Engineering and Management
Accelerate Your Career in Technology and Business
Clarkson is one of only a select number of universities in the nation to offer you the ability to pursue both engineering and business in one degree: engineering & management (E&M).
This unique program is ideal if you want to understand both the business and technology side of a company and aspire to be in leadership roles. As an E&M student, you’ll take classes in technology, science, engineering and business while also participating in hands-on projects, internships and co-ops, which all culminate in a knowledge base that will make you extremely marketable to employers.
About Clarkson University
Early Decision deadline for Fall 2022 admission: December 1, 2022
Regular Decision deadline for Fall 2022 admission: January 15, 2023
Today’s global marketplace requires individuals skilled in the integration of technology and business management. Our undergraduate bachelor’s degree program in Engineering & Management (E&M) offers expansive curriculum in both the engineering and business fields, providing a unique educational experience.
Among those distinctive features is the requirement to participate in an international experience to gain the skills and culture sought by companies. At our Fall and Spring Career Fairs, there are 180+ companies, over half of which prefer to recruit Engineering & Management students.
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Engineering and Management Careers
With a Clarkson Engineering & Management bachelor’s degree, you will be prepared for a career in any of the following fields:
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Many students have also chosen to continue on to graduate schools, such as University of California – Irvine, Bournemouth University, Carnegie Mellon and Clarkson’s own M.S. and Ph.D. programs including our unique Master’s of Science in Engineering Management. Engineering & Management majors have been recruited by companies such as: Amazon, BAE Systems, Boston Organics, Eaton, Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Gap Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., IBM, Johnson Controls, Pratt & Whitney, Proctor & Gamble, Saint-Gobain, Schneider Electric, Snap-on Tools, The Walt Disney Company, Veritas Prime, Viking Civies and Volvo Group North America.
B.S. Curriculum
The engineering and management program consists of 32 credit hours in engineering and management, 31 credit hours in mathematics and science, 18 credit hours in electrical science, and 18 credit hours in other courses. 3 credit hours are in free electives.
The following courses are required for all students, irrespective of their program of study. These courses are offered during the fall semester, with FY100 First-Year Seminar being required of only first-year students. Both FY100 and UNIV190 are typically taken during the fall semester of the first year at Clarkson.
- FY100 First-Year Seminar (1 credit)
- UNIV190 The Clarkson Seminar (3 credits)
Students are required to complete the following courses:
Engineering and Management
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Professional Experience
Students are required to complete the following Professional Experience: Internship, co-op, or directed research related to the student’s professional goals
Students must complete the following courses:
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Mathematics/Statistics
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Chemistry/Physics
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Students must complete the following courses:
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Students must complete the following courses:
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Professional Elective
A professional elective in E&M is a 3-credit course (or equivalent) that predominantly covers engineering or engineering management knowledge. Examples of such courses include any sophomore-, junior- or senior-level course in engineering; any junior- or senior-level course in a topical knowledge area(s) in the Guide to the Engineering Management Body of Knowledge, 3rd edition, ASEM, 2013; or courses focused on information technology.
Knowledge Area/University Course Electives
Students will have at least 15 credit hours available to use toward Knowledge Area and/or University Course electives to satisfy the Clarkson Common Experience requirements.
Free Electives
Students will have approximately 3 credit hours available to use toward courses of their choice.
Internships & Co-ops
Engineering & Management majors have a variety of internship and co-op opportunities. A long list of companies recruit our Clarkson E&M students, and just a small portion of them are listed below:
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The Engineering & Management Experience
As an E&M major, you’ll open yourself up to impactful experiences that are rarely found all together anywhere else.
You will…
- Form a team with other business students and formulate a plan to start your own business during your first semester. Then you’ll pitch your business idea to real investors for real start-up money.
- Run your business and earn the right to put acronyms like CEO, CFO and CMO after your name during your second semester.
- Have an international experience, whether on a 2- to 3-week trip to places like Croatia, Argentina and Switzerland or for a semester at one of our 50+ study abroad partner universities in 27 countries.
- Be able to take advantage of the incredible internship and co-op opportunities offered through partnerships at top companies such as BorgWarner Morse TEC, Estée Lauder, Johnson & Johnson, National Grid, Philips Healthcare, Procter & Gamble, Target and Whiting-Turner.
- Take courses from a curriculum created in partnership with industry leaders, that prepares you for careers in fields such as supply chain management, consulting, manufacturing and production, project management, marketing and technical sales, quality systems management, entrepreneurship, applications engineering and construction management.
- Set yourself up for success, with an average starting salary for E&M graduates in the Class of 2020 at nearly $64,000 and a 100% placement rate.