Engineering Management

The executive format Master of Science in Engineering Management degree includes interdisciplinary courses in business, law, communication and engineering.

Engineering managers combine their technical expertise with knowledge and skills in management. This enables them to work on difficult or complex projects. They define problems and determine goals. Their work leads to the development and creation of new products, processes or designs within technical, fiscal, human resource and other constraints.

Founded in 1801, then-South Carolina College flourished pre-Civil War, overcame post-war struggles, was rechartered in 1906 as a university and transformed itself as a national institution in the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Palmetto State established South Carolina College — the precursor to the University of South Carolina — on Dec. 19, 1801, as part of an effort to unite South Carolinians in the wake of the American Revolution. South Carolina's leaders saw the new college as a way to promote "the good order and harmony" of the state.

The founding of South Carolina College was also a part of the Southern public college movement spurred by Thomas Jefferson. Within 20 years of one another, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia established state-supported colleges.