Dual M.S.E. Electrical Engineering/Master of Business Administration

The mission of the Dual Degree M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering/MBA program is to educate working engineers and scientists in the engineering and business disciplines that will make them leaders of complex technical endeavors within their sponsoring organizations.

The dual degree M.S.E./MBA program will confer two degrees upon its graduates: an MBA and an M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering. Pursuing the dual degree program saves the student several courses compared to pursuing the two degrees separately.

The dual degree program is designed to be completed in approximately three years. Typically, electrical-engineering courses are completed first, followed by taking the required courses in the MBA program. 

Learning Outcomes

For the MSE in Electrical Engineering

Graduates will: 

1. Possess in-depth expertise for a successful engineering career and/or a successful undertaking of further graduate level studies, including but not limited to:
   1. an ability to apply advanced knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems in a specialized area, such as electronic circuit design, telecommunications and networks, or digital and computer engineering
   2. an ability to apply both analysis and synthesis in the engineering design process, resulting in designs that meet constraints and specifications, which include societal, environmental, and ethical factors as appropriate to the design
   3. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation and testing procedures using advanced analytical/numerical techniques and/or modern engineering tools, and to analyze and draw conclusions from data
   4. an ability to conduct graduate level research with adequate research skills including information literacy and self-learning
   5. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences through various media
   6. an ability to plan and manage engineering projects, including goal establishment, task scheduling, and risk and uncertainty management
2. Meet the challenges of the future through continuing professional growth
3. Exhibit concern for social and environmental impact of engineering decisions

For the MBA

The program learning outcomes are to create leaders who can:

1. Bring an ethical and diverse perspective to their management of organizations, teams, and individuals through a deep understanding of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals) and what it means to lead “business for good” and create societal impact.
2. Demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset, through creative approaches to managing change, innovation and opportunities emerging on the business landscape. Leaders with this mindset can pivot and understand the importance of strategic agility.
3. Apply financial savvy and “know-how” to ensure that the business can operate profitably while making a triple bottom-line impact.
4. Build a deep understanding of brand, markets, and customers to analyze and apply principles related to the value chain of product and service development from conception to implementation.
5. Utilize advances in technology and operations to impact organizational effectiveness and manage technological change to ensure value creation in the firm.
6. Develop organizational and interpersonal skill sets and competencies to effectively lead people and organizations.
7. Advance their critical thinking skills and abilities and demonstrate strategic and systems thinking for identifying organizational opportunities and solving business challenges.
8. Demonstrate significant advances in communicating and collaborating with a diverse set of stakeholders within and across organizations and communities in which they do business.
9. Apply a global perspective to understand and manage opportunities and challenges faced by business in a globally connected world.

Program Admission

Applicants for the Engineering/MBA Dual Degree program will submit the standard application for their chosen engineering program of study. After receiving acceptance and completing the first year of their engineering degree, students are granted admission to the dual degree program and may begin enrolling in MBA courses provided they are in good academic standing (minimum GPA 3.0) and receive approval from their respective program director.

Visit Seaver College of Science and Engineering for more information and to apply.

Current LMU engineering graduate students should contact the Director of Academic Affairs for Graduate Business Education to discuss enrolling in the dual degree program.

Questions?

Graduate Business Education
310.258.8707
CBAGrad@lmu.edu
mba.lmu.edu

Graduation Requirements

Students enrolled in the Dual Degree MSE/MBA Program are jointly advised by their Seaver College academic advisor and the MBA Program Director in the College of Business Administration. It is recommended that incoming students take 12 semester hours of Electrical Engineering courses per fall and spring semester and complete the MSE in year one of the dual- degree program, then begin the MBA curriculum in year two.

Dual degree students will take a total of 24 semester hours of Electrical Engineering graduate-level coursework (i.e., 5000- level or 6000-level courses) and 36 semester hours of MBA courses. 15 semester hours from the Electrical Engineering courses will also count towards the emphasis/concentration requirement for the MBA degree. 6 semester hours of the MBA courses that are taken as part of the MBA coursework will also count toward the MSE in Electrical Engineering. Separately, the MSE degree requires 30 semester hours and the MBA degree requires 42 semester hours, for a total of 72 semester hours. 

Suggested Curriculum Flowchart for all Dual Degrees with Seaver College of Science & Engineering

During the first semester of attendance, the student should prepare a program of study with an academic advisor. The 24 semester hours of required coursework is allocated as follows:

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
Year 1 (Summer, Fall, and Spring)
Required courses
EECE 5120	Microwave Engineering and Antennas	4
EECE 5140	Computer Architecture with VHDL	4
EECE 5210	Random Processes	4
EECE 5000 level or EECE 6000 level course		4
Select one of the following options:		8
Option 1
EECE 6000 level course
EECE 6901	Graduate Capstone Project I
EECE 6902	Graduate Capstone Project II
Option 2
EECE 6994	Thesis I
EECE 6995	Thesis II
EECE 6996	Thesis III
EECE 6997	Thesis IV
Master’s Thesis Option 1, 2
Subtotal		24
Year 2 and beyond 3
MBAA 6011	Leadership and Organizational Dynamics	3
MBAA 6021	Financial and Managerial Accounting	3
MBAA 6031	Ethics and the Entrepreneurial Mindset	3
MBAA 6041	Marketing Management	3
MBAA 6061	Global Strategic Management	3
MBAA 6071	Corporate Finance	3
MBAA 6081	Business and Performance Analytics	3
MBAA 6091	Technologies in Business Management	3
MBA Elective		3
MBA Elective		3
MBA Elective		3
MBA Elective		3
Subtotal		36
Total Semester Hours		60

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Preparation of a Master’s Thesis is optional and can fulfill 8 semester hours of EECE course requirements. The student selecting the thesis option must obtain a thesis advisor before Departmental consent will be considered, and the thesis must conform to the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering requirements. The thesis and associated work is intended to advance the state of knowledge in the thesis subject, not “rehash” previous work by others nor a serve as a “literature search.” To the extent possible, there should be some experimental work involved. The thesis ideally will form the basis for a paper or article, produced by a student, which would be submitted and hopefully published in a peer-reviewed journal or presented at a professional organization’s conference. A thesis is completed after being successfully defended to the thesis committee. The thesis committee consists of the student’s thesis advisor, a full-time faculty member from the student’s department, and a third member from other than the student’s department.

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Total MSE Degree Requirement: 24 semester hours + 6 semester hours from MBA, satisfying the MSE degree requirement of 30 semester hours

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When the course requirements outlined above are completed, the student should submit an application for degree to be awarded both the MBA and the MSE in Electrical Engineering. Students must file separately for each degree and both degrees must be awarded in the same term.