BS in Industrial Engineering- Engineering Management Concentration

The Department of Industrial Engineering offers program leading to BS degree in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) with an Engineering Management Concentration.

The Department of Industrial Engineering offers program leading to BS degree in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) with an Engineering Management Concentration. The program integrates business and management knowledge into an engineering curriculum to prepare engineers for leadership roles in technology-based organizations. The Industrial Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.

Educational Objectives

Within the first several years following graduation from the Industrial Engineering program, graduates are expected to be:

  1. Working as professionals by adding value in any one of the following sectors:
    • Service
    • Government
    • Consulting
    • Retail
    • Manufacturing
  2. Pursuing or holding a graduate degree and/or developing professionally through continuing education, licensure, certification and seminars in a new area or their chosen areas of expertise.

Outcomes:

Students who qualify for graduation in the Industrial Engineering program will have demonstrated the following:

  1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
  2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
  3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
  5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
  6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
  7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Curriculum

Students enrolled in BSIE – Engineering Management Concentration program are required to complete 128 course credits.

Plan of Study

Freshman Year
Fall Credit Hours
EGN 114 Global Challenges Addressed by Engineering and Technology 3
WRS 105 First-Year Writing I 3
MTH 151 Calculus I for Engineers 5
PHY 221 University Physics I 3
  Credit Hours 14
Spring
EGN 123 Computing and Digital Solutions for the future 3
ECO 211 or 212 Principles of Microeconomics
or Principles of Macroeconomics		 3
MTH 162 Calculus II 4
PHY 222

University Physics II

 3
PHY 224 University Physics II Lab 1
WRS 107 First-Year Writing II: STEM 3
  Credit Hours 17
Sophomore Year
Fall
ISE 201 Work Design Systems 3
AH Cognate (AH Elective) 1 3
BSL 212 or BUS 202 Introduction to Business Law and Ethics
or Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business		 3
MTH 210 Introduction to Linear Algebra 3
PHY 223 University Physics III 3
PHY 225 University Physics III Lab 1
  Credit Hours 16
Spring
AH Cognate (AH Elective) 1 3
CHM 151 Chemistry for Engineers 3
CHM 153 Chemistry Laboratory for Engineers 1
CAE 210, ECE 205,

or MAE 303

 Mechanics of Solids I

or Principles of Electrical Engineering–I
or Thermodynamics I

 3
MTH 311 Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations 3
ISE 224 Python for Engineers 3
  Credit Hours 16
Junior Year
Fall
AH Cognate (Advanced AH Elective) 1 3
ISE 310 Introduction to Engineering Probability 3
ISE 351 Safety and Ethics in Engineering 3
ISE 380 Engineering Economic Analysis 3
ISE 441 Deterministic Models in Operations Research 3
PS Cognate (PS Elective) 1 3
  Credit Hours 18
Spring
PS Cognate (Advanced PS Elective) 1 3
ISE 312 Foundations of Data Analysis 3
ISE 363 Project Management for Engineers 3
ISE 406 Computer-Aided Manufacturing 3
ISE 442 Stochastic Models in Operations Research 3
PS Cognate (Advance PS Elective)1 3
  Credit Hours 18
Senior Year
Fall
ISE 465 Inventory and Supply Chain Management 3
ISE 512 Quality Management Systems 3
ISE 547 Simulation Modeling and Systems Analysis 3
ISE 557 Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering 3
ISE 571 Engineering Entrepreneurship 3
  Credit Hours 15
Spring
ISE 494 Senior Design Project 3
ISE 516 Introduction to Applied Data Analytics 3
ISE 524 Decision Support Systems in Industrial Engineering 3
ISE 568 Facilities Planning and Logistics 3
ISE 570 Engineering Management 3
ISE 572 Management of Technological Innovation 3
  Credit Hours 18
  Total Credit Hours 128

1To be selected from lists approved People and Society (PS)/Arts and Humanities (AH) (or applicable cognates). Students take a minimum of 3 courses (9 credit hours) in AH cognate and 3 courses in PS cognate (9 credit hours).

Note: Failure to follow the plan of study may result in a delay in your graduation.

Undergraduate Enrollment and Graduation Statistics

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