When looking to earn your MS in IE please keep the following information in mind:
| Thesis Option | Project | Course Only | |
| IE Core | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| IE Electives | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| Technical Electives | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Thesis | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Seminar | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 32 | 32 | 32 |
Industrial Engineering Core Courses
IE 516 Statistical Methods in Industrial Engineering
IE 518 Advanced Engineering Economic Analysis
IE 522 Optimization Methods in Industrial Engineering
Seminar
IE 550 Graduate Seminar (2 credit hours)
Industrial Engineering Elective Courses
IE 515 Advanced Production and Inventory Systems
IE 517 Reliability Engineering
IE 526 Advanced Applications of Systems Modeling and Simulation
IE 527 Lean Production Systems
IE 552 Advanced Linear Programming
Other IE Graduate Courses (e.g. 600 level courses) selected with major professor
Technical Electives
The 6 credit hours of technical electives must be selected in consultation with the Major Professor (chair of Committee). Areas for these electives typically include computer science, mathematics and statistics, but other relevant areas are acceptable.
Thesis: IE 500
An M.S. student who chooses the thesis option must be registered for IE 500 each semester, during the time work on the thesis is in progress, with a minimum of 3 hours the semester in which the thesis is accepted by the Graduate School. A total of six hours of IE 500 is required for the thesis option. After receiving the master’s degree, a student is no longer permitted to register for IE 500.
Industrial Engineering Design (Capstone) Project: IE 501
This is a three-credit hour project that emphasizes the integration of theory, concepts, and procedures in several areas of industrial engineering, including, but not limited to, engineering economy, inventory and production control, operations research, and manufacturing processes. The student’s creativity and ability to apply this material will be of fundamental importance to succeed in this course. Details regarding the IE Design (Capstone) Project are listed in the appendix of Section 5.1.
Minor in Statistics
A minor in statistics under the Intercollegiate Graduate Statistics Program (IGSP) is available in the Master of Science program with a major in industrial engineering. Six semester course hours in approved courses in statistics, in addition to program core course IE 516 (Statistical Method in Industrial Engineering), are required to complete the minor. The minor program in statistics is directed within the department. Students interested in adding this minor to their graduate program should consult with their major professor.
For more information about the departmental policy regarding our graduate program, please check the Graduate Handbook.