The Engineering Management, Information, and Systems (EMIS) department welcomes you to SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering. We hope you enjoy your years here and achieve your goals now and after college.
This site is to introduce you to our Management Science program, specifically the Bachelor of Science with a Major in Management Science. This degree brings the engineering approach of mathematical modeling and computation to solve analytics and decision problems of concern to any organization.
The following links provide details and useful information about the field of Management Science, the SMU degree, and the EMIS department:
Management Science at SMU
- Management Science program overview - Management Science home page
- Management Science Fact Sheet (PDF) – summary of the BSMS
- Senior Design archive - summaries of senior design projects completed by Management Science majors
- Management Science alumni careers - stories of life after graduation from Management Science alumni
- Management Science job placements - organizations that have hired Management Science students
- Management Science graduate school placements - universities where Management Science students have pursued graduate studies
- Example BSMS program of study - sample BSMS course plan
Click for Management Science Degree Presentation
EMIS Department
- Lyle EMIS pages - official home page of the EMIS department
- EMIS department (smuemis.info) - alternative EMIS home page
- EMIS Newslink – news and events in the EMIS department
- EMIS flickr photos - of EMIS events
EMIS Distinguished Advisory Council
- Council overview and members - executives working to help Management Science students with mentoring, internships, guest lectures
- DAC photos – from Council meetings, events
The Management Science Profession
- Ten Reasons to Consider a Career in Management Science
- The Science of Better (Management Science) – case studies and applications of Management Science (also known as Operations Research)
- Institute for Operations Research & the Management Sciences (INFORMS) – the Management Science professional society
- INFORMS DFW Chapter - local chapter of INFORMS, meets regularly at SMU and coordinates some activities with the INFORMS SMU Student Chapter
- Analytics on-line magazine – a digital magazine published by INFORMS provides real-life examples of how data, modeling and mathematical analysis is used to drive better business decisions and provide concrete competitive advantage.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Labor Department) – An overview of the Management Science/Operations Research profession: nature of the work, employment, job prospects
- Omega Rho Honor Society – Management Science honor society (local chapter is associated with the EMIS department)
LinkedIn.com Groups for Management Science at SMU
