Industrial Engineering and Business Administration, BSIE < Northeastern University Academic Catalog

The combined major in industrial engineering and business administration is designed to educate students in topics of both disciplines and the interface between them. 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. Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business offers students an opportunity to develop the skills needed to lead in today’s technologically driven business world. We deliver a curriculum that combines knowledge in technology and data analytics with human skills such as critical thinking, creativity, and an entrepreneurial mindset. Students in this program will combine the disciplines in order to address complex problems with robust analysis, implementation of technology, and strong leadership.

Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.

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.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

All NUpath requirements are satisfied by this combined major.

Industrial Engineering Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Required Engineering
IE 2310 and IE 2311	Introduction to Industrial Engineering and Recitation for IE 2310	4
IE 3412	Engineering Probability and Statistics	4
or MATH 3081	Probability and Statistics
IE 4510	Simulation Modeling and Analysis	4
IE 4512	Engineering Economy	4
IE 4515	Operations Research	4
IE 4516	Quality Assurance	4
IE 4520	Stochastic Modeling	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
Senior Capstone Design Project
MEIE 4701	Capstone Design 1	1
MEIE 4702	Capstone Design 2	5
Supplemental Credit
2 semester hours from the folllowing count toward the engineering requirement:		2
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1 ¹
3 semester hours from the following count toward the engineering requirement:		3
GE 1502	Cornerstone of Engineering 2 ¹

Business Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Required Business Courses
ACCT 1201	Financial Accounting and Reporting	4
ECON 1115	Principles of Macroeconomics	4
or ECON 1116	Principles of Microeconomics
INTB 1203	International Business and Global Social Responsibility	4
ORGB 3201	Organizational Behavior	4
STRT 4501	Strategy in Action	4
Required Business Elective
Complete one of the following:		4
ACCT 2301	Profit Analysis for Managers and Advisors
INNO 2301	Innovation!
MISM 2301	Introduction to Information Systems and Digital Technologies
MKTG 2201	Introduction to Marketing

Business Concentration

Complete one of the following business concentrations:

Supporting Courses: Mathematics/Science

Complete all mathematics/science courses with a minimum of 30 semester hours.

Course List
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
Supplemental Credit
1 semester hour from the following counts toward the mathematics/science requirement:		1
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1 ¹

Professional Development

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Professional Development
ENCP 2000	Introduction to Engineering Co-op Education	1
ENCP 3000	Professional Issues in Engineering	1
GE 1000	First-Year Seminar	1
Additional Required Courses
1 semester hour from the following counts toward the professional development requirement:		1
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1 ¹
1 semester hour from the following counts toward the professional development requirement:		1
GE 1502	Cornerstone of Engineering 2 ¹

Writing Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
A grade of C or higher is required in each course:
ENGW 1111	First-Year Writing	4
ENGW 3302	Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions	4
or ENGW 3315	Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
or ENGW 3304	Advanced Writing in the Business Administration Professions

Required General Elective

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Complete 4 semester hours of academic, nonremedial, nonrepetitive courses. It is recommended to select a course that fulfills the NUpath DD requirement.		4

Integrative Course

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
This course is already required above and also fulfills the integrative requirement:
MEIE 4702	Capstone Design 2

Major GPA Requirement

2.000 minimum GPA required in IE, ME, MEIE, and business courses

Program Requirement

136 total semester hours required

¹: Students can substitute Engineering Design (GE 1110) and Engineering Problem Solving and Computation (GE 1111) for Cornerstone of Engineering 1 (GE 1501) and Cornerstone of Engineering 2 (GE 1502).

Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/ Summer 1

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
ACCT 1201	4	INTB 1203	4	ENGW 1111	4	MATH 2341 and MATH 2342	4
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153	4	GE 1502	4	MATH 2321	4	ECON 1115	4
GE 1000	1	MATH 1342	4
GE 1501	4	PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153	5
MATH 1341	4
	17		17		8		8
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Business bucket core	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	ENGW 3302, 3315, or 3304	4
ENCP 2000	1					ORGB 3201	4
IE 2310 and IE 2311	4
IE 3412 or MATH 3081	4
IE 4512	4
	17		0		0		8
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Business concentration elective	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Business concentration elective	4
IE 4510	4					STRT 4501	4
IE 4515	4
IE 4516	4
	16		0		0		8
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Business concentration elective	4	Business concentration elective	4
ENCP 3000	1	DD NUpath	4
IE 4520	4	IE 4530 and IE 4531	5
IE 4522 and IE 4523	5	MEIE 4702	5
IE 4525	4
MEIE 4701	1
	19		18
Total Hours: 136

Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
ACCT 1201	4	GE 1502	4	ENGW 1111	4	ECON 1115	4
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153	4	INTB 1203	4	MATH 2321	4	MATH 2341 and MATH 2342	4
GE 1501	4	MATH 1342	4
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153	5
MATH 1341	4
	17		17		8		8
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Bussiness bucket core	4	Business concentration elective	4	ENGW 3302, 3315, or 3304	4	Co-op	0
IE 2310 and IE 2311	4	ENCP 2000	1	ORGB 3201	4
IE 3412 or MATH 3081	4	IE 4510	4
IE 4512	4	IE 4515	4
		IE 4516	4
	16		17		8		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	Business concentration elective	4	Business concentration elective	4	Co-op	0
		IE 4520	4	MEIE 4701	1
		IE 4522 and IE 4523	5	STRT 4501	4
		IE 4525	4
	0		17		9		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	Business concentration elective	4
		DD NUpath	4
		ENCP 3000	1
		IE 4530 and IE 4531	5
		MEIE 4702	5
	0		19
Total Hours: 136

Sample Plan of Study: Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
ACCT 1201	4	GE 1502	4	Vacation		Vacation
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153	4	INTB 1203	4
GE 1000	1	MATH 1342	4
GE 1501	4	PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153	5
MATH 1341	4
	17		17		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
ECON 1115 or 1116	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Vacation
ENCP 2000	1
ENGW 1111	4
IE 2310 and IE 2311	4
MATH 2321	4
	17		0		0		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Business bucket core	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	ENGW 3302, 3315, or 3304	4
IE 3412	4					ORGB 3201	4
IE 4512	4
MATH 2341 and MATH 2342	4
	16		0		0		8
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Business concentration elective	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Business concentration elective	4
ENCP 3000	1					STRT 4501	4
IE 4510	4
IE 4515	4
IE 4516	4
	17		0		0		8
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Business concentration elective	4	Business concentration elective	4
IE 4520	4	DD NUpath	4
IE 4522 and IE 4523	5	IE 4530 and IE 4531	5
IE 4525	4	MEIE 4702	5
MEIE 4701	1
	18		18
Total Hours: 136

Sample Plan of Study: Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/ Fall

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
ACCT 1201	4	GE 1502	4	Vacation		Vacation
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153	4	INTB 1203	4
GE 1000	1	MATH 1342	4
GE 1501	4	PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153	5
MATH 1341	4
	17		17		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
ECON 1115 or 1116	4	Business bucket core	4	Vacation		Co-op	0
ENGW 1111	4	ENCP 2000	1
IE 2310 and IE 2311	4	IE 3412	4
MATH 2321 and MATH 2322	4	IE 4512	4
		MATH 2341 and MATH 2342	4
	16		17		0		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	Business concentration elective	4	ENGW 3302, 3315, or 3304	4	Co-op	0
		ENCP 3000	1	ORGB 3201	4
		IE 4510	4
		IE 4515	4
		IE 4516	4
	0		17		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	Business concentration elective	4	Business concentration elective	4	Co-op	0
		IE 4520	4	MEIE 4701	1
		IE 4522 and IE 4523	5	STRT 4501	4
		IE 4525	4
	0		17		9		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	Business concentration elective	4
		DD NUpath	4
		IE 4530 and IE 4531	5
		MEIE 4702	5
	0		18
Total Hours: 136

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Industrial Engineering and Business Administration, BSIE