Engineering Disciplines	MBA & Engineering Admissions	International Applicants	Joint Degrees

Accreditation
Lehigh University’s MBA program is accredited by the AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Most engineering programs are accredited by ABET – The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Computer Science is accredited by the Computing Science Accreditation Board, Inc.

Test Scores 
MBA&E disciplines requiring a GRE for admission include Computer Engineering, Computing Science and Electrical Engineering. All other disciplines require a GMAT. Applicants to the MBA&E program must have an undergraduate degree in engineering or applied science.

Disciplines:
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Materials Science Engineering
Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics

Chemical Engineering Core

ChE331 - Separation Processes (3)
ChE391 - Colloid and Surface Chemistry (3)
ChE400 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)
ChE410 - Chemical Reaction Engineering (3)
ChE415 - Transport Processes (4) 
ChE430 - Mass Transfer (3)
ChE433 - State Space Control (3) 
ChE461 - Math. Methods in Chem. Engineering(3) 

Specialties:

Students can take a specialty by concentrating their Chemical Engineering coursework as follows:

• General Chemical Engineering - four of eight core courses or other ChE 400-level coursework with the approval of the ChE advisor.
• Polymer Science and Engineering - three of eight core courses, of which two courses should be 400-level, plus either ChE393 or ChE394. 
• Biotechnology - three of eight core courses, two of which should be at the 400-level, plus either ChE441 or ChE442.
• Process Control - ChE433 plus two of the other eight core courses, and either ChE434, ChE436, or ChE437.

Civil Engineering Core

Select twelve credit hours from the following courses to complete the civil engineering core:

• CE321 - Open Channel Hydraulics (3)
• CE322 - Hydromechanics (3)
• ME331 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics (3)
• CE374 - Environmental Water Chemistry (3)
• CE405 - Analytical and Numerical Methods (3)
• CE413 - Mechanics & Behavior of Structural Members (3)
• CE444 - Advanced Soil Mechanics II (3)
• CE445 - Advanced Foundation Engineering (3)
• CE450 - Advanced Structural Analysis I (3)
• CE470 - Reaction Kinetics in Environmental Eng. (2)
• CE476 - Environmental Engineering Microbiology (3)

Computer Engineering Core

• ECE 316 - Microcomputer System Design (3)
• ECE 401 - Advanced Computer Architecture (3) 
• CSc 403 - Theory of Operating Systems (3)

MBA & Computer Engineering students are required to take all three of the above courses.  To complete the 12 credits required in the engineering core, select any other 300 or 400 level course in the EECS Department.

Computer Science

• One of  CSE 403, ECE 404, ECE 401 (Systems Area)
• One of CSE 411, CSE 302, CSE 432 (Compilers, Languages, Software Systems Area)
• One of CSE 409, CSE 437, CSE 440 (Theory Area)
• One other CSE 300 or 400 level course

Electrical Engineering Core

• ECE 343 - Digital Signal Processing (3)
• ECE 401 - Advanced Computer Architecture (3)
• ECE 402 - Advanced Electromagnetic Theory (3)
• ECE 420 - Advanced Circuits & Systems (3) 
• ECE 451 - Physics of Semiconductor Devices (3) 

MBA & Electrical Engineering students are required to take any three of the above five courses. To complete the 12 credits required in the engineering core, select any other 300 or 400 level course in the EECS Department.

Industrial and Systems Engineering Core

Select twelve credit hours from the following courses to complete this engineering core:

• IE305 - Simulation (3)
• IE319 - Material Handling and Facility Planning (3)
• IE328 - Engineering Statistics (3)
• IE332 - Product Quality (3)
• IE338 - Queuing Theory (3)
• IE340 - Production Engineering (3)
• IE410 - Design of Experiments (3)
• IE411 - Networks and Graphs (3)
• IE419 - Sequencing and Scheduling (3)
• IE422 - Measurement and Inspection Systems (3)
• IE442 - Total Quality Management (3)
• IE443 - Automation and Production Systems (3)

Manufacturing Systems Engineering Core

Select twelve credit hours from the following courses to complete this core:

• MSE423 - Product Design / Analysis (3)
• MSE425 - Production Planning & Resources Allocation (3)
                   OR IE419 - Sequencing and Scheduling (3)
• MSE427 - Production Systems (3)
• MSE438 - Agile Organizations & Manufacturing Systems (3)
• MSE433 - Technology & the Factory of the Future (3)
• MSE496 - Microelectronics Mfg Systems Tech (3)

Due to the highly-individualized nature of this program, please contact Alwyn Eades at 610-758-4231, or e-mail jae5@lehigh.edu, to formulate the program of study.

Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Core

18 credit hours of Engineering Core and Elective courses, consisting of:

• ME442 - Analytical Methods in Mechanical Engineering
  
• 15 credit hours of graduate-level courses in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, one of which may be at the 300 level.