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Summer ’20 Newsletter: Online Engineering Management Program

By admin | July 29, 2020

Learn more and apply today for UofL’s online Master’s in Engineering Management.

Six Sigma Certification Now Available!

Letter from Dr. Elizabeth Gentry, MEEM Program Director

2020 has not been the year that we were all expecting!

I hope you all are doing well! During the past few months, I have listened and been a part of discussions on how we can use the tools that are learned in engineering management to process improve and help with the issues that Covid-19 has presented.

One of the tools that can help is six sigma. Six sigma helps processes by focusing on what matters most to the customer to help improve quality and reduce waste. I am excited to announce that we will be offering six sigma black belt certification courses as part of the EM program.

The certification includes four courses:

EM 613 – Operations Management
EM 661 – Engineering Statistics II
EM 684 – Process Improve App. I
EM 685 – Process Improve App. II

During EM 685, the student will complete a black belt project and take a test through the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. This is going to be a great addition to the program! EM 684 and EM 685 will be offered for the first time in spring 2021.

Best wishes,
Dr. Elizabeth Gentry
Director, Engineering Management Program

Student Spotlight

Madeline Baldwin

What was your favorite EM class?
My favorite EM class has been Operations Management (so far!)

How are you using EM in your work?
Elements of all the courses I have taken so far have cropped up in my work or meetings. I am more confident in my contributions knowing that I have a solid background in these topics.

What made you choose the UofL EM program?
I chose the UofL EM program because it is a great program with eight week courses. This has allowed me to have a great work life balance as I am pursuing the degree part-time. It also gives me the flexibility to travel in between courses.

What are you most looking forward to the rest of this year?
Academically: I am crossing the 3/4 point in the EM program.
Professionally: I am excited about starting a new job at my company.
Personally: I was looking forward to hiking the Swiss Alps this fall, but we are pushing that to 2021.

Ready to get started?

Fall Term 1 starts August 17
Fall Term 2 starts October 8
Spring Term 1 starts January 6

Know someone who’d excel at the online Engineering Management program?

We’re always looking for new engineers who we can help take their career to the next level. Refer a friend by emailing elizabeth.gentry@louisville.edu and receive a small prize.

Career Coaching

The JB Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville offers a one stop shop for all students in terms of their professional plans. Our staff can provide career coaching in terms of resume and cover letter preparation, practice interviews (in person or over the phone), LinkedIn profile reviews, graduate school applications, and salary negotiation.

Students that are taking online courses are also eligible for these services. In addition, we can provide information on relocating, new graduate salary statistics for UofL engineering students (mostly local offers), and job search strategies.

If you have any interest in utilizing these services, please reach out to Mary Andrade.

Mary Andrade
Engineering Career Services
Associate Director mary.andrade@louisville.edu
502-852-3196

Read about other faculty and students in previous editions of the MEEM newsletter.

Your next career move starts here: new online BBA degree from UofL’s business college

By Ashley Jefferson | June 23, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment

UofL’s new online BBA degree provides exposure to comprehensive business topics, helping you develop a strong foundation for a successful career within the business community. This online business management degree allows you to experience the high-quality business education expected from the University of Louisville’s College of Business without ever physically coming to campus.

What is a BBA degree?
A BBA degree, or a Bachelor of Business Administration, is a business bachelor’s program that is designed to deliver business knowledge and skills to future business leaders. UofL’s BBA program also provides the opportunity to specialize your degree to fit your career goals. You’ll gain essential knowledge from our business core and business breadth courses, and use elective hours to focus on an area that aligns with your career interests and/or goals from within or outside of the business college.

Online options for specialization include but are not limited to areas like communication, criminal justice, organizational leadership and sport administration.

online bba degree prepares graduates for career growth

What are the benefits of UofL’s online BBA degree?

Gain expertise and universally-applicable knowledge in essential business administration and management areas including economics, marketing, accounting, finance, statistics, operations, leadership, and computer systems.
Study data analytics and other tools currently used by business leaders and accounting professionals.
Focus your degree to align with your career goals through electives.
Interact with other current and future business professionals in an online environment—growing your network and opportunities.
Engage with world-class faculty, many with extensive backgrounds in business and research.

Start or finish your bachelor’s degree online with our business administration program and create a clear path for career success. The online BBA is 120 credit hours, with transfer credits from previous undergraduate work at an accredited institution accepted. Whether this is your first step toward earning your bachelor’s or you have already completed some college-level coursework, UofL’s online business program is an ideal path. Similar to a BS or BA in Business Administration, the new Bachelor of Business Administration is a generalist business degree, giving you business expertise with the ability to focus toward your goals.

