MS-MBA Dual Degree Program

Aerospace Engineering Option

The flexible curriculum of this option provides an opportunity for Aerospace engineering majors to participate in this program. This option requires a coursework plan, approved by the Dual Program Committee, including a concentration such that the student can accomplish his/her teamwork assignments.

Aerospace Engineering members of the multidisciplinary teams will participate in all aspects of the product development process starting with the concept to the final business plan. However, their primary task will be to contribute to the aspects of the project that is related to their concentration, e.g., environmental concerns, air-craft design, etc.Aerospace Engineering majors will utilize modern design and computational techniques, principles of concurrent engineering and project management to accommodate manufacturing concerns, costs, and to reduce the development time.

Admission Requirements

Applications are accepted for fall semester only. Applicants for the MS-MBA program must make separate application to, and be competitively and independently accepted by, the Graduate School for the Master of Business Administration degree program and the Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering and by the Dual Program Committee . Students will initially apply for the MBA program, indicating on their application the intent to pursue the dual MS-MBA program with a major in Aerospace Engineering (refer to the MBA program for separate instructions). Students accepted for both the MBA and the MS in Engineering programs will be assigned to Dual Program Committee advisors, who will be responsible for course approval and supervision of the students progress through the dual program.

Applications by U.S. citizens and permanent residents received after the MBA application deadline (March 1) will be considered as space allows. Additional information is required and different application dates are established by The Graduate School for international students.

Curriculum

All engineering students enrolled in the product development and manufacturing program must complete common coursework designed to provide them with an integrated, multidisciplinary teamwork experience. The MBA curriculum in product development and manufacturing consists of 33 hours of common coursework in the College of Business Administration and 15 hours of common coursework in the College of Engineering. Engineering common coursework includes a culminating 3-hour integrated project course requiring a comprehensive report, and a final examination as required by the Dual Program Committee, to be taken during the first session of summer following the second year.

During the second year dual degree candidates will take courses in Aerospace engineering which are designed to provide students with a concentration in their major and advanced skills to accomplish their teamwork assignments. Dual degree candidates enrolled in Aerospace Engineering are required to take 18 hours of graduate level engineering courses during the second year of the program. This program requires a coursework plan, approved by the Dual Program Committee, including a concentration such that the student can accomplish his/her teamwork assignments.

The dual degree candidate must satisfy the curriculum and graduation requirements of the engineering major being pursued and the College of Business Administration. Students withdrawing from the dual degree program before completing both degrees will not receive credit toward graduation in either degree program for courses taken in the other degree program, except as such courses qualify for credit without regard to the dual degree program. The MS and the MBA degrees will be awarded upon successful completion of the requirements of the dual program.

Approval Dual Credit

A maximum of 15 semester hours of the common program courses completed in the College of Engineering may be counted toward the MBA degree program.

For More Information

Dr. Majid Keyhani
Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering Department
502 Dougherty Engineering Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-2210
Phone: (865) 974-5309
FAX: (865) 974-5274
E-mail: keyhani@utk.edu