Systems Engineering and Leadership "SELP" (Dual Degree MS and MBA)
Dual Degree Program: MS in Systems Engineering and MBA (SELP)
Admission Requirements
These students must be accepted for admission by both the MBA Program in the College of Business of Administration and the Systems Engineering Program in the College of Science and Engineering. The admissions process for both Colleges, as described elsewhere in the University Bulletin , will be coordinated within the University. Prospective students need to submit only one application to the LMU Graduate Division.
Promising applicants who do not satisfy these requirements may be considered for conditional admission based upon their performance on the GMAT test, their work experience or other factors. Students so admitted must demonstrate satisfactory performance during their first year in the program.
Graduation Requirements
The students will be expected to meet the course requirements in both the Systems Engineering and the MBA programs. SELP students will be expected to adhere to the policies and procedures established for all students in the MBA program. The MBA requirements include 12 courses listed below. The area of specialization in the MBA program is Systems Management. Additional information about the MBA program, including procedures for waiving core MBA courses, may be found in the MBA section of the University Bulletin.
Twelve Required MBA Courses
Core MBA Courses
MBAA 601 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
MBAA 602 Financial & Managerial Accounting
MBAA 603 Business Statistics
MBAA 604 Business Economics
MBAA 605 Management and Organizational Behavior
MBAA 607 Operations Analysis & Decision Support Systems
MBAA 606 Marketing Management
MBAA 608 Financial Management
MBAA 609 Management Information Systems
Advanced MBA Courses
MBAI 610 Management Strategy
MBAB 615 Program Management* or SELP 594 Project Management
MBAG 64X International Elective, selected from MBAG 640, 641, 642, 649
*Course counting toward both the M.S. in Systems Engineering and MBA
Required Systems Engineering Courses
SELP 500 Quality
SELP 552 Systems Engineering
SELP 530 Systems and Enterprise Architecting
SELP 540 Engineering Ethics and Communications
SELP 650 Advanced Systems Engineering
SELP 660 Lean Thinking I
SELP 661 Lean Thinking II
SELP 673 New Product Development
SELP 695/696 Integrative Project/Thesis
With approval of the academic advisor, the above curriculum can be adjusted to meet the student’s individual educational needs. The requirement for the two degrees is 66 semester hours (22 courses at three semester hours each).
The overall minimum GPA required for graduation is 3.0. Students who receive a grade of less than “B” in any 500-level course or a grade of less than "C" in any 600-level course will not have the course count toward their degree.
Schedule
Typically, taking two courses in each spring and fall semester and two courses in each summer session will earn the combined two degrees in three years. Taking only one course in any semester will extend the study period accordingly. All engineering and business courses are offered on the LMU Westchester campus and typically meet in the evenings. Usually courses meet one evening per week for three hours except during the summer semesters when each course meets two evenings per week for 3.5 hours. Scheduling of the courses is the student’s responsibility. A student is expected to make reasonable progress toward the degrees to remain in good standing at the University. A full-time course load is considered to be two courses in the Fall and Spring semesters.