Get started today!

The new online BBA degree is offered through the College of Business at the University of Louisville. The College of Business is an AACSB accredited online school.

UofL also offers an online MBA degree through the business college, which accepts their next cohort this August.

[Video] FAQ: Is online learning right for me?

By Ashley Jefferson | June 19, 2020 | Comments 1 comment

Most online students are in the exact same position as you.

It’s been a long time since they were in a classroom, completed coursework, wrote a paper… and it can feel intimidating to think about doing any of that again.

But with online programs, it doesn’t have to be!

One of the best things about online learning is that some of the typical classroom pressures and anxieties are not present in an online environment.

Learning online allows to think, work, share knowledge and experiences with professors and peers in a non-judgmental environment that is highly conducive to collaboration.

Play Video

Blackboard: Courses Designed With You in Mind

Our classes use an internet-based platform called Blackboard, and our team strives to make the course layouts as user friendly and intuitive as possible.

Right within the tool you’ll be able to review course materials like your syllabus and some readings, watch videos and interact with your classmates and instructor through forums, posts and more.

Best of all, since you can complete the work on your own time, whenever it best fits your schedule, the pressure of having to be in a specific place at a set time is alleviated too.

You can take the time you need to learn the tool at your own pace.

The other thing is that the faculty and staff of an online program are prepared to help you through. They know the struggles you’re probably facing, have had a student with the same concerns in the past and understand that there are going to be unique circumstances that may make you hesitant in the class room.

GET STARTED TODAY!

Ready to take advantage of these great benefits?

If online learning seems like it would be a good fit for your life, take the next step with confidence at UofL. We offer more 40+ online bachelor’s, master’s and certificates across a variety of fields and industries, all designed to help you take the next step in you education with confidence and ease. Visit our site for more information and to get started today!

HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS?

We’re producing FAQ videos like this one on a regular basis to address some of the common questions we see from prospective online students. If there’s a question you’d like to have answered and/or see addressed in a future video, please comment below and let us know, or reach out to the online enrollment team at online@louisville.edu.

[Video: Check out our first FAQ video, which answers the question “What is online learning?”]

WHO IS MACY BUNN?

Featured in UofL’s new online programs FAQ video series, Macy Bunn is a Recruiter for online programs at UofL, part of our enrollment team. Macy’s dedicated to establishing connections and building relationships with prospective online UofL students.

[Blog: Find out more about Macy in our first FAQ blog post.]

UofL expands esteemed online bachelor’s completer program with early childhood education track

By Ashley Jefferson | June 2, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment

One our most popular programs for students who have some college credit but no degree, the Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership and Learning (BS OLL), has recently launched a new track in early childhood education (ECE). This track was specifically created to address an important population of professionals who need to earn or complete their bachelor’s degree to go further in their fields.

The BS OLL program is often sought by experienced, working professionals who have a lot of knowledge about their industry but lack the educational credentials needed for promotions and higher paying positions. Students in this program can be awarded up to 48 college credit hours (a savings of up to $24k in tuition) through the Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) course. Transfer credits from prior intuitions are also accepted.

[Blog Category: Read recent posts related to our online BS OLL program.]

Ideal students for this program are childcare professionals, preschool teachers, infant-toddler teachers, teaching assistants, Head Start teachers, center directors, or those in other interdisciplinary early childhood education areas. Specifically, this program is very well suited for those individuals who would like to work with at-risk learners in low-income or impoverished communities.

Excel as a leader in early childhood education.

This new program track can help students achieve their career and educational goals by developing their core early childhood education knowledge and communication skills—allowing them to work with children as well as children’s families or caretakers.

“This program creates an important pathway for professionals in early childcare education to complete their bachelor’s degree and receive college credit for their work experience and knowledge.”

Lori Norton-Meier, Ph.D.
Program Director

Graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership and Learning Early Childhood Education track will have the ECE credentials needed to reach the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s level 3 status, for exceptional teaching practices and leadership.

Earning your
bachelor’s degree can also prepare you as a leader in your organization and
provide you with access to higher pay, greater job security and a path to
teacher certification. Graduates of this program can earn teaching
certification by completing their Master
of Arts in Teaching at UofL.

This degree
program is comprised of 120 credit hours, which includes 12 ECE credits.

If you’re interested in taking on leadership roles in a higher ed organization, or know someone who might be, learn more at the BS OLL ECE program page.

Offered
through UofL’s College of Education and Human Development.