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IMSE: Engineering Productivity
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
   

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (MSIE)

   
 

Program format and minimum requirements *

 

An entering M.S.I.E. student is expected to have proficiency in computer programming, linear programming and statistics. Students failing to meet these expectations may be required to take some prerequisite courses.


 

Thesis

Course work


Core Courses

9

12

Other IE Courses and Electives

15

18

Thesis

6

0

IE Seminar **

0

0


Total graduate credits

30

30


 
 

Required Core Courses


IMSE 641 - Statistical Process Control in Manufacturing

IMSE 780 - Methods of Operation Research I

IMSE 811 - Advanced Production and Inventory control

IMSE 888 - Research Methods in Industrial Engineering

To graduate, a student may receive at most one C in all of the core courses (no D’s or F’s are allowed). This may require some students to retake core courses.

 

*

Actual degree requirements will be summarized on an approved plan of study. Some general guidelines include:

 

At least 60 percent of classes must be above the 700 level

No more than 6 credit hours can be taken outside the IMSE department without prior permission

Courses in the IMSE department must be above the 600 level

Courses outside the department must be above the 500 level

No more than 6 hours can be taken at the 500 level.

**

Students on-campus are required to enroll in the graduate seminar each semester