Dual MBA-MS Program, Business Administration - Reliability and Maintainability Engineering

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Reliability and Maintainability Engineering  and Business Administration (Course Only without Comprehensive Exam)

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Admissions Standards/Procedures

• Applicants for the MBA-MS program must make separate applications to and be accepted by Graduate Admissions for the Master of Business Administration, and Graduate Admissions for the Master of Science in Computer Engineering.
• Students who are accepted into the MBA-MS program will be assigned an advisor in each of the two majors, who will be responsible for course approval and supervision of the students’ progress through the dual program.
• Applications by United States citizens and permanent residents received after the MBA application deadline (February 1) will be considered as space allows. Additional information is required and different application dates are established by Graduate Admissions for international students.

Academic Standards

• Dual degree candidates must satisfy the curriculum and graduation requirements of the Haslam College of Business and the Tickle College of Engineering.

Credit Hours Required

• 60 graduate credit hours
  • 36 hours of course work in the Haslam College of Business
  • 24 hours of course work in the Tickle College of Engineering

Required Courses

• Students meet the degree requirements as defined in the Master of Business Administration major and the Master of Science in the Reliability and Maintainability Engineering 

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  Reliability and Maintainability Engineering Core (12 credit hours)

• CBE 483 - Introduction to Reliability Engineering *
• IE 483 - Introduction to Reliability Engineering *
• MSE 483 - Introduction to Reliability Engineering *
• ME 483 - Introduction to Reliability Engineering *
• NE 483 - Introduction to Reliability Engineering *
• CBE 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering *
• IE 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering *
• MSE 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering *
• ME 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering *
• NE 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering *
• CBE 585 - Process System Reliability and Safety *
• NE 585 - Process System Reliability and Safety *
• IE 517 - Reliability of Lean Systems *

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  Statistics (6 credit hours):

• IE 516 - Statistical Methods in Industrial Engineering
• STAT 567 - Survival Analysis
• A statistics course selected in consultation with the major professor and guidance committee.

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  Six credit hours of reliability and maintainability engineering elective courses or statistics elective courses chosen from these lists:

• Reliability and Maintainability Engineering Electives:
• CBE 529 - Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems
• BME 529 - Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems
• CE 529 - Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems
• ECE 529 - Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems
• ENVE 529 - Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems
• MSE 529 - Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems
• ME 529 - Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems
• NE 529 - Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems
• ECE 504 - Random Process Theory for Engineers
• IE 522 - Optimization Methods in Industrial Engineering
• ME 534 - Mechanical Vibrations *
• NE 441 - Corrosion in Nuclear Power Systems
• NE 575 - Equipment and Systems Prognostics *
• NE 579 - Empirical Models for Monitoring and Diagnostics *
• Statistics Electives:
• STAT 537 - Statistics for Research I *
• STAT 538 - Statistics for Research II *
• STAT 575 - Applied Time Series
• STAT 579 - Multivariate and Data Mining Techniques *

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  *Currently offered through distance education.

  All courses are 3 credit hour courses.

Non-Course Requirements

• The student’s guidance committee should have representation from both the Computer Engineering and Business faculty to ensure that degree requirements for both the MBA and MS are fully met.