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that occur in engineering domains such as manufacturing, healthcare,
sustainability, and energy. The topics covered in this course include data
reduction, data exploration, data visualization, concept description, mining
association rules, classification, prediction, and clustering. The course
discuses data mining case studies that are drawn from manufacturing,
retail, healthcare, biomedical, telecommunication and other sectors.

EM 579 Special Topics in Project Management
Credits: 3(3-0-0)
This course covers a new or specialized topic in Project Management for
which there is a strong faculty and student interest, but is not covered in
other courses.

EM 598 MSc Project
Credits: 3(3-0-0)
A supervised research project aimed at providing practical and research
experience in some aspects of engineering management is required
for completion of the MSEM program. Students are expected to define
the project, state its objectives, complete a literature review, set project
specifications and methodologies that draw upon the tools and techniques
studied in the program. A report and an oral defense presentation are
required.

EM 599 Research Project
Credits: 3(3-0-0)
Selected topics of current interest, to be designated by subtitle and publish
a paper in a refereed journal/conference.

EM 600 MSc Thesis
Credits: (6-0-0)
Master Thesis.

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