems Engineering, Steven Institute of Technology MS in Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, or even their Systems Security Engineering, Arizona State University MS in Engineering Science with specialism in Enterprise Systems Innovation and Management, or their Master of Engineering - Systems Engineering specialism, are some of the programs that may appeal to you.

    Engineering Management master degrees, depending on how they are structured (technical management versus IT systems engineering versus production/quality in manufacturing versus engineering supplychain/logistics), could also work. National University MS in Engineering Management, Purdue University MS in Engineering Management and Leadership, University of Denver Master of Applied Science (MAS) in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) can also work depending on how you structure your focus area. Furthermore, Western New England University MS in Engineering Management, Southern Methodist University MS in Information Engineering and Management, are other programs that is worth looking at. Also, if delving straight into doctoral program sounds appealing, Indiana State University would let you do that with their PhD in Technology Management program.

    Let me also add that upon perusing these program websites, one thing you'll notice is that your chances of getting into "real" Systems Engineering programs without having to take prereqs, increases significantly if you took math up to Calculus, as part of your BS degree. I use the word "real" because some of those systems engineering programs are by-name-only or are really, IT-oriented programs (IT systems engineering, and not engineering based). An example is the MS program offered by Regis University, which is more of a telecommunications management program minus business courses, as in the MS in Information and Telecommunications Systems Management that Capitol College offers. My opinion is that you want an IT systems engineering program that has a good technical balance between core IT areas and engineering management, and not engineering-design or math based. In that case, Regis, alongside other programs that I've listed would work (just pay attention to the program course structure). Goodluck with deciding...
     
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  6. Cyber

    Cyber New Member

    Correction: "...are other programs that ARE worth looking at."
     
  7. GreggWilliams30

    GreggWilliams30 New Member

    There are also a lot of online programs out there online engineering schools out there too. They can be a lot cheaper and you still get the same education. It is definitely something to look into.
     

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