Dwight Look College of Engineering
Curriculum in Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineering is an engineering discipline devoted to the design, installation, improvement and control of integrated systems of people, materials, and facilities in a wide range of organizations that produce goods or render services. Like other engineering fields, industrial engineering is concerned with solving problems through the application of specialized knowledge in mathematics and science, as well as the principles of engineering. An important characteristic of industrial engineering is its system approach to integrate the basic resources of production and service systems and other relevant resources, such as information and energy, in such a way as to create a smooth, efficient and competitive operation within an enterprise. Industrial and systems engineers are needed in virtually all types of enterprises, ranging from industries such as manufacturing, distribution, logistics, transportation, and construction; service sectors such as healthcare, retail, banking, and engineering consulting to government agencies, military, and non-profit orgaizations.
The mission of the Industrial Engineering program is to serve the state, nation, and global community by educating industrial engineering