Curriculum | Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

• A fundamental study of molecular bonding, structure, and reactivity. Principles of atomic structure, ionic and covalent bonding, reaction energetics, intermolecular forces, precipitation reactions, acid/base reactions, oxidation/reduction processes, and introductions to organic and inorganic chemistry.
• Hours: 3

Corequisites

• CH 102  General Chemistry Lab

Prerequisite for

• MSE 200  Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials
• MSE 201 MSE 201 Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials
• ISE 316  Manufacturing Engineering I – Processes

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• Introduction to basic laboratory equipment and skills.
• Hours: 1

Corequisites

• CH 101  Chemistry, A Molecular Science

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• An introduction to the NC State computing system, and to student-owned computing resources. Includes topics such as maintaining your own computer, learning about campus-based computing resources and applications (how to access and use them), ethics and professionalism in the use of computing resources, introduction to web development and other campus resources.
• Hours: 1

Prerequisite for

• ISE 135  Computer Modeling for Engineers
• ISE 352  Fundamentals of Human-Machine Systems Design
• ISE 361  Deterministic Models in Industrial Engineering (CP)
• ISE 408 Control of Production and Service Systems (CP)
• ISE 441  Introduction to Simulation (CP)
• ISE 453 Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chains (CP)
• ISE 498 Senior Design Project

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• Intensive instruction in academic writing and research. Basic principles of rhetoric and strategies for academic inquiry and argument. Instruction and practice in critical reading, including the generative and responsible use of print and electronic sources for academic research. Exploration of literate practices across a range of academic domains, laying the foundation for further writing development in college. Continued attention to grammar and conventions of standard written English. Successful completion of ENG 101 requires a C- or better. Credit for ENG 101 is not allowed if the student has already fulfilled the first-year writing requirement.
• Hours: 4

• The first of three semesters in a calculus sequence for science and engineering majors. Functions, graphs, limits, derivatives, rules of differentiation, definite integrals, fundamental theorem of calculus, applications of derivatives and integrals. Use of computation tools. Credit is not allowed for more than one of MA 141, MA 131, or MA 121.
• Hours: 4

Prerequisite for

• ECE 331 Principles of Electrical Engineering
• ISE 135 Computer Modeling for Engineers
• ISE 352 Fundamentals of Human-Machine Systems Design
• ISE 361  Deterministic Models in Industrial Engineering (CP)
• ISE 362 Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering (CP)
• ISE 408 Control of Production and Service Systems (CP)
• ISE 441  Introduction to Simulation (CP)
• ISE 453 Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chains (CP)
• ISE 498 Senior Design Project
• ISE 521  Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement II
• MA 241  Calculus II
• MA 242  Calculus III
• MA 303 Linear Analysis
• MA 341 Applied Differential Equations I
• PY 205  Physics for Engineers and Scientists I
• PY 208  Physics for Engineers and Scientists II

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• Fitness and wellness courses focus on the fundamentals of health-based fitness, encompassing cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, muscular flexibility, and body composition. Students will apply these fundamental fitness principles in a variety of activities depending on the selected course. Undergraduate students are required to complete two credit hours from this selection of courses.
  • One fitness and wellness course (any Health and Exercise Studies 100-level course).
  • One additional credit hour of Health and Exercise Studies activity courses.
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• Hours: 1

• The second of three semesters in a calculus sequence for science and engineering majors. Techniques and applications of integration, elementary differential equations, sequences, series, power series, and Taylor’s Theorem. Use of computational tools.
• Hours: 4

Prerequisites

• MA 141  Calculus I with a grade of C- or better or AP Calculus credit.

Prerequisite for

• ISE 361  Deterministic Models in Industrial Engineering (CP)
• ISE 362 Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering (CP)
• ISE 408 Control of Production and Service Systems (CP)
• ISE 441  Introduction to Simulation (CP)
• ISE 453 Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chains (CP)
• ISE 498 Senior Design Project
• ISE 521  Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement II
• MA 242  Calculus III
• MA 303 Linear Analysis
• MA 341 Applied Differential Equations I

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• The first semester of a two-semester sequence in introductory physics, with coordinated problem-solving experiences. A calculus-based study of mechanics, sound and heat. Credit not allowed for more than one of PY 205, PY 201, and PY 211.
• Hours: 3

Corequisites

• PY 206  Physics for Engineers and Scientists I Lab. Add both PY 205 and PY 206 to your shopping cart and then enroll simultaneously

Prerequisites

• MA 141  Calculus I with a grade of C- or better or MA 241PL.

