DUAL DEGREE MSE/MS+MBA CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
Receive a Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) or Master of Science (MS) in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Purdue University followed by the Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Indiana University.
The Purdue Interdisciplinary Engineering Degrees require 30 credit hours total with 24 credits from Purdue courses and 6 credits from IU, which will populate on the Purdue plan of study as transfer courses. The Dual Degree program will encompass 60 credits total. IU offers further details on their plan of study for the MBA portion of the program on their website.
Dual Degree MSE/MS + MBA – Purdue Degree Requirements
Required Bridge Area Courses (12 hours)
_____ Economics (3 hours)
_____ Operations (3 hours)
_____ Information Technology (3 hours)
_____ Quantitative Analysis (3 hours)
Remaining Credits (18 hours)
Total: 30 Credit Hours
A minimum of 18 credits hours must be engineering (ENGR) courses. The remaining 12 credits can be a combination of more ENGR courses, IU courses, elective courses (MA, STAT, GRAD) or other approved reviewed options. One optional concentration may be incorporated.
Your Purdue plan of study (POS) must include one course (3 hours) from each bridge area. A maximum of two IU courses (6 hours) can be applied to the program as a whole and may only come from the available IU course options below.
* IU course options
Economics
| BUKD C530 | Economics for Managers* (Fall & Spring) |
| IE 54500 | Engineering Economic Analysis |
| IE 54600 | Economic Decisions in Engineering |
| IE 59000 | Manufacturing Economics (not currently offered) |
Operations
| BUKD C580 | Operations Management* (Winter, Spring & Summer) |
| IE 57000 | Manufacturing Processes Engineering |
| IE 57400 | Industrial Robotics & Flexible Assembly |
| IE 57900 | Design and Control of Production and Manufacturing Systems |
| IE 58000 | Systems Simulation |
| ME 55300 | Product and Process Design |
| ME 55700 | Design for Manufacturability (requires 3 on-campus, Saturday labs) |
| MSE 59700 | Lean Manufacturing |
Information Technology
| BUKD C522 | Information Technology * (Fall & Winter) |
| ECE 54700 | Introduction to Computer Communication Networks |
| ECE 59500 | Intro to Data Mining |
Quantitative Analysis
| BUKD C520 | Quantitative Analysis* (Fall, Spring & Summer) |
| IE 53000 | Quality Control (or as STAT 51300) |
| IE 53300 | Industrial Application of Statistics |
| MA 52700 | Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists I |
| MA 52800 | Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists II |
| STAT 51100 | Statistical Methods |
| STAT 51300 | Quality Control (or as IE 53000) |
| STAT 51400 | Design of Experiments |
| STAT 51600 | Basic Probability and Applications |
| STAT 51700 | Statistical Inference |
Other Indiana Courses Approved as Electives for Purdue Plan of Study
| BUKD C550 | Law and Ethics in Business (Winter & Spring)* |
| BUKD C561 | The US in a Global Economy (Fall, Spring & Summer)* |
The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements. This website is a knowledge source for specific requirements and completion.