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	x remove Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering, B.S.E.	x remove Project Management Undergraduate Certificate
Credits Required	148	12
Format	Face To Face	Face To Face
Location	All undergraduate students begin their academic career on the Allendale Campus. Students in this major continue their upper division studies downtown on the Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus.	Classes for this certificate are offered on the Allendale Campus and downtown on the Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
Coursework	Advanced product design Mechanical and electrical engineering fundamentals Cooperative education Automation and controls Manufacturing processes Materials science and engineering Mathematics Production models	The project management certificate is comprised of 12 credits: CIS 339 - Project Planning CIS 349 - Agile Project Management MGT 345 - Team Building BUS 470 - Applied Business Solutions It is recommended learners take BUS 470 as the final course, as it is a culminating experience applying project management knowledge. These classes provide you with core training in the following competencies: Analytical skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making Interpersonal skills like communication, collaboration, and leadership and responsibility Information processing skills Capacity to innovate and adapt skills
Career Options	The following are just a few career options for product design and manufacturing engineers: Design engineer Entrepreneur Manufacturing engineer Robotics engineer Product development engineer Production engineer Quality engineer Controls engineer Test engineer	According to an EMSI market analysis of job postings requiring a bachelor's degree between October 2018 and September 2019, project management is listed as a top hard skill, with 22,453 or a full 6% of all job postings requiring project management abilities. Further, a project management certification is a top qualification across all job postings, with 3,629 unique jobs requiring such certification. Project Manager is itself the 7th most popular job title in Michigan, with 4,207 unique postings.
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Skills Employers Want	The B.S.E. in Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering at GVSU will develop the skills you need to land the job you want. Whether the skills are advanced or general, you will build a resume of qualifications that are sure to attract employers. The following skills correlate with those pulled from actual manufacturing engineering job postings. New Product Development Manufacturing Process Mechanical Engineering Lean Manufacturing Tooling Continuous Improvement Process Electrical Engineering Automation Source: EMSI, 2020