Master of Industrial Engineering (M.I.E.)
Degree Requirements

General Requirements

A minimum of 33 credit hours is required, of which at least 21 hours must be in Industrial Engineering courses. At least 27 hours of the 33 must be at the 500-level or above, and at least one 700- or 800-level IE course must be included in the Plan of Graduate Work. Project work for the degree is optional; up to 6 hours of credit for IE 677 (Industrial Engineering Projects) may be allowed toward the degree. As a breadth requirement, the student must elect one course from four of the five breadth requirement groups in IE plus one course from Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics, for a total of 15 credit hours. No more than 6 hours of 400-level coursework are permitted on the Plan of Graduate Work from outside the Department of Industrial Engineering.

Breadth Requirement (15 hours)

This requirement is met by selecting:

• one course from four of the following groups in the Breadth Requirement Course Listing (12 credit hours):
• Economic Analysis and Decision Making
• Human Factors and Ergonomics
• Manufacturing Systems
• Production Systems
• Systems Analysis and Optimization
• one course from group F (Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics) in the Breadth Requirement Course Listing.

For students with an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering, these breadth requirements should be discussed with the Director of Graduate Programs.

Minor Requirements

There is no minor; however, the student may elect a “concentration” from another department.

Project Work

Project work is optional. Credit may be allowed, for example, for work pursued during a co-op experience. Proposals for project work should be prepared using the form shown in the Appendix G, and must be reviewed and approved by the student’s degree advisor. It is recommended that all project work should be documented in a formal report with properly listed references, abstract, etc. Such efforts should represent scholarly work above and beyond that done for other purposes, such as course term papers. M.I.E. students must register for IE 677 (or IE 589) in order to obtain course credit toward the degree for project work.

Contact Information: For more information please contact Ms. Cecilia Chen, Student Services Assistant.

Graduate Curricula

Master of Industrial Engineering (M.I.E.)

Master of Science (M.S.)

Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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