Industrial Engineering, M.S.

Required Courses (15 credits)

A required course may be substituted, but not waived, if the student can demonstrate to the program coordinator equivalent knowledge at a grade of B or better.

• IE 623 - Decision Analysis
• IE 624 - Quality Analysis
• IE 681 - System Simulation
• EM 641 - Supply Chain Management
• IE 688 - Design of Experiments

Electives (15 credits)

Five graduate courses, one of which must be IE 690 - Research Project . Electives may be courses taken outside the IE, EM, and LG areas, with the approval of an advisor or program coordinator.

Five courses from the following:

• EM 627 - Value Engineering and Design
• EM 628 - Six Sigma Quality Planning
• EM 639 - Achieving Optimal Operations
• IE 615 - Transportation and Distribution
• IE 643 - Reliability and Maintainability
• IE 682 - Advanced System Simulation
• LG 663 - Logistics in Acquisition and Manufacturing

Foundation Courses (15 credits)

For candidates without a B.S.I.E. degree from an ABET-accredited institution, or equivalent, the program is 45 credits, and requires additional foundation courses, up to 15 credits.

• IE 601 - Introduction to Operations Research/Management Science
• IE 607 - Probability Theory
• IE 609 - Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
• IE 651 - Human Engineering I
• IE 655 - Manufacturing Analysis