Product Development [PD]
Track Adviser: Professor Dan Frey (danfrey@mit.edu)
The mission of the Product Development Track (PDTrack) is to prepare future leaders in engineering of new products. The PDTrack includes many subjects from the school of management and is a good option for students interested in management careers or entrepreneurship. Major areas covered by the PDtrack include design, manufacturing, economics, marketing, organizational behavior, accounting, and intellectual property law. Further, the PDtrack curriculum is structured such that it is complementary to the Management minor offered by the Sloan School.
Recommended courses for the PDTrack concentration:
- 14.01: Principles of Microeconomics. Students should take this early in their career as it is a prerequisite for other subjects essential to product development.
- 15.301: Managerial Psychology Laboratory (which satisfies the institute lab requirement)
- 15.810/15.812: Marketing Management
- 15.501: Corporate Financial Accounting
- 2.72: Elements of Mechanical Design
- 2.739J: Product Design and Development
- 2.744: Product Design
Any/all of the last six may be counted in your concentration (see Engineering Units for typical engineering credit awarded for course 15 classes). 14.01 may be counted as well provided that you are NOT counting it as a HASS or GIR.
Students are also encouraged to take:
- 2.002: Mechanics and Materials II
- 2.008: Design and Manufacturing II
as their secondary core ME courses. In addition, students who are interested in designing electro-mechanical systems are encouraged to take classed in course 6 (e.g. 6.002). PDtrack students are encouraged to intern with design or manufacturing companies during the summer of their sophomore or junior years.
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