The Engineering Management (EM) undergraduate degree program at Missouri University of Science & Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla) was the first program of its kind. The program started over 40 years ago and it is one of only five ABET accredited undergraduate EM programs [1]. The initial degree program included a senior year of management courses in conjunction with three years of courses in common engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering. In the 1990s the program underwent a major restructure and students combined core engineering management classes with an emphasis area inside the department. Industrial, manufacturing, packaging, and quality engineering emphasis were added as well as management of technology, while maintaining the ability to pursue traditional engineering emphasis areas. Recently major changes were made to extend the set of core courses and to streamline the technical emphasis areas. The need for these changes was clear, but attempts to make changes in the past have proven difficult. The new, more stringent ABET accreditation criteria [2], specifically those which relate to Educational Objectives, Program Outcomes, Continuous Improvement, and Curriculum provided the needed impetus and assistance to make significant changes to the undergraduate curriculum. This paper describes the processes which were used to make the changes, and how the ABET criteria influenced these processes. In addition, we also discuss the hurdles and challenges faced as the process moved forward, ultimately leading to the revised curriculum. The paper concludes with specific recommendations for revising undergraduate curriculum in light of the current ABET guidelines. Introduction and Program History The engineering management undergraduate degree program at the Missouri University of Science & Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla) was the first program of its kind. The program was started in the mid 1960s and had its first graduating class of eight in 1968 [3]. Professor Bernard Sarchet was the founder of the department and saw the need to blend engineering, science, and technology management into a degree program that would meet engineering accreditation standards and prepare engineers to move into supervisory and management positions. The department was initially administered outside of the School of Engineering, but later became part of that school. The B.S. in Engineering Management degree program first received ABET accreditation in 1979 after the initial accreditation visit in 1978. The department received the full six-year accreditation, and has subsequently been accredited for the full six years after the visits in 1984, 1990, 1996, and 2002. The programs most recent accreditation visit occurred in Fall 2008. Currently, the program is one of five undergraduate Engineering Management programs that are accredited by ABET. Page 14311.2 The initial structure of the undergraduate program was one that may be most accurately described as the 3 + 1 approach. In essence, during the first two years, the students were required to take essentially the same courses that any other engineering student would take. Then, the third and fourth years would include approximately one year of courses in a traditional engineering discipline, and one year of core courses that focused more on the business and technology management. Such courses included marketing, management, and accounting. These courses were taught by faculty with at least one engineering degree. This approach was used to ensure EM students appreciated the link between engineering and business. Students were also required to take six hours of upper-level Engineering Management electives. Graduates of the program received a B. S. in Engineering Management with a preference in a traditional engineering field, (for example B.S. in Engineering Management with a Mechanical Engineering Preference). This model was used exclusively until the late 1980s. In the late 1980s, an internal department preference area was developed that focused on manufacturing and packaging engineering. This emphasis contained a small number of required courses and allowed a variety of electives to complete the emphasis. Comments from the 1990 accreditation provided the impetus to develop five specific internal emphasis areas (changed from preference area). These included the following: Management of Technology, Quality Engineering, Packaging Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Industrial Engineering. The sixth emphasis area was recast as the General Engineering Emphasis, which continued the initial 3 + 1 approach allowing students to blend management and traditional engineering. This model was essentially the same during the 2002 accreditation cycle, although the Quality, Manufacturing, and Packaging Engineering emphasis areas were not heavily emphasized in the department due to faculty expertise and low student interest in those areas. Since the ABET accreditation visit in 2002, the campus initiated a common total program credit requirement of 128 hours for all engineering BS degrees. This resulted in a reduction from 134 credit hours in the EM degree. The credit hour reduction was driven by a campus initiative, and it occurred without much internal department resistance. The curriculum that was in place beginning in Fall 2005 remained relatively unchanged. However, as ABET provided more direction and focus with regard to the new accreditation criteria, and as the looming ABET visit of 2008 drew near, it became apparent that the curriculum that was in place would not likely pass ABET requirements. Some faculty in the department knew the curriculum needed major overhauls, and that change must occur quickly. Some of these same faculty also knew a major curriculum change would likely face significant resistance for a variety of reasons. The remainder of this paper will discuss how the more well-defined and stringent ABET criteria provided the needed impetus and assistance to make significant changes to the undergraduate curriculum.