Degree Requirements Summary

To achieve a Master of Science in Engineering, Integrated Product Design, the M.S.E. requirements consist of a total of ten courses, including a Master’s Research Studio Project Thesis. Since this program is cross-disciplinary students who do not have the requisite background in the three areas, Engineering, Design Arts, Marketing/finance, may need to enroll in background courses.

Background Courses (0-3 CUs or show proficiency in)

Engineering Basics                  
MEAM 101 Introduction to CAD/CAM or MEAM 150 Fundamentals of Mechanical Prototyping or equivalent
                                   
Design Art Basics                    
ARCH 403/IPD 403Design Fundamentals  

Marketing/Finance                
EAS 445 Engineering Entrepreneurship I or MKTG 101 Introduction to Marketing

Core Courses (2 CUs)
MEAM 511 Creative Thinking & Functional Iteration in Design (1 CU)
MEAM 515/OPIM 515 Product Design (1 CU)

Breadth (1 CU in each Breadth area below)
Engineering Breadth                 
MEAM 510 Design of Mechatronic Systems (1 CU) or
MEAM 514 Design for Manufacturability (1 CU)

Design Arts Breadth                
ARCH 727 / MEAM 512 Industrial Design I (1 CU)
ARCH 728 Industrial Design II (1 CU) or
ARCH 722 Furniture Design (1 CU)

Business Breadth                     
MKTG 756 Marketing Research (1 CU) or
MKTG 776 Applied Probability Models in Marketing
OPIM 662 Enabling Technologies or
OPIM 656 Operations Strategy and Process Management (1 CU)

Depth (1 CU)                         
A second course in one of the three breadth areas

Elective (1 CU)
One graduate course in Engineering, Design, or Business schools

Master's Research Studio Project Thesis (3 CUs)

*This IPD academic curriculum summary is subject to change at any time.