Industrial growth has created unusual opportuni-ties for the industrial and systems engineer. Automation and emphasis on increased productivity coupled with higher levels of systems sophistication are providing demand for engineering graduates with broad interdisciplinary backgrounds. The industrial engineering option prepares for indus-trial practice in such areas as product design, process design, plant operation, production control, quality control, facilities plan-ning, work system analysis and evaluation, and economic analysis of operational sys-tems.
The systems engineering option emphasizes the integration of knowledge and technology from the engineering, biological and physical sciences to carry out the processes of description, analysis, synthesis and optimization in industrial and non-industrial settings. Students learn to define problems from a broad per-spective in which the contributions of individual com-ponents to a total mission are evident.
Students in both options are trained to use engi-neering principles to solve problems encountered in environments and situations that require a quantitative basis for decision making. Such decision making re-quires the application of economics, operations re-search, statistics, mathematics and engineering analysis, with dependence on the computer. The industrial engi-neering option equips the student for professional engineering practice while the systems engineering option prepares the student to analyze and design large-scale operations requiring diversified input. Both options provide the training necessary for graduate study.
Mission
The undergraduate program mission is to be na-tionally recognized, to attract top students and to pre-pare them for professional careers in industrial and systems engineering. The program emphasizes devel-opment of strong analytical abilities that are helpful in industrial settings and needs.
Educational Objectives
The department offers the Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Master of Engi-neering, Master of Science, the Engineer degree and Doctor of Philosophy.
Admission Requirements
The minimum requirements for admission to the baccalaureate program are an overall grade point aver-age of 2.0 and a 2.5 grade point average in the pre-engineering technical courses. Students who have not met these requirements at 60 hours may petition for admission on a probationary basis.
Each student is required to complete, with a grade of C or better, a composition course (or place out of it) and ENC 2210 Technical Writing and Business Com-munication.
A grade of C or better must be earned in each re-quired statistics course and each required course in the industrial and systems engineering department. Stu-dents earning less than a C must repeat the course as soon as possible. Statistics or department courses taken as electives do not fall under this rule.
Probation Policy
College policy dictates that a student whose upper division or university grade point average falls below 2.0 will be placed on academic probation. The student will be allowed two semesters in which to return to good academic standing.
Technical Electives
Normally, technical elective credit is restricted to approved courses in engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics and business. Provision is made for receiving up to three credits for approved co-op and internship experience, as part of the Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) sequence, for certain courses taken as part of advanced ROTC and for certain approved business courses.
CURRICULUM LEADING TO THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Critical Tracking Criteria:
Critical tracking courses for semesters 1-4 appear in bold; these courses must be completed with a GPA of 2.5 or better to qualify for unconditional admission.
Industrial Engineering Option
| FRESHMAN YEAR | |
| Semester 1 - Fall | Credits |
| If you do not place out of ENC 1101,take it in the fall. | |
| CHM 2045 General Chemistry1 (GE-P). | 3 |
| CHM 2045L General Chemistry Lab1 (GE-P) | 1 |
| MAC 2311 Analyt Geom & Calculus I2 (GE-M) | 4 |
| Humanities3 (GE) | 3 |
| ECO 2013 Macroeconomics3 (GE-S). | 3 |
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14 |
| Semester 2 - Spring | Credits |
| MAC 2312 Analyt Geom & Calculus 22 (GE-M) | 4 |
| ENC 2210 Technical Writing and Business Communication4. | 3 |
| Humanities3 (GE) | 3 |
| ECO 2023 Microeconomics3 (GE-S) | 3 |
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13 |
| SOPHOMORE YEAR | |
| Semester 3 - Fall | Credits |
| PHY 2048 Physics with Calculus A5 (GE-P) | 3 |
| PHY 2048L Lab for PHY 20485 (GE-P). | 1 |
| MAC 2313 Analyt Geom & Calculus 32 (GE-M) | 4 |
| Humanities or Social/Behavioral Sciences (GE-H or S). | 3 |
| CGS 2425 Computer Prog. for Engineers | 2 |
| CGS 2425L Laboratory for CGS 2425 (C++)6 | 1 |
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14 |
| Semester 4 - Spring | Credits |
| PHY 2049 Physics with Calculus 2 | 3 |
| PHY 2049L Laboratory for PHY 2049 | 1 |
| EGM 3311 Intro to Engineering Analysis
Or MAP 2302 Differential Equations |
3 |
| Engineering Graphics. | 2 |
| Financial Accounting. | 3 |
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12 |
| JUNIOR YEAR | |
| Semester 5 - Fall | Credits |
| STA 4321 Mathematical Statistics 1. | 3 |
| ESI 4567C Matrix & Numerical Methods. | 4 |
| EGM 2511 Engineering Mechanics - Statics. | 3 |
| EIN 4354 Engineering Economy | 3 |
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13 |
| Semester 6 - Spring | Credits |
| STA 4322 Mathematical Statistics 2 | 3 |
| EIN 4365 Facilities Planning and Materials Handling. | 3 |
| ESI 4312 Operations Research 1. | 3 |
| ESI 4221C Industrial Quality Control | 3 |
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12 |
| Semester 7 - Summer | Credits |
| EMA 3010 Materials. | 3 |
| EIN 3314C Work Design & Human Factors | 3 |
| ESI 4161C Industrial Applications – Microprocessors. | 4 |
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10 |
| SENIOR YEAR | |
| Semester 8 - Fall | Credits |
|
ESI 4313 Operations Research 2. |
3 |
| EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials | 3 |
| EML 3007 Thermodynamics (or EML 3100). | 3 |
| Technical Elective6. | 3 |
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12 |
| Semester 9 - Spring | Credits |
| EGM 3400 Engineering Mechanics- Dynamics
(or substitute)7 |
2 |
| ESI 4523 Industrial Systems Simulation | 3 |
| EIN 4333 Production & Inventory Control. | 4 |
| Technical Elective9. | 3 |
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12 |
| FIFTH YEAR | |
| Semester 10 - Fall | Credits |
| EEL 3003 Elements of Electrical Engineering. | 3 |
| Human Biosystems9,10 | 3 |
| EIN 4335 Product Systems Analysis & Design10 | 3 |
| Technical Elective8,9 | 4 |
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13 |
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Remarks: The accompanying roster of courses fulfills the requirements
necessary for the BS in Industrial and Systems
Engineering. The order in which these courses are taken may be varied provided
that prerequisite and other
requirements are not violated. The roster assumes certain levels of achievements
on the SAT II test.
Specific comments follow:
1. Students who do not score well enough on the chemistry portion of
the SAT II cannot enter CHM 2045. They should take
CHM 2040 in semester 1. Then in semester 2 they
should take CHM 2041 and CHM 2045L. Students in this program
should not take CHM 2046.
2. Students not scoring well enough on the mathe-matics portion of the
SAT II may not enter MAC 2311 directly; they should
take a lower level course such as MAC 1147. After
successful reme-diation, they may enter the calculus sequence: MAC
2311, 2312 and 2313.
Additional general remarks :
3. 15 credits have been designated in social/ behav-ioral sciences and
humanities. These 15 credits also satisfy a number of
curricular requirements, and students wishing
to minimize the total number of credits upon graduation should do so.
These re-quirements are:
* at least six credits in the humanities and at least six credits in
social/behavioral sciences with a total of 15 credits
between the two categories.
* six credits in international studies and diversity may be satisfied with humanities and so-cial/behavioral sciences courses.
* Gordon Rule requires 12 credits of course work that involves substantial
writing. Composition courses contribute to this
total; the remaining credits should be satisfied by social
and behav-ioral sciences and humanities courses. This
re-quirement must be met by graduation.
* acceptable course work in microeconomics: the sequence ECO 2013 and
2023, or the single course ECO 3101. These
courses are social and behavioral sciences, so they also
fulfill the cate-gory above. ECO 3101 should be deferred until
completion of EIN 4354 and ESI 4312.
4. Students scoring well on the appropriate portion of the SAT II may
be excused from the composi-tion course that is
prerequisite to ENC 2210.
5. Students with insufficient backgrounds in physics may be denied direct
entrance into PHY 2048. Students should take a
lower level course such as PHY 2020. After successful
remediation, they may enter the physics sequence: PHY 2048,
2048L, 2049 and 2049L.
6. The department requires the C++ language sec-tions CGS 2425 and CGS 2425L.
7. Students can substitute EGM 3401, or EIN 4321, or EML 4321 in place
of EGM 3400. Students must ensure that the
prerequisites of the substi-tuted course are met
or that the instructor has given permission.
8. The curriculum requires 10 credits of technical electives. Two credits
of engineering graphics are required. When EML
3023 is taken, one credit ac-crues to technical
electives. If ECO 3101, a four credit course, is used to satisfy the
microeconom-ics requirement, the extra credit accrues
to techni-cal electives. An adviser must approve the addi-tional
credits needed to bring the total up to 10.
9. The human biosystems requirement can be met with biological science
courses that have signifi-cant human content.
Adviser approval is required. General biology does
not fulfill this requirement.
10. The Integrated Product and Process Design pro-gram requires six
hours of course work and is of-fered as a sequence of
two three-credit courses during fall
and spring of the senior year. These two courses are pre-approved
substitutes for
tech-nical electives and for the capstone
course (senior design) EIN 4335.
Systems Engineering Option
Students in this curriculum
option should delete the following from the industrial engineering option:
| Financial Accounting. | 3 |
| EGM 3520 Mechanics of Materials | 3 |
| EIN 4365 Facilities Planning Materials. | 3 |
| 9 |
| EEL 4657 Linear Control Systems | 3 |
| Another adviser-approved EEL course. | 3 |
| ESI 4235 Stochastic Systems and Reliability Models | 3 |
| EIN 4355 Games and Economic Decision Models. | 3 |
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Students also must take EEL 3111, not EEL 3003. The technical electives must be very technical with at least six credits in a well-defined area.
Concurrent Degrees of Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Master of Business Administration
Many graduate engineers embark on the Master of Business Administration (MBA). The combination of a baccalaureate in engineering and the MBA is valuable means for managerial or executive positions. The Col-lege of Engineering, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Warrington College of Business Administration offer these concurrent de-grees.
An applicant for the combined curriculum must first be admitted to the department for the BSISE degree. After about 80 hours toward the BSISE (and completion of the required statistics courses and ESI 4567C) and with the encouragement and endorsement of the department, the student applies to the Warring-ton College of Business Administration. This graduate admission will be based on the student’s academic record as well as performance on the Graduate Man-agement Admissions Test (GMAT). The student must complete all details of the application before April, for the fall semester. International students must meet university requirements for the TOEFL.
A successful applicant may begin the MBA pro-gram only in the fall; EIN 3314, ESI 4312, 4313 and 4523 must be completed before this time. Students also are expected to gain work experience through intern-ships or co-ops.
The concurrent curriculum is intended for superior students. Students receive two degrees that are fully equivalent to the degrees if taken separately. The con-current curriculum contains all program requirements of both degrees, but owing to the complementary na-ture of the two disciplines, entrants are relieved of certain course requirements. The following courses may be deleted from the BSISE curriculum: