Program Structure and Requirements
The MSEM program is typically a 3-semester program.
Structure
Students in the MSEM program are required to complete:
- Five advanced courses in a declared technical area of engineering or applied science. The twelve technical concentrations are listed here.
- Five advanced courses to fulfill the management concentration, including one capstone course that integrates and applies knowledge gained throughout the program. More information on the management concentration can be found here.
Requirements
All Whiting School of Engineering master’s degree candidates must meet the requirements found below.
- Every student must register for a minimum of two semesters as a full-time, resident graduate student (not applicable to bachelor's/master's concurrent students).
- Every student must be registered in the semester that degree requirements are met.
- Every student must provide certification by a department or program committee that all departmental or committee requirements have been fulfilled.
- Every student must submit to the library a master's essay approved by at least one reader when the department or program requires an essay.
- All courses applied to the master's degree must be at the 300-level or higher. At their discretion, individual graduate programs may institute a higher course level as the minimum for their own students.
- Every student must earn the master's degree within 5 consecutive academic years (10 semesters). Only semesters during which a student has a university-approved leave of absence are exempt from the ten semester limit; otherwise, all semesters from the beginning of the student's graduate studies--whether the student is resident or not—count toward the ten semester limit.
In addition, the following coursework requirements apply specifically to students in the MSEM program:
- Candidates must complete a program of ten approved courses.
- All grades of courses applied to the degree must be B- or higher.
- All courses must be at the 400-level or higher.
- The course requirements and options are described elsewhere on this website. Departments sponsoring technical concentrations may impose stricter requirements for coursework within the concentration.
At the discretion of the student’s advisors, an MSEM student may be permitted to double-count up to two JHU courses (one for the technical concentration and one for the management concentration) or apply undergraduate or graduate courses taken at JHU or elsewhere but not applied to a degree (in accordance with conditions in the WSE Policy on Double-Counting Courses).
"Individuals who are able to combine a specific engineering or technology-related background with additional understanding and appreciation of such critical concepts as marketing strategy, finance, organizational development, and communications will better position themselves for leadership opportunities among high technology employers."
- James Pitts, Corporate Vice President and President, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
