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Shift handoffs, tooling, and winter freight—not a PE stamp and not a Silicon Valley ‘ops’ MBA.
Online or on campus
Upper Midwest manufacturing is metals, food processing, medical devices, and job shops that cannot pretend they are software. This degree starts with the physical plant: maintenance backlog, tooling, quality escapes, and the labour market around the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. You will map a value stream that includes a snow day, write a quality memo that does not impersonate a PE, and brief a plant manager who has to make payroll Friday. Dual-pathway design is the product. Campus students do not get participation theatre that online students cannot access; online students do not get an easier exam. You state primary mode at application. Frontier’s HLC and DEAC story stays on the accreditation page; this MSc does not invent ABET or PE reciprocity. If a plant tour happens for campus students, the assessed artefact is a written operations analysis that an online student can complete from a redacted dataset. Upper Midwest labour markets, apprenticeship pipelines, and three-shift food plants sit beside medical-device job shops in the same metro. You will not be asked to impersonate a PE on a drawing stamp. You will be asked to explain scrap, changeover, and a customer scorecard to a plant manager who has to make payroll. Capstones that ‘optimise’ a factory that has never seen a Minnesota winter will be sent back. The award is academic operations. It is not a licence to practise engineering, not a lockout/tagout trainer card, not a promise of a union or management job. Public copy must keep those fences visible.
Thirty-six credits: plant systems, quality and maintenance literacy, Midwest logistics and labour, and an operations capstone. Three-credit courses. Identity-checked exams plus plant memos.
Complete your MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) fully online from anywhere in the world with faculty-led modules and flexible scheduling.
Attend seminars and access facilities in person at Frontier Innovation University.
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MLT401 | Discrete and Process Operations in the Upper Midwest Discrete and Process Operations in the Upper Midwest — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT402 | Capacity, Takt, and Mix as Management Problems Capacity, Takt, and Mix as Management Problems — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT403 | Labour Markets, Shifts, and Absenteeism Labour Markets, Shifts, and Absenteeism — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT404 | Safety Literacy for Managers (Not Trainer Certification) Safety Literacy for Managers (Not Trainer Certification) — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MLT405 | Quality Escapes, Containment, and Customer Communication Quality Escapes, Containment, and Customer Communication — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT406 | Maintenance Backlog and Spare-Parts Politics Maintenance Backlog and Spare-Parts Politics — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT407 | Tooling, Changeover, and Small-Lot Reality Tooling, Changeover, and Small-Lot Reality — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT408 | Documentation that Survives a Customer Audit (Non-PE) Documentation that Survives a Customer Audit (Non-PE) — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MLT409 | Inbound, Outbound, and Winter Freight Inbound, Outbound, and Winter Freight — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT410 | Contract Manufacturing and Customer Scorecards Contract Manufacturing and Customer Scorecards — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT411 | Energy, Utilities, and Plant Continuity Energy, Utilities, and Plant Continuity — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT412 | Ethics, Data, and Shop-Floor Metrics that Lie Ethics, Data, and Shop-Floor Metrics that Lie — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MLT413 | Briefing Plant Leadership without Theatre Briefing Plant Leadership without Theatre — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT414 | Operations Research Methods for Mid-Size Plants Operations Research Methods for Mid-Size Plants — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT415 | Dual-Pathway Parity in Technical Management Education Dual-Pathway Parity in Technical Management Education — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT416 | Capstone: Upper Midwest Manufacturing Operations Project Capstone: Upper Midwest Manufacturing Operations Project — assessed module on the MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) pathway.
| 3 |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Frontier. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.
Online awards at Frontier Innovation University are published at about $600–$900 in total, paid by semester ($200–$400) after you accept an offer. The online application fee is $0. Exam and administrative charges may apply. See Fees for the current table.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Frontier Innovation University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@frontuni.com.
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