Prerequisite for

• ECE 331 Principles of Electrical Engineering
• PY 208  Physics for Engineers and Scientists II

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• Laboratory course to accompany the PY 205 lecture course. A calculus-based study of mechanics, sound and heat.
• Hours: 1

Corequisites

• PY 205  Physics for Engineers and Scientists I. Add both PY 205 and PY 206 to your shopping cart and then enroll simultaneously.

Prerequisites

• MA 141  Calculus I with a grade of C- or better or MA 241PL.

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• ISE PRO TIP: Become a Python guru and learn about Big DATA!
• An introductory course in computer-based modeling and programming using Python for Engineering Applications. Emphasis on algorithm development and engineering problem-solving. Methodical development of Python scripts to link with Microsoft Excel using xlwings plugin through proper specifications; documentation, style; control structures; data types and data abstraction; graphical user interface design. Projects: design problems from industrial engineering systems. Functional relationships will be given and programs will be designed and developed from a list of specifications.
• Hours: 3

Prerequisites

• E 115  Introduction to Computing Environments
• MA 141  Calculus I

Prerequisite for

• ISE 352  Fundamentals of Human-Machine Systems Design
• ISE 361  Deterministic Models in Industrial Engineering (CP)
• ISE 408 Control of Production and Service Systems (CP)
• ISE 441  Introduction to Simulation (CP)
• ISE 453 Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chains (CP)
• ISE 498 Senior Design Project
• ISE 521  Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement II

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• The third of three semesters in a calculus sequence for science and engineering majors. Vectors, vector algebra, and vector functions. Functions of several variables, partial derivatives, gradients, directional derivatives, maxima and mimima. Multiple integration. Line and surface integrals, Green’s Theorem, Divergence Theorems, Stokes’ Theorem, and applications. Use of computational tools.
• Hours: 4

Prerequisites

• MA 141  Calculus I
• MA 241  Calculus II with a grade of C- or better or AP Calculus credit, or Higher Level IB credit.

Prerequisite for

• ISE 361 Deterministic Models in Industrial Engineering (CP)
• ISE 362 Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering (CP)
• ISE 408 Control of Production and Service Systems (CP)
• ISE 441  Introduction to Simulation (CP)
• ISE 453  Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chains (CP)
• ISE 498  Senior Design Project
• ISE 521  Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement II
• MA 303 Linear Analysis
• MA 341 Applied Differential Equations I

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• An introduction to the atomic and grain structure of structural materials emphasizing the mechanical properties. Effects of mechanical and heat treatments on structure and properties. Fatigue and creep of materials, fracture toughness, mechanical and non-destructive evaluation, effects of environment. Design considerations, characteristics of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. Not for Materials majors.
• Hours: 3

Prerequisites

• CH 101  Chemistry, A Molecular Science with a grade of C- or better

Prerequisite for

• ISE 315  Computer-aided Manufacturing
• ISE 316  Manufacturing Engineering I – Processes

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• The second semester of a two-semester sequence in introductory physics. A calculus-based study of electricity, magnetism, optics and modern physics. Credit not allowed for more than one of PY 208,PY 202, and PY 212.
• Hours: 3

Corequisites

• PY 209  Physics for Engineers and Scientists II Lab

Prerequisites

• MA 141  Calculus I
• PY 205  Physics for Engineers and Scientists I with grade of C- or better
• MA 241  Calculus II with grade of C- or better

Prerequisite for

• ECE 331  Principles of Electrical Engineering
• MAE 201 Engineering Thermodynamics

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• Laboratory course to accompany the PY 208 lecture course. A calculus-based study of electricity, magnetism, optics and modern physics.
• Hours: 1

Corequisites

• PY 208  Physics for Engineers and Scientists II

Prerequisites

• PY 205  Physics for Engineers and Scientists I with a grade of C- or better
• MA 241  Calculus II with a grade of C- or better

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• Basic concepts of probability and distribution theory for students in the physical sciences, computer science and engineering. Provides the background necessary to begin study of statistical estimation, inference, regression analysis, and analysis of variance.
• Hours: 3

Corequisites

• MA 242  Calculus III

Prerequisites

• MA 141 Calculus I
• MA 241  Calculus II

Prerequisite for

• ISE 352 Fundamentals of Human-Machine Systems Design
• ISE 362 Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering (CP)
• ISE 408  Control of Production and Service Systems (CP)
• ISE 498  Senior Design Project
• ISE 521  Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement II
• ST 372  Introduction to Stat Inference and Regression

