Program: Petroleum Engineering (MS)/Engineering Management (MS) - University of Southern California

Jun 19, 2025

USC Catalogue 2016-2017

The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in conjunction with the department of Petroleum Engineering offers programs leading to the degree of MS Petroleum Engineering/MS Engineering Management. The program is designed for graduate petroleum engineers whose career objectives lead to increasing technical management responsibilities.

Required Courses

36 units of required courses from PTE and ISE combined

ISE 500 Engineering Management Decisions and Statistics Units: 3
ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling Units: 3
ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 3
ISE 544 Management of Engineering Teams Units: 3
ISE 561 Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects Units: 3
ISE 566 Financial Accounting Analysis for Engineering Units: 3
PTE 507 Engineering and Economic Evaluation of Subsurface Reservoirs Units: 3
PTE 508 Numerical Simulation of Subsurface Flow and Transport Processes Units: 3
PTE 517 Testing of Wells and Aquifers Units: 3
PTE 531 Enhanced Oil Recovery Units: 3, 2 years
PTE 555 Well Completion, Stimulation, and Damage Control Units: 3
PTE 582 Fluid Flow and Transport Processes in Porous Media Units: 3, 2 years

Elective units

Student is to complete 9 units of PTE courses selected by student and PTE faculty adviser.