Curriculum
The MSIE program offers students two degree options:
Option I: Coursework and Thesis
The thesis option requires 24 credit hours of a combination of any of the core and technical electives courses plus a six-credit-hour thesis for a total of 30 credit hours.
| Credits | |
|---|---|
| Core Courses (6 courses) | 18 |
| Electives (1 course) | 3 |
| Thesis | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 |
Option II: Coursework Only
This option requires 18 credit hours of core courses plus 12 credit hours of technical electives for a total of 30 credit hours
| Credits | |
|---|---|
| Core Courses (6 courses) | 18 |
| Electives (4 courses) | 12 |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 |
Core Courses
| Course Name | Course # | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Systems Simulation | EMS 5603 | 3 |
| Quality Control | EMS 6403 | 3 |
| Advanced Optimization Techniques | EIE 6653 | 3 |
| Applied Stochastic Processes | EIE 6663 | 3 |
| Production, Planning, and Control | EMS 6713 | 3 |
| Six Sigma Processes | EIE 6673 | 3 |
Electives
| Course Name | Course # | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Lean Manufacturing Systems | EME 5513 | 3 |
| Product Development and Sustainability | EME 5623 | 3 |
| Value Engineering | EEM 6743 | 3 |
| Engineering Supply Chain Management | EEM 6753 | 3 |
| Enterprise Productivity | EEM 6583 | 3 |
| Manufacturing Systems | EMS 6703 | 3 |
| Automotive Manufacturing | EMS 6343 | 3 |
| Design of Experiments | EMS 7103 | 3 |
| Manufacturing Systems Simulation | EMS 7203 | 3 |
| Design for Reliability | EMS 7303 | 3 |
| Design of Manufacturing | EMS 7403 | 3 |
| Technology Management | EMS 7613 | 3 |
Focus Areas
Three focus areas are available:
The Healthcare Systems focus provides the student with sufficient knowledge and skills for modeling, analyzing, and designing healthcare systems. Students will have an option to graduate with a Healthcare Systems focus by taking electives related on healthcare systems instead of general electives.
| Course Name | Course # | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Systems Engineering | EIE 6843 | 3 |
| Healthcare Operations Analysis | EIE 6853 | 3 |
| Healthcare Information Systems | EIE 6863 | 3 |
| Healthcare Human Factors | EIE 6873 | 3 |
| Healthcare Economics | EIE 6883 | 3 |
| Logistics in Healthcare Systems | EIE 6893 | 3 |
Recent experience in the world has shown that quality becomes an important factor in manufacturing and service industries for their business success and growth. Effective quality improvement programs provide a significant competitive advantage. This quality focus provides the student with sufficient knowledge and skills for improving quality and productivity in manufacturing and service organizations using modern quality concepts, tools, and techniques to develop, implement and maintain systems.
| Course Name | Course # | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Control | EMS 6403 | 3 |
| Six Sigma Processes | EIE 6673 | 3 |
| Quality Engineering Systems | EEM 6763 | 3 |
| Design of Experiments | EMS 7103 | 3 |
| Design for Reliability | EMS 7303 | 3 |
Due to globalization, companies are looking to supply chain and logistics for their strategic and competitive advantages. The supply chain focus provides a foundation in supply chain and logistics systems with national and global perspectives. It provides proficiency in problem solving, analytical methods, and decision making processes in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, retail, logistics, distribution, healthcare, defense, service, and software.
| Course Name | Course # | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Production, Planning and Control | EMS 6713 | 3 |
| Engineering Supply Chain Management | EEM 6753 | 3 |
| Database and Enterprise Models | MIS 6113 | 3 |
| Enterprise Integration | MIS 7643 | 3 |
| Special Topic on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | ||
| Special Topic on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and MRP II | ||
| Special Topic on Logistics | ||
| Special Topic on Warehousing |
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