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• This is an 8-week course. An introductory engineering graphics course that builds on the foundations of computer-aided 2D sketching and 3D modeling for industrial engineers. Students will develop and refine their ability to communicate designs via modeling techniques prolific in industry. The concurrent nature of ideation, engineering analysis and manufacturing will be emphasized as students review case studies and develop their own models. The constraint-based design will drive strategies that accurately reflect design intent and promote part family relationships and automation. Students will work in small teams to create a mechanism that must achieve certain functional criteria. ISE majors have priority registration for this course.
• You may also take GC 120 Foundations of Graphics
• Hours: 1

Corequisites

• ISE 216  Product Development and Rapid Prototyping

Prerequisites

• E 115  Introduction to Computing Environments

Prerequisite for

• ISE 315 Computer-aided Manufacturing

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• ISE PRO TIP: Learn about product development
• An introduction to product development and prototyping. Team-based development of a new product during the semester. Specific topics are the voice of the customer, product specification and parameter specification, Quality Function Deployment and the House of Quality, concept generation, concept selection, detailed design using SolidWorks, prototyping, design for assembly, design for the environment, and intellectual properties and patents. Team presentations of a functional prototype of their product at the end of the semester.
• Hours: 3

Corequisites

• ISE 215  Introduction to Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

Prerequisite for

• ISE 316 Manufacturing Engineering I – Processes

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

ISE PRO TIP: The fifth semester is the starting point for customizing your BSIE curriculum. Here you will select either ISE 352 or ISE 443, depending on your preferences or course availability. If you choose ISE 352, you will take ISE 443 in semester six or vice versa.

ISE 352 Fundamentals of Human-Machine Systems Design

• ISE PRO TIP: Design safe and efficient processes
• An introduction to work methods and ergonomics. Coverage of methods to improve operator performance and production process efficiency. Techniques include project evaluation and review, operator-machine ratios, line balancing, work sampling, time study, wage payment, and pre-determined time systems. The ergonomics component includes workstation and hand-tool design, and methods for designing cognitive work and work environment.
• Hours: 3

Prerequisites

• E 115 Introduction to Computing Environments
• ISE 135  Computer Modeling for Engineers with a grade of C or better
• MA 141 Calculus I
• ST 371  Introduction to Probability and Distribution Theory with a grade of C- or better

ISE 443 Quality Control

• ISE PRO TIP: Stop bad products before they are shipped
• This course intends to provide a comprehensive treatment on the use of quantitative modeling for decision making and best practices in the service industries. The goal of this class is to teach students to able to identify, understand, and analyze services; and acquire the quantitative skills necessary to model key decisions and performance metrics associated with services. Students will be exposed both to classical and contemporary examples of challenges and opportunities that arise when working in the service sector.
• Hours: 3

Prerequisites

• ST 371  Introduction to Probability and Distribution Theory
• ST 372  Introduction to Stat Inference and Regression

Prerequisite for

• ISE 398  Lean Six Sigma for Industrial Engineers
• ISE 498  Senior Design Project
• ISE 521  Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement II

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• This is an 8-week course. Introduction to the principles of modern-day multi-axis machine tool control, using computer-aided manufacturing [CAM] software tools. Emphasis is placed on transferring part geometry from CAD to CAM, for the development of CNC-ready programs. Industry file formats, machining strategies, G & M-code generation, optimization and verification techniques will also be investigated. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate proficiency in the use of industry-relevant CAD/CAM software and will be able to extend that knowledge to practice through exercises and projects. The use of CNC machine tools will be introduced and demonstrated in the department’s physical lab spaces. ISE majors have priority registration for this course.
• Hours: 1

Corequisites

• ISE 316  Manufacturing Engineering I – Processes

Prerequisites

• E 115  Introduction to Computing Environments
• ISE 215  Introduction to Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• ISE PRO TIP: Learn to make cool stuff
• The analytical study and design of manufacturing engineering with emphasis on mfg. and processes. Addresses the interaction of design, materials, and processing. Laboratory instruction and hands-on experience in metrology, machining, process planning, economic justification, and current mfg. methodologies.
• Hours: 3

Corequisites

• ISE 315  Computer-aided Manufacturing

Prerequisites

• CH 101  Chemistry, A Molecular Science
• ISE 216  Product Development and Rapid Prototyping
• MSE 200  Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials
• MSE 201 Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

ISE PRO TIP: The sixth semester continues to allow you to customize your BSIE curriculum. Here you will select either ISE 352 or ISE 443. If you chose ISE 352 in your fifth semester, you will now take ISE 443 or vice versa.

