Required Credit Hours/Tuition and Fees
- Thesis Option: 30
- Non-Thesis Option: 33
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Curriculum
The program offers both thesis and non-thesis options. The thesis option requires 30 credit hours; the non-thesis option requires 33 hours. Of the required 30 credit hours of the thesis option, at least 15 credit hours must be industrial engineering 500-level credit hours, excluding IE 599. At least 21 credit hours must be in industrial engineering courses, and up to six hours may be thesis credit. Of the required 33 hours of non-thesis option, at least 18 credit hours must be industrial engineering 500-level credit hours. At least 24 credit hours must be in industrial engineering courses. Students who choose the non-thesis option must either complete a research project, which has zero credit hours, or pass an exit exam focused on core courses in IE.
The specific program of study is selected by the student in consultation with and approved by the student’s advisor. All students are required to complete the program’s core courses: IE 465-Design and Control of Quality Systems, IE 483-Production Planning and Control, IE 500-Graduate Seminar in Industrial Engineering (0 credit hours), IE 515-Engineering Optimization Models, and IE 576-Advanced Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems. Students having completed these or similar courses as part of a baccalaureate degree may choose other courses in the same core area with the approval of their advisor.
Four areas of emphasis (systems optimization, manufacturing engineering design, enterprise and production control, and quality engineering) are currently being offered by the program. Students will be guided in thesis work by a thesis advisor with the assistance and concurrence of an advisory committee. The thesis topic will be selected from an area in industrial engineering and approved by the student’s advisor. Writing a thesis involves an intensive research effort and students are encouraged to initiate their thesis work early in the program, even before registering for any thesis credit. Upon the completion of the student’s research, a thesis defense will be conducted. In the non-thesis option, students must either complete a research project aor pass an exit exam focused on core courses in IE.
