Degree Requirements

The Master of Science in Industrial Engineering requires 30 credit hours total with at least 21 credit hours of industrial engineering courses and 9 credit hours of other graduate-level coursework.

At least 21 credits must come from 500/600-level IE courses.

Students must take at least 9 credits of graduate-level coursework from either IE or a related area. Pre-approved related areas include:

  • Other engineering disciplines
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Computer sciences
  • Biology
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Pre-approval is required for non-IE 1-credit courses and courses from areas not in the pre-approved list. All courses must be 500/600-level courses with the exception of up to one 400-level course. Courses NOT allowed on the Plan of Study:

  • Professional Master’s (PMP) Industry Capstone Project courses
  • P/NP or S grade courses
  • Audited courses
  • Zero credit courses
  • Individual Study (these are listed as “variable title courses” in the registration assistant)
  • STAT 50100, 50200, 50300, 51100, 51300
  • Polytechnic courses (AVTH, CNIT, CGT, BCM, ECET, ENGT, MET, TLI, TECH, etc.)
  • Courses irrelevant to the degree