List Of Courses

ME101/L - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering & Lab (1/1 unit)

- Freshman orientation course introducing the Mechanical Engineering Program, the profession and the University. Tools of the trade: the Internet, word processing, spreadsheets, power point, computer-aided design, basic lab measurement instruments, commercial component catalogs and numerically controlled machine tools to support prototype fabrication; are introduced in the context of engineering practice. Fundamental engineering analysis/design is explored through simple examples covering all aspects of mechanical engineering. 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab per week. (Available for General Education, Lifelong Learning for Mechanical Engineering majors.)

Semester: Spring 2025

Course Syllabus

"Ship-The-Chip" Project Guidelines

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE101L/OL - Introduction to Engineering (1/1 unit)

- Introduction to the engineering profession and academic programs. Orientation to the University, the college and its departments. Development of study, communication, problem-solving, design, analytical, and computing skills. Introduction to the internet, word processing, spreadsheet, computer-aided design, and presentation software. Design project development and team-work experience. One hour lecture and three hours lab-work per week.

Semester: Fall 2023

Course Syllabus

"Ship-The-Chip" Project Guidelines

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE300 - Construction Technology Economy (3 units)

- Applications of engineering economy and capital investment analyses for construction management technology. Evaluation of project cash flows incorporating effective interest rates, inflation, price and wage rate changes, and uncertainty and risk. Considerations of national fiscal and monetary policy impact on project planning and analysis.

Semester: Fall 2022

Course Syllabus

H.W. Cover Form

Glossary of Concepts & Terms in Engineering Economics

Interpreting Nominal & Effective Interest Rates

Gradients Explained!

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE302 - Women in Mathematics, Science & Engineering (3 units)

- Exploration of the activities, contributions, and struggles of women in mathematics, science, engineering, and related areas and professions such as computer science. Research on individual women engaged in these fields. Investigation of different international, ethnic and culture-based practices and perspectives. Consideration of policy-related issues and intervention strategies addressing the participation and achievement of women in pertinent areas of study --- (Available for General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies).

Semester: Summer 2025

Course Syllabus (Online)

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE303 - Innovation, Invention & Technology (3 units)

- Exploration of the history, processes, methods, and creators of technological innovations and inventions. Global contributions, creator diversity, and technological failures are addressed. Critical assessments of technological innovation and invention. Not available for credit towards an engineering degree --- (Available for General Education, Lifelong Learning).

Semester: Fall 2025

Course Syllabus (online)

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE304 - Engineering Economy (3 units)

- The systematic evaluation of the economic benefits and costs of projects involving engineering design and analysis. Economic decision making in an environment of limited resources and uncertainty. Present economy, the economy of multi-year projects, selection among independent competing alternatives, sensitivity of outcomes to input parameters, before- and after-tax analyses, replacement economy, inflation, and breakeven analysis.

Semester: Fall 2025

Course Syllabus (Mon/Wed)

Course Syllabus (Friday)

Glossary of Concepts & Terms in Engineering Economics

Interpreting Nominal & Effective Interest Rates

Gradients Explained!

Lecture Modules (PPT)

CE362/A (Cal-Poly, Pomona) -
Technical Communication & Documentation (3 units)

- The study and preparation of documents written by the practicing civil engineer. Oral presentations, proposals, specifications, environmental impact reports, journalism, technical investigations, test reports, research & development, and design reports.

Quarter: Spring 2011

Course Syllabus

Personal Presentation Outline

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE401 - Engineering & Technology Management (3 units)

- An introduction to the role of the engineer in managing engineering and technology activities. Responsibilities of engineering and technology managers, and transitioning into these roles. Challenges and risks in engineering and technology management.

Semester: Fall 2025

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE402 - Engineering Project Management (3 units)

- The engineering project management process, from the feasibility stage through project close out. Topics include project initiation, project screening and selection, organizational and project structure, time and cost estimation, budgeting, developing work plans, scheduling resources, managing risk, tracking work, managing teams, partnership projects, and close out. Students learn to use appropriate software to assist with the project management process.

Semester: Spring 2017

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

H.W. Cover Form

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

P.M. Tutorials

P.M. Video Clips

MSE403CS - Facilities Planning & Design (3 units)

- Basic concepts in the planning and design of manufacturing facilities; product analysis, manufacturing processes and equipment selection, and schedule design; flow, space, activity relationships and space planning; location and layout; material handling systems and facilities planning models. Offers a community service opportunity with activities related to concepts and theories presented.

