Master of Science in Engineering - Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineering

  • Degree Requirements
  • Industrial Engineering Concentrations
    • Analytics and Operation Concentration
    • Ergonomics and Safety Concentration
    • Healthcare System Engineering Concentration
    • Manufacturing and Automation Concentration

The Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering offers Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (MSIE) program. The program offers a choice of either a thesis track or a non-thesis track. To receive the MSE degree requires a minimum of thirty (30) credit hours of acceptable graduate work with at least 21 from Engineering. The thesis option including nine (9) credit hours of research for the thesis track.

The entrance requirement for the MSE program is a BSE in Industrial Engineering, or other engineering discipline, at an acceptable grade point average providing strong performance in mathematics and science courses. Students with a non-IE bachelor’s degree can be required to take up to 5 undergraduate IE courses in order to ensure that the student has adequate background knowledge. Applicants must meet all Graduate Admissions standards for this program, which includes two letters of recommendation. Official GRE scores are no longer required for this program.

Students on the thesis track may register for thesis credits after submitting a thesis agreement signed by his/her thesis advisor to the graduate coordinator. Upon completing the thesis, the student is required to defend it orally before a committee of at least three faculty members including the advisor. The committee members must receive a completed version of the thesis manuscript at least 14 days before the thesis is defended. The thesis defense is open to the public.

Co-op Option in Engineering

The Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering participates in the Graduate Master's Co-op Option in Engineering. For detailed information about the Co-op Program and curriculum requirements, please see the Graduate Catalog Engineering Co-op page.

Degree Requirement

All MSIE degree candidates must satisfy the following requirements:

1.   Core courses (four three-credit courses):

IENG.5010 Advanced Deterministic Modeling & Analysis
IENG.5020 Advanced Stochastic Modeling & Analysis
IENG.5050 Industrial Automation
BMEN.5300 Ergonomics and Work

2. In addition to the core, each student must complete either a thesis or non-thesis track.

1. Thesis Track:
Nine (9) credit hours of thesis research, nine (9) credit hours of coursework approved by the thesis advisor, and at least one semester of the 0 credit research seminar (MECH.5010).
M.S. students on the thesis track will design a student-specific curriculum sequence of twelve credit hours of coursework (in consultation with the thesis advisor and approved in writing by the student and their thesis advisor) within the first semester of graduate study. The contract will be sent to the graduate coordinator and to the Registrar's office.

2. Non-Thesis Track:
Six (6) credit hours of course work in an Industrial Engineering Concentration and twelve (12) credit hours of course work approved by the graduate coordinator.
In their first year students must submit on a non-thesis track must submit a plan of study to the graduate coordinator and obtain his/her approval. Any change to the submitted plan requires the approval of the graduate coordinator.

Industrial Engineering Concentrations

  1. Analytics and Operations
  2. Ergonomics and Safety
  3. Health System Engineering
  4. Manufacturing and Automation
Updated 8/19/24