Product Development, MS (Boston)

Graduatemajor2027 catalogEngineeringBoston32 semester hours totalverified parse

Official catalog page for this program

Core Requirements

• GE 5010 — Customer-Driven Technical Innovation for Engineers
• GE 5020 — Engineering Product Design Methodology
• GE 5030 — Iterative Product Prototyping for Engineers
• GE 5100 — Product Development for Engineers

Coursework Option

16 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete 16 semester hours from the course list below.

Project Option

From the catalog

Complete 12 semester hours from the course list below.

• GE 7945 — Master's Project

Thesis Option

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours from the course list below.

In addition to completing the thesis course, students must successfully complete the thesis submission process, including securing committee and Graduate School of Engineering signatures and submission of an electronic copy of their MS thesis to ProQuest.

• GE 7945 — Master's Project
• GE 7990 — Thesis

Optional Co-op Experience

From the catalog

Complete the following (students must complete ENCP 6100 to qualify for co-op experience):

• ENCP 6100 — Introduction to Cooperative Education
• One of:
  • ENCP 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
  • ENCP 6954 — Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
  • ENCP 6955 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
  • ENCP 6965 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad

College of Engineering

• One of:
  • BIOE 5250 — Regulatory and Quality Aspects of Medical Device Design
  • BIOE 5810 — Design of Biomedical Instrumentation
  • CSYE 6200 — Concepts of Object-Oriented Design
  • CSYE 6205 — Concepts of Object-Oriented Design with C++
  • CSYE 7280 — User Experience Design and Testing
  • EECE 5155 — Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things
  • EECE 5550 — Mobile Robotics
  • EECE 5552 — Assistive Robotics
  • EECE 5580 — Classical Control Systems
  • EECE 5639 — Computer Vision
  • EECE 5666 — Digital Signal Processing
  • IE 5617 — Lean Concepts and Applications
  • IE 5630 — Biosensor and Human Behavior Measurement
  • IE 6200 — Engineering Probability and Statistics
  • IE 6500 — Human Performance
  • IE 7200 — Supply Chain Engineering
  • IE 7270 — Intelligent Manufacturing
  • INFO 6660 — Business Ethics and Intellectual Property for Engineers
  • ME 5245 — Mechatronic Systems
  • ME 5250 — Robot Mechanics and Control
  • ME 5650 — Advanced Mechanics of Materials
  • ME 5659 — Control Systems Engineering
  • TELE 6510 — Fundamentals of the Internet of Things
  • TELE 6530 — Connected Devices

D'Amore McKim School of Business

• One of:
  • ENTR 6450 — Lean Design and Development
  • INNO 6200 — Enterprise Growth and Innovation
  • INNO 6430 — Platform Innovation
  • MKTG 6200 — Creating and Sustaining Customer Markets

College of Arts, Media and Design

• One of:
  • ARTG 5120 — Research Methods for Design
  • ARTG 5310 — Visual Cognition
  • ARTG 5610 — Design Systems
  • ARTG 5640 — Prototyping for Experience Design
  • ARTG 6310 — Design for Behavior and Experience
  • GSND 5110 — Game Design and Analysis
  • GSND 5122 — Business Models for Creative Media
  • GSND 5130 — Mixed Research Methods for Games
  • GSND 6320 — Psychology of Play
  • GSND 6340 — Biometrics of Design

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

• One of:
  • PT 5321 — Applications of Biomechanics in Human Function and Movement

GPA requirements

• 32 total semester hours required (33 with optional co-op) Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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