<p>BS in Supply Chain & Logistics Technology
Concentration: Operations Engineering
Certificate: Six Sigma Green Belt</p>
<p>MS Technical Management
Certificate: Systems Engineering</p>
<p>The BS is from the University of Houston and the MS is from Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Are you currently in the BS? What motivates that route? What are your goals? I have never heard of a MS in technical management.</p>
<p>Just graduated the BS in august. I have been interested in process improvement since leaving the military. The BS is a technical degree and is sort of like Industrial Engineering lite. I did this because of time constraints. The Johns Hopkins MS is more focused on quality engineering. I want to go more of a project management route for capital proje ts in oil&gas.</p>
<p>Ah, I hear ya man. I’m actually ex-navy too and am currently in a MS in IE. So you are set on going straight to grad school? Have you thought about getting some experience in Supply Chain and utilizing your process improvement there and then, after experience, going the MBA route? I know that the O&G companies have a few procurement spots that might get you in the company. Going that route would get you some O&G specific experience that you could then use as you transition into project management. I only say this because I have seen quite a few positions for that area and most want a background in O&G for the project management roles.</p>
<p>Since you mentioned John Hopkins which is in Maryland AND you want to do project management…The University of Maryland has a Master of Engineering with a Project Management focus. It’s still IE-lite but you might as well have M.Eng on that resume.</p>
<p><a href=“http://pm.umd.edu/page.php?id=646[/url]”>http://pm.umd.edu/page.php?id=646</a></p>
<p>My graduate degree from University of Wisconsin is more of a “Systems Engineering/Engineering Management” type of degree, but U-Wisky simply calls it “Master of Science in Engineering”.</p>
<p>Yes, it is nitpicking, but it is better than explaining “Technical Management”.</p>
<p>^I absolutely agree with that point. You don’t want to have to sell your degree, even if it is from Hopkins.</p>
<p>I should have put all of this in the first response hah. I got hired on at an industrial distributor doing process improvement for 2 years and then I will move to outside sales at the end of 2 years. We focus on energy and oil & gas. I want to get the masters degreee because it is needed for the path I am on. The problem is that it needs to be flexible with work. I have looked at some others that are MIE degrees but they cover the exact same info as my undergrad. I kind of wanted to cover new topics that pertain to my profession. The Johns Hopkins doesn’t say engineering (which does concern me) but it does cover topics that I find to bbe useful. The tech management degree is from the engineering school but it just sounds odd. Im just wondering if I should study the same time hing over again just for the engineering degree or should I do the JHU. I have already been accepted to the program.</p>
<p>Is my undergrad worth much?</p>
<p>Why wouldn’t it be? It got you employment, right? Also, it seems like you are only getting the MS for advancement. A lot of places just use the MS as a check box. You might as well study what you want if that is the case.</p>