Industrial engineering involves the design and analysis of systems that include people, equipment, and materials and their interactions and performance in the workplace. An industrial engineer collects this information and evaluates alternatives to make decisions that best advance the goals of the enterprise.
The program in industrial engineering offers students a base of traditional engineering courses, such as work design, human-machine systems, probability, statistics, and engineering economy, while emphasizing such contemporary areas as simulation modeling, engineering database systems, quality assurance, logistics and supply chain management, operations research, and facilities planning. Students integrate the knowledge acquired in these courses in a two-semester capstone design project.
Industrial engineers work in manufacturing firms, hospitals, banks, public utilities, transportation, government agencies, insurance companies, and construction firms. Among the projects they undertake are design and implementation of a computer-integrated supply chain or manufacturing system; facilities planning for a variety of industries; design of a robotics system in a manufacturing environment; long-range corporate planning; development and implementation of a quality-control system; simulation analyses to improve processes and make operational decisions; design of healthcare operations to enhance patient safety; and improve efficiency, productivity, and development of computer systems for information control.
More than 90 percent of department undergraduate students take advantage of the cooperative education program. Cooperative education assignments generally increase in level of responsibility as students gain theoretical and technical knowledge through their academic work. A sophomore might begin as a computer/data analyst evaluating the performance of a manufacturing system and progress to designing manufacturing engineering workstations by the senior year.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
University-Wide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Interpreting Culture (IC), Societies and Institutions (SI), and Differences and Diversity (DD) are not explicitly satisfied by required engineering courses. Students are responsible for satisfying these requirements with general electives.
Engineering
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Engineering | ||
| IE 2310 and IE 2311 | Introduction to Industrial Engineering and Recitation for IE 2310 | 4 |
| IE 3425 and IE 3426 | Engineering Database Systems and Recitation for IE 3425 | 4 |
| IE 4510 | Simulation Modeling and Analysis | 4 |
| IE 4516 | Quality Assurance | 4 |
| IE 4522 and IE 4523 | Human-Machine Systems and Lab for IE 4522 | 5 |
| IE 4525 | Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 4 |
| IE 4530 and IE 4531 | Manufacturing Systems and Techniques and Lab for IE 4530 | 5 |
| Industrial Engineering Capstone | ||
| MEIE 4701 | Capstone Design 1 | 1 |
| MEIE 4702 | Capstone Design 2 | 5 |
| Engineering Electives | ||
| Complete 8 semester hours of technical electives in the following subject areas: | 8 | |
CHME, CIVE, EECE, EMGT, ENSY, IE, ME, and MEIE | ||
| Supplemental Credit | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the engineering requirement: | 1 | |
| Engineering Probability and Statistics | ||
or MATH 3081 | Probability and Statistics | |
| 3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 3 | |
| Engineering Economy | ||
| 2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 2 | |
| Operations Research | ||
| 2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 2 | |
| Stochastic Modeling | ||
| 2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 2 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
| 3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 3 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1 | ||
Supporting Courses: Mathematics/Science
Complete all Mathematics/Science courses with a minimum of 30 semester hours.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Mathematics/Science | ||
| CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153 | General Chemistry for Engineers and Recitation for CHEM 1151 | 4 |
| MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 1342 | Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 2321 | Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 2341 | Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering | 4 |
| PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 | Physics for Engineering 1 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151 | 5 |
| Science Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 5 | |
| General Biology 1 and Lab for BIOL 1111 | ||
| General Biology 1 for Engineers and Lab for BIOL 1115 | ||
| Integrated Anatomy and Physiology 1 and Lab for BIOL 2217 | ||
| General Chemistry 2 and Lab for CHEM 1214 and Recitation for CHEM 1214 (and Lab for CHEM 1214) | ||
| Organic Chemistry 1 and Lab for CHEM 2311 and Recitation for CHEM 2311 | ||
| Physics for Engineering 2 and Lab for PHYS 1155 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1155 | ||
| Physics 1 and Lab for PHYS 1161 and Recitation for PHYS 1161 | ||
| Supplemental Credit | ||
| 3 semester hours from the following course count toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 3 | |
| Engineering Probability and Statistics | ||
or MATH 3081 | Probability and Statistics | |
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 1 | |
| Engineering Economy | ||
| 2 semester hours from the following course count toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 2 | |
| Operations Research | ||
| 2 semester hours from the following course count toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 2 | |
| Stochastic Modeling | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 1 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
Professional Development
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Professional Development | ||
| GE 1000 | Introduction to the Study of Engineering | 1 |
| ENCP 2000 | Introduction to Engineering Co-op Education | 1 |
| ENCP 3000 | Professional Issues in Engineering | 1 |
| Additional Required Courses | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement: | 1 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement: | 1 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1 | ||
Writing Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | ||
| A grade of C or higher is required: | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| ENGW 3302 | Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions | 4 |
| or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | |
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 28 SH of academic, nonremedial, nonrepetitive courses. | 28 | |
