The MMS program at USM is composed of 36 credits allocated as follows: 24 credits MMS core, 6 credits electives, and 6 credits thesis.

MMS Core MMS core courses include the following (24 credits):

• MBA 504, Probability and Statistics for Business Decision Making
  
• MMS 610, Applied Research Method
  
• MBA 642, Leadership · MMS 615, Engineering Economy
  
• MMS 620, Quality Systems
  
• MBA 508, Operations Analysis
  
• MMS 625, Manufacturing Strategies MMS Electives
  
• MMS 630, DOE Applications in Manufacturing
  

MMS elective courses include, but are not limited to, the following (6 credits):

• MMS 653, Automated Systems For Materials Processing
  
• MMS 655 Advanced Control Applications for Automated Systems
  
• MMS 657, Advanced Applications of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
  
• MMS 670, Project Management
  
• MMS 680, Special Topics in Manufacturing Systems
  
• MBA 675, Production/Operations Management
  

MMS Thesis
The MMS thesis is an applied research component that must be based on an experiment design application in a manufacturing environment - a significant component of this research will be an analysis of the economic impacts of the research (6 credits).

• MS 690, Thesis