Semester: Fall 2025

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE406 - Engineering Cost Analysis (3 unit)

- Prerequisite: MSE 304 for Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) and Engineering Management (EM) majors; MSE 300 for Engineering Management Technology (EMT) majors. Principles of cost analysis and estimating for the evaluation of engineering design and production, with emphasis on evaluating innovations and inventions. Case studies and practical application experiences. Available for graduate credit.

Semester: Spring 2025

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE407 - Manufacturing/Production Systems (3 unit)

- Principles, practices and methodologies of manufacturing systems. Effective design and implementation of manufacturing operations, production, control, quality and automated systems. Available for graduate credit.

Semester: Spring 2024

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE410/L - Production Systems Modeling & Lab (2/1 units)

- Prerequisites: MSE 248/L. Design and analysis of production systems. Fixed, flexible, and programmable automation. Modeling and simulation of alternative production systems in conjunction with the systems-design process. Available for graduate credit. 2 hours lecture-discussion, 3 hours lab per week.

Semester: Spring 2025

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE488A - MSEM Senior Design I (2 units)

- Student teams engage in complex engineering design projects subject to multiple realistic constraints. Economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability and other relevant factors are addressed. Formal design reviews demonstrating written and oral communication skills are required. MSE 488A and MSE 488BCS must be completed during the same academic year. 6 hours of lab per week. Not available for graduate degree program credit. Prerequisites for Manufacturing Systems Engineering majors: MSE 402, MSE 407, MSE 409/L and MSE 412/L and passing score on UDWPE. Prerequisites for Engineering Management majors: MSE 402, MSE 407 and passing score on UDWPE; Corequisite: MSE 420.

Semester: Fall 2022

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE488BCS - MSEM Senior Design II (2 units)

- Prerequisite: MSE 488A. Continuation of MSE 488A. Includes a community service opportunity with activities relating to concepts and theories presented. MSE488A and 488BCS must be completed during the same academic year. 6 hours of lab per week. Not available for graduate degree program credit.

Semester: Spring 2023

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE504 - Engineering Management (3 units)

- Principles and applications for effective management of technology projects, people, budgets and schedules. Organizing and motivating people, and controlling activities. Managing research, development, design, marketing and production functions in engineering and technology. Ethical considerations in engineering and technology management.

Semester: Summer 2016

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

H.W. Cover Form

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE507 - Lean Manufacturing Systems (3 units)

- Prerequisite: MSE 407 or instructor consent. Concepts and principles of lean manufacturing systems. Methods and tools for application to manufacturing systems improvement. Practices and projects for effective design and implementation of lean manufacturing operation, production, control and quality systems.

Semester: FaLL 2023

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE515 - Supply Chain Management & Data Analytics (3 units)

- This course examines the technical aspects of supply chain design and integrated distribution networks, with a data analytics and system's coordinated approach in the global environment. While using systems engineering practices to focus support on channel alignment within operations and supply management, the course emphasizes the planning, modeling, and analysis of integrated engineering supply chain systems through design, sourcing, machine learning, digital transformation, location modeling, risk pooling, and the 'internet of things' (IoT), along with sustainability and social justice aspects of modern supply chain management (SCM).

Semester: FaLL 2025

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE601A - Engineering Statistics I (3 units)

- Comprehensive statistical estimation, design and hypothesis testing methods, and their application to selected problems in engineering.

Semester: Summer 2011

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

H.W. Cover Form

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE602 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Engineering Professionals (3 units)

- Starting, organizing, and managing engineering and technology research, design and production. Technology and innovation, technological strategy and forecasting, technical entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, evolving organizations, capitalization, and intellectual property.

Semester: Summer 2025 - COHORT 16 / The Tseng College

Course Syllabus

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE604 - Economic Analyses of Engineering Systems (3 units)

- Evaluation of economic feasibility of large scale engineering systems. Projections of future economic environment, growth of demand, planned expansion of the system, use of resources, levels of confidence in projections, risk evaluation and profitability analysis.

Semester: Spring 2024

Course Syllabus

Glossary of Concepts & Terms in Engineering Economics

Interpreting Nominal & Effective Interest Rates

Gradients Explained!

Self & Peer Evaluation Form (SPEF)

Oral Presentations Rubric

Lecture Modules (PPT)

MSE608B - Management of Engineering Professionals (3 units)

- Study of special considerations in the management of engineering professionals, including selection, performance, termination, and conflict situations. Course consists in part of the study of selected current publications.