Power Systems Management Online (MS)

WPI’s Online MS in Power Systems Management combines essential topics in power systems engineering with technology-focused business courses, preparing graduates for careers in engineering management within the power industry.

As a student in our part-time online program, you will learn to:

Analyze power flows in delivery networks – both for steady state and transients
Understand electro-mechanical energy conversion and power system operations and planning
Design power delivery networks – both transmission and distribution
Analyze dynamic system response to disturbances
Design protection and control systems
Evaluate design alternatives, including both technical and economic analysis
Lead projects using a full suite of management tools
Understand group and individual dynamics leading to more effective interactions
Identify and mitigate operational risks

Other online graduate programs in Power Systems:

Courses

Degree requirements: 10 courses, 30 credit hours. You will work with a faculty advisor to develop a customized and relevant plan of study selected from the courses below.

REQUIRED COURSES

ECE 5500. Power System Analysis
At least 9 credits but no more than 12 credits in other Power Systems Engineering courses
- ECE 5511. Transients in Power Systems
- ECE 5512. Electrochemical Energy Conversion
- ECE 5520. Power System Protection and Control
- ECE 5521. Protective Relaying
- ECE 5522. Advanced Applications in Protective Relaying
- ECE 5523. Power System Dynamics
- ECE 5530. Power Distribution
- ECE 5531. Power System Operation and Planning
- ECE 5532. Distributed and Renewable Power Generation
- ECE 5540. Power Transmission
  
  *Credit cannot be awarded for ECE 5521 & 5522 if credit for ECE 5520 has been earned.
12 credit hours of management classes such as:
- OIE 541. Operations Risk Management
- OIE 598E. Engineering Economics
- MIS 576. Project Management
- OBC 500. Group and Interpersonal Dynamics in Complex Organizations
Remaining credit hours may be taken in:
- CS525S./ECE579S.Computer and Network Security
- Any graduate level course work in engineering, science, or system dynamics**
- No more than 15 of the total degree credit hours may be in ECE.

**Note that not all courses shown in the graduate catalog are available online. Please check the current course schedule listing.

Graduate Course Catalog 2016-2017

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The program gave me more technical background in both power and business... It's all in one package.

Bobby Sandler

Power Systems Engineer

Unitil Corporation

Prerequisites

Students must have an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from an ABET accredited university with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Some graduate engineers from other disciplines may be successful in Power Systems; however they may need an additional foundation in mathematics.

Have additional questions about admissions or program requirements? Please contact Monika Maslen from our WPI Online team to review individual situations.

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Energy Education Program

WPI and the Energy Providers Coalition for Education (EPCE) are partners in providing quality online education to the energy industry. If you work for an organization that is a member of EPCE, you receive a 10% discount on your online WPI tuition. Contact EPCE to determine if you qualify.