ISE 352 Fundamentals of Human-Machine Systems Design

• ISE PRO TIP: Design safe and efficient processes
• An introduction to work methods and ergonomics. Coverage of methods to improve operator performance and production process efficiency. Techniques include project evaluation and review, operator-machine ratios, line balancing, work sampling, time study, wage payment, and pre-determined time systems. The ergonomics component includes workstation and hand-tool design, and methods for designing cognitive work and work environment.
• Hours: 3

Prerequisites

• E 115 Introduction to Computing Environments
• ISE 135  Computer Modeling for Engineers with a grade of C or better
• MA 141 Calculus I
• ST 371  Introduction to Probability and Distribution Theory with a grade of C- or better

ISE 443 Quality Control

• ISE PRO TIP: Stop bad products before they are shipped
• This course intends to provide a comprehensive treatment on the use of quantitative modeling for decision making and best practices in the service industries. The goal of this class is to teach students to able to identify, understand, and analyze services; and acquire the quantitative skills necessary to model key decisions and performance metrics associated with services. Students will be exposed both to classical and contemporary examples of challenges and opportunities that arise when working in the service sector.
• Hours: 3

Prerequisites

• ST 371  Introduction to Probability and Distribution Theory
• ST 372  Introduction to Stat Inference and Regression

Prerequisite for

• ISE 398  Lean Six Sigma for Industrial Engineers
• ISE 498  Senior Design Project
• ISE 521  Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement II

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• Hours: 3

• Concepts, units and methods of analysis in electrical engineering. Analysis of d-c and a-c circuits, characteristics of linear and non-linear electrical devices; principles of operational amplifiers; transformers; motors; and filters.
• Hours: 3

Prerequisites

• MA 141  Calculus I
• PY 205  Physics for Engineers and Scientists I
• PY 208  Physics for Engineers and Scientists II

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• Written communication in industrial and technical organizations, emphasizing internal communication with managers and technical personnel and including external communication with regulators, vendors, and clients. Intensive practice in writing; the relationship of writing to oral and visual communication. For students in engineering and other primarily technological curricula. Credit is not allowed for more than one of ENG 331, ENG 332, and ENG 333.
• Hours: 3

Prerequisite

• Junior standing

• Hours: 3

ISE 520  Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement I

• ISE PRO TIP: To earn a Health Systems Engineering Certificate, you will take this course, ISE 520, as a technical elective and ISE 521 instead of ISE 498.
• Methods used to improve the performance of health care delivery systems with an emphasis on patient care cost, access, and quality. Adaptation of lean and six-sigma to rapid and continuous health care systems improvement through organizational and process transformation. Fundamentals of scheduling, staffing, and productivity in health systems employing simulation and optimization. Health care policy and management.
• Hours: 3

Prerequisite

• Approved admission to the Health Systems Engineering Certificate Program
• E 115 Introduction to Computing Environments
• ISE 135 Computer Modeling for Engineers
• ISE 352  Fundamentals of Human-Machine Systems Design
• ISE 361  Deterministic Models in Industrial Engineering (CP)
• ISE 441  Introduction to Simulation (CP)
• MA 141 Calculus I
• MA 241 Calculus II
• MA 242 Calculus II
• MA 303 Linear Analysis
• MA 341 Applied Differential Equations I
• ST 371  Introduction to Probability and Distribution Theory
• ST 372  Introduction to Stat Inference and Regression

Prerequisite for

• ISE 521  Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement II

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.

• To complete the requirements for graduation and the General Education Program, the following credit hours and co-requisites must be satisfied. University approved GEP course lists for each category can be found at http://oucc.dasa.ncsu.edu/general-education-program/.
  • HUMANITIES – Six (6) credits to be selected in two different disciplines (two different course prefixes) from the approved GEP Humanities list.
  • SOCIAL SCIENCES – Three (3) credits to be selected in a discipline other than economics from the approved GEP Social Sciences list. EC 205 taken as part of the Major requirements satisfies three (3) credit hours of the six (6) credit hours needed to fulfill the GEP Social Sciences requirement.
  • ADDITIONAL BREADTH – Three (3) credits to be selected from the approved GEP Humanities, Social Sciences or Visual and Performing Arts lists.
  • INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES – Five (5) credits to be selected from the approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives list. Ethics course taken as part of the Major requirements satisfies three (3) credit hours of the five to six (5-6) credit hours needed to fulfill the GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives requirement.

• Hours: 3

Corequisites

• U.S. DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE co-requisites must be satisfied to complete the General Education requirements. Choose the course(s) that are identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the U.S. Diversity and Global Knowledge co-requisites.
• ISE PRO TIP: Starting in Fall 2022 the U.S. DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE course (now called U.S. DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION) will be a requirement not a co-requisite.
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY at the FL_102 level will be required for graduation.
• Get all of the GEP U.S. Diversity details at http://catalog.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/gep-category-requirements/gep-us-diversity/.
• Get all of the GEP Global Knowledge details at http://catalog.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/gep-category-requirements/gep-us-diversity/.

• To complete the requirements for graduation and the General Education Program, the following credit hours and co-requisites must be satisfied. University approved GEP course lists for each category can be found at http://oucc.dasa.ncsu.edu/general-education-program/.
  • HUMANITIES – Six (6) credits to be selected in two different disciplines (two different course prefixes) from the approved GEP Humanities list.
  • SOCIAL SCIENCES – Three (3) credits to be selected in a discipline other than economics from the approved GEP Social Sciences list. EC 205 taken as part of the Major requirements satisfies three (3) credit hours of the six (6) credit hours needed to fulfill the GEP Social Sciences requirement.
  • ADDITIONAL BREADTH – Three (3) credits to be selected from the approved GEP Humanities, Social Sciences or Visual and Performing Arts lists.
  • INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES – Five (5) credits to be selected from the approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives list. Ethics course taken as part of the Major requirements satisfies three (3) credit hours of the five to six (5-6) credit hours needed to fulfill the GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives requirement.

• Hours: 3

Corequisites

• U.S. DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE co-requisites must be satisfied to complete the General Education requirements. Choose the course(s) that are identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the U.S. Diversity and Global Knowledge co-requisites.
• ISE PRO TIP: Starting in Fall 2022 the U.S. DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE course (now called U.S. DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION) will be a requirement not a co-requisite.
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY at the FL_102 level will be required for graduation.
• Get all of the GEP U.S. Diversity details at http://catalog.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/gep-category-requirements/gep-us-diversity/.
• Get all of the GEP Global Knowledge details at http://catalog.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/gep-category-requirements/gep-us-diversity/.

• To complete the requirements for graduation and the General Education Program, the following credit hours and co-requisites must be satisfied. University approved GEP course lists for each category can be found at http://oucc.dasa.ncsu.edu/general-education-program/.
  • HUMANITIES – Six (6) credits to be selected in two different disciplines (two different course prefixes) from the approved GEP Humanities list.
  • SOCIAL SCIENCES – Three (3) credits to be selected in a discipline other than economics from the approved GEP Social Sciences list. EC 205 taken as part of the Major requirements satisfies three (3) credit hours of the six (6) credit hours needed to fulfill the GEP Social Sciences requirement.
  • ADDITIONAL BREADTH – Three (3) credits to be selected from the approved GEP Humanities, Social Sciences or Visual and Performing Arts lists.
  • INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES – Five (5) credits to be selected from the approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives list. Ethics course taken as part of the Major requirements satisfies three (3) credit hours of the five to six (5-6) credit hours needed to fulfill the GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives requirement.

• Hours: 3

Corequisites

• U.S. DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE co-requisites must be satisfied to complete the General Education requirements. Choose the course(s) that are identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the U.S. Diversity and Global Knowledge co-requisites.
• ISE PRO TIP: Starting in Fall 2022 the U.S. DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE course (now called U.S. DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION) will be a requirement not a co-requisite.
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY at the FL_102 level will be required for graduation.
• Get all of the GEP U.S. Diversity details at http://catalog.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/gep-category-requirements/gep-us-diversity/.
• Get all of the GEP Global Knowledge details at http://catalog.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/gep-category-requirements/gep-us-diversity/.

• Hours: 3

• This course leverages the Lean Six Sigma framework to analyze and solve problems as related to quality improvement projects. Students in this course will apply the Lean Six Sigma philosophy and goals to build problem-solving, analytical and technical skills while implementing successful change management techniques.
• Hours: 1

Prerequisite

• Senior standing
• ISE 443  Quality Control
• ST 371  Introduction to Probability and Distribution Theory
• ST 372  Introduction to Stat Inference and Regression

Prerequisite for

• ISE 498  Senior Design Project
• ISE 521  Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement II

ISE PRO TIP: This guide is a template and doesn’t have to be followed exactly. The BSIE is highly flexible so you can move courses around to fit your schedule. Talk with your advisor regularly about your progress.