Program Requirement
137 total semester hours required
1 Students can substitute GE 1110 and GE 1111 for GE 1501 and 1502 in approved situations.
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||||
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| IE 2310 (WI) | 4 | ENCP 2000 | 1 | General Elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| IE 2311 | 0 | ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||
| IE 3425 | 4 | IE 3412 or MATH 3081 (AD) | 4 | ||||
| IE 3426 | 0 | IE 4512 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | Technical Elective | 4 | ||||
| Science Elective | 5 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | IE 4510 | 4 | MEIE 4701 (EI, WI, CE) | 1 | Co-op | ||
| IE 4515 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| IE 4516 | 4 | Technical Elective | 4 | ||||
| IE 4530 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 4531 | 1 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | ENCP 3000 | 1 | |||||
| IE 4520 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 4522 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 4523 | 1 | ||||||
| IE 4525 | 4 | ||||||
| MEIE 4702 (EI, WI, CE) | 5 | ||||||
| 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 137 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||||
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENCP 2000 | 1 | Co-op | Co-op | MATH 3081 (AD) | 4 | ||
| IE 2310 (WI) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| IE 2311 | 0 | ||||||
| IE 3425 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 3426 | 0 | ||||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | ||||||
| Science Elective | 5 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | General Elective | 4 | ||
| IE 4510 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| IE 4515 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 4530 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 4531 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | IE 4520 | 4 | ||||
| IE 4512 | 4 | IE 4522 | 4 | ||||
| IE 4516 | 4 | IE 4523 | 1 | ||||
| IE 4525 | 4 | MEIE 4702 (EI, WI, CE) | 5 | ||||
| MEIE 4701 (EI, WI, CE) | 1 | Technical Elective | 4 | ||||
| Technical Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 137 | |||||||
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | Vacation | 0 | Vacation | 0 |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||||
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| IE 2310 (WI) | 4 | ENCP 2000 | 1 | Vacation | 0 | Co-op | 0 |
| IE 2311 | 0 | IE 3412 or MATH 3081 (AD) | 4 | ||||
| IE 3425 | 4 | IE 4512 | 4 | ||||
| IE 3426 | 0 | MATH 2341 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| Science Elective | 5 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| IE 4510 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| IE 4515 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 4516 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENCP 3000 | 1 | MEIE 4701 (EI, CE, WI) | 1 | Co-op | 0 |
| IE 4520 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| IE 4525 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| IE 4530 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 4531 | 1 | ||||||
| Technical Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | IE 4522 | 4 | ||||
| IE 4523 | 1 | ||||||
| MEIE 4702 (EI, WI, CE) | 5 | ||||||
| General Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Technical Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 137 | |||||||
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | Vacation | 0 | Vacation | 0 |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||||
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENCP 2000 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Vacation | 0 |
| IE 2310 (WI) | 4 | ||||||
| IE 2311 | 0 | ||||||
| IE 3425 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 3426 | 0 | ||||||
| MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | ||||||
| Science Elective | 5 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | General Elective | 4 |
| IE 3412 or MATH 3081 (AD) | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| IE 4512 | 4 | ||||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | General Elective | 4 |
| IE 4510 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| IE 4515 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 4516 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 4530 | 4 | ||||||
| IE 4531 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| IE 4520 | 4 | IE 4522 | 4 | ||||
| IE 4525 | 4 | IE 4523 | 1 | ||||
| MEIE 4701 (EI, WI, CE) | 1 | MEIE 4702 (EI, WI, CE) | 5 | ||||
| General Elective | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| Technical Elective | 4 | Technical Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 18 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 137 | |||||||