The following is designed to help you, the industrial engineering student, to better understand not only what courses you will be taking, but what those courses really involve. If you have any questions, please contact your faculty advisor.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE)
Freshman Year
| Fall Semester general engineering | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| CH101 | Chemistry, A Molecular Science 1 | 3 |
| CH102 | General Chemistry Lab 1 | 1 |
| E101 | Intro to Engineering & Problem Solving 1 | 1 |
| E115 | Introduction to Computing Environments | 1 |
| ENG101 | Academic Writing and Research 1 | 4 |
| MA141 | Calculus I 1 | 4 |
| PE10 * | Fitness and Wellness Course * | 1 |
| Total Credits: | 15 | |
Sophomore Year
| Fall Semester | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| ISE135 | Computer Modeling for Engineers 6 | 3 |
| become a Python guru and study BIG DATA | ||
| MSE200 | Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials | 3 |
| MA242 | Calculus III | 4 |
| PY208/PY209 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists II and Lab | 4 |
| ST371 | Intro to Probability & Distribution Theory | 3 |
| Total Credits: | 17 | |
Junior Year
Senior Year
| Fall Semester | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| ISE311 | Engineering Economic Analysis | 3 |
| ISE408 | Control of Production & Service Systems | 3 |
| optimize service systems | ||
| / ISE520 | Technical Elective 7 / Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement I 8 | 3 |
| ISE453 | Production Systems Design | 3 |
| design a facility | ||
| Ethics (GEP Requirement *) | 3 | |
| Total Credits: | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| ISE498 / ISE521 | Senior Design Project / Healthcare Systems Performance Improvement II 8 | 3 |
| work on an industry project | ||
| Technical Elective 7 | 3 | |
| Technical Elective 7 | 3 | |
| GEP Requirement * | 3 | |
| GEP Requirement * | 2-3 | |
| Total Credits: | 14-15 | |
| Minimum Credit Hours Required for Graduation: | 124 | |
Major/Program Requirements and Footnotes
1 For matriculation, courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
2 Must be completed with a grade of C- or higher.
3 Engineering science electives: CE 215, CE 313, MAE 201, MAE 208, MAE 214, or MAE 308.
4 Ethics elective: IDS 201, IDS 303, PHI 214, STS 214, STS 302, STS 304, STS 322, or STS 325.
5 Graduation requirements include: (a) 2.0 overall GPA, or higher, on all courses attempted at NCSU, and (b) a GPA of 2.0 or higher in the major (all courses bearing the ISE-designation) OR a grade of C- or higher in each ISE course used to satisfy the requirements in the major.
6 ISE/TE110 must be completed with a C or better.
7 For the current list of the technical electives, go to our Approved ISE Technical Electives page.
8 To earn a Health Systems Engineering Certificate, students will take ISE 520 as a technical elective and ISE 521 instead of ISE 498.
* General Education Program (GEP) requirements: 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 https://oucc.dasa.ncsu.edu/general-education-program-gep/gep-course-lists-2/.
- One fitness and wellness course (any PE 100-level course).
- One additional credit hour of PE activity courses.
HUMANITIES – 6 credits to be selected in two different disciplines (two different course prefixes) from the approved GEP Humanities list.
SOCIAL SCIENCES – 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 3 credit hours of the 6 credit hours needed to fulfill the GEP Social Sciences requirement.
ADDITIONAL BREADTH – 3 credits to be selected from the approved GEP Humanities, Social Sciences or Visual and Performing Arts lists.
INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES – 5 credits to be selected from the approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives list. Ethics course taken as part of the Major requirements satisfies 3 credit hours of the 5-6 credit hours needed to fulfill the GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives requirement.
Co-requisites: U.S. Diversity and Global Knowledge co-requisites must be satisfied to complete the General Education requirements. Choose course(s) that are identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the U.S. Diversity and Global Knowledge co-requisites.
Foreign Language proficiency at the FL_102 level will be required for graduation.