Industrial engineering is concerned with the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, and equipment, drawing upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems. Industrial engineers are in demand by a wide variety of industries ranging from manufacturing, transportation, service, health, and government.
The curriculum requires 130 hours for graduation. A curriculum revision was pending at the time of publication. See the departmental adviser (154 MEB, 244-0458) for more information.
| First year | |
|---|---|
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
| 4 | CHEM 101--General Chemistry |
| 0 | ENG 100--Engineering Lecture |
| 3 | G E 103--Engineering Graphics and Design |
| 5 | MATH 120--Calculus and Analytic Geometry, I |
| 1 | M E 199--Undergraduate Open Seminar |
| 4 | RHET 105--Principles of Composition |
| 17 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 4 | CHEM 102--General Chemistry (Biological or Physical Version) |
| 3 | MATH 130--Calculus and Analytic Geometry, II |
| 2 | MATH 225--Introductory Matrix Theory |
| 4 | PHYCS 106--General Physics (Mechanics) |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 1 |
| 16 | Total |
| Second year | |
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
| 2 | C S 101--Introduction to Computing for Application to Engineering and Physical Science |
| 3 | MATH 242--Calculus of Several Variables |
| 4 | PHYCS 107--General Physics (Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism) |
| 4 | T A M 154--Analytical Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics) |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 1 |
| 16 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 1 | C S 110--Programming Laboratory |
| 3 | MATH 285--Differential Equations and Orthogonal Functions |
| 3 | M E 209--Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer |
| 4 | PHYCS 108--General Physics (Light, Sound, and the Structure of Matter) |
| 3 | T A M 221--Elementary Mechanics of Solids |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 1 |
| 17 | Total |
| Third year | |
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
| 3 | I E 230--Analysis of Data |
| 3 | I E 248/PSYCH 258--Introduction to Human Factors |
| 3 | I E 385--Operations Research, I |
| 4 | M E 231--Engineering Materials |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 1 |
| 16 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 4 | ECE 270--Introduction to Circuit Analysis |
| 3 | I E 210--Introduction to Operations Research |
| 3 | I E 232--Methods-Time Analysis |
| 0 | I E 291--Seminar |
| 3 | M E 285--Design for Manufacturability |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 1 |
| 16 | Total |
| Fourth year | |
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
| 3 | I E 235--Industrial Quality Control |
| 3 | I E 261--Facilities Planning and Design |
| 3 | I E 262--Production Planning and Control |
| 3 | Technical elective see footnote 2 |
| 3 | Elective in social sciences or humanities see footnote 1 |
| 2 | Free elective |
| 17 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 3 | I E 280--Senior Industrial Design Project see footnote 3 |
| 3 | I E 337--Economic Foundations of Quality Systems |
| 6 | Technical electives see footnote 2 |
| 3 | Free elective |
| 15 | Total |
footnote 1. Each student must satisfy the social sciences and humanities requirements of the College of Engineering. Students entering in fall 1994 or later must also satisfy the campus general education requirements for social sciences and humanities.
footnote 2. A total of 9 hours of technical electives from a departmentally approved list is required. A limit of 3 hours of this total can be from undergraduate independent study courses.
footnote 3. Satisfies the general education Composition II requirement.