General Requirements for Full Admission

For full admission to a graduate degree program at AUS, an applicant must:hold a four-year bachelor’s degree from an accredited university recognized by AUS

• have maintained a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.0 (on a scale of 4.0) or its equivalent, and 3.0 or its equivalent in 300- and 400-level courses in discipline(s) relevant to the graduate program
• have attained a minimum Computer-Based TOEFL score of 213 or Internet-Based TOEFL score of 80

General Requirements for Conditional Admission

Conditional admission to a graduate program may be granted to applicants who meet the following set of requirements:

• hold a four-year bachelor’s degree from an independently accredited university recognized by AUS
• have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 (on a scale of 4.0) or its equivalent
• have a minimum Internet-Based TOEFL score of 71 or Computer-Based TOEFL score of 197 (applicable to all programs

To be accorded full admission into the graduate program, a conditional admission student must:

• achieve before the beginning of the second semester a minimum International TOEFL score of 550
• take maximum 6 credit hours in the first semester during which they also take intensive English whereby they must achieve an average score of B in the 6 credit courses taken
• If either provision is not met, the student is dismissed.

Professional Experience

An applicant is required to document at least one year of professional experience in engineering or a closely related field that has provided good professional experience in design, analysis, management, research, technical sales or another relevant dimension of engineering practice. Experience should be gained in the general area of the theme to be pursued during graduate work. For example, a candidate who plans to emphasize construction and materials management should have experience directly relevant to these areas of engineering. Internships and summer experiences may not be used to fulfil this requirement.

Degree Requirements

Students in the ESM program must choose from two options, the thesis or professional project option or the course option, as described below:

Thesis or Professional Project Option

The 36 credit hours needed as degree requirements for this option include:

• foundation courses as specified below (18 credits)
• theme electives as specified below (12credits)
• ESM 698 Professional Project (6 credits) or ESM 699 Master’s  Thesis (6 credits)

Course Option

The 39 credit hours needed as degree requirements for this option include:

• foundation courses as specified below(18 credits)
• theme electives as specified below(15credits)
• ESM 600 Research Methodology (3 credits)
• capstone project course in the selected theme (either ESM 685, ESM 686 or ESM 687)

Normally, the degree can be finished in a minimum of four semesters. A student must complete the degree requirements within five years from the time of initial enrollment in the program.

Students with no prior background in engineering statistics will be required to take ESM 501 Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics. Students with no prior background in engineering economy will be required to take ESM 502 Fundamentals of Engineering Economy.

Foundation Courses (18 credits)

• ESM 520 Management for Engineering
• ESM 540 Modelling and Simulation
• ESM 555 IT Management
• ESM 560 Quality Engineering and Management
• ESM 575 Advanced Engineering Economy
• One of the following two courses based on the student’s theme:
• ESM 570 Project Management (for EM and CM themes)
• ESM 580 IT Project Management (for ITM theme)

Theme Courses (12 credits)

Students must complete 12 credits in one of the three following themes:

Engineering Management Theme

• ESM 600 Research Methodology
• ESM 610 Strategic Technology Management
• ESM 632 Applied Operations Research
• ESM 636 Human Resources Management
• ESM 638 Decision Analysis
• ESM 640 Supply Chain Management
• ESM 642 Business Process Management
• ESM 644 Financial Management for Engineers
• ESM 660 Legal Aspects of ESM
• ESM 694 Special Topics in ESM

Construction Management Theme

• ESM 600 Research Methodology
• ESM 642 Business Process Management
• ESM 644 Financial Management t for Engineers
• ESM 650 Construction Management
• ESM 652 Construction Planning and Scheduling
• ESM 654 Material Management
• ESM 660 Legal Aspects of ESM
• ESM 667 Construction Contracting and Cost Estimating
• ESM 668 Construction Safety Management
• ESM 694 Special Topics in ESM

IT Management Theme

• ESM 600 Research Methodology
• ESM 612 Information Systems Management
• ESM 614 Communication and Network Management
• ESM 616 Infrastructures for e-Businesses
• ESM 620 Security Management
• ESM 624 Knowledge Management
• ESM 626 Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
• ESM 642 Business Process Management
• ESM 644 Financial Management for Engineers
• ESM 660 Legal Aspects of ESM
• ESM 694 Special Topics in ESM