Industrial Engineering, MS

Master of Science - Thesis Option

General Information

A minimum of 30 semester hours, including a thesis, are required for the degree of Master of Science.  Required thesis semester credit hours vary with each department.  All applicants should contact their departmental or interdisciplinary program graduate advisor for information on variations in the semester hour requirements for the Master of Science degree.  All students selecting the thesis option must satisfactorily defend the thesis in the presence of the thesis committee prior to its acceptance.

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (MSIE)

Specific Requirements for the MSIE Degree

• 30 semester hours of approved graduate courses are required for the MSIE degree.  This includes 21 hours of course work, 3  hours of research, and 6 hours of thesis.
• These requisite degree program hours are in addition to any leveling courses.

Mandatory Core Courses:

• INDE 6333 - Probability Stat For Engineers Credit Hours: 3.0
• INDE 6372 - Advanced Linear Optimization Credit Hours: 3.0
• INDE 6111 - Graduate Seminar Credit Hours: 1.0
• INDE 6359 - Engineering Communication I Credit Hours: 3.0 (required for non-English speakers having Verbal GRE score of less than 33 percentile, must be taken during the first semester)

Elective Core Courses: 3 courses (Must choose at least one course from each of the three categories)

Category 1

• INDE 6322 - Occupational Safety Engineerng Credit Hours: 3.0
• INDE 6337 - Human Factors Syst Dsgn Credit Hours: 3.0
• INDE 6365 - Engineering Economy II Credit Hours: 3.0

Category 2

• INDE 6336 - Reliability Engineering Credit Hours: 3.0
• INDE 6363 - Statistical Process Control Credit Hours: 3.0
• INDE 6370 - Operation Research-Digital Simulation Credit Hours: 3.0

Category 3

• INDE 6361 - Prod Planning & Invent Control Credit Hours: 3.0
• INDE 6383 - Engineering Design and Prototyping Credit Hours: 3.0
• INDE 7390 - Supply Chain Management Credit Hours: 3.0

Elective Courses (IE or non-IE): 2 courses

Masters Research (INDE 6398 : 3 hours

Masters Thesis (INDE 6399   and  INDE 7399 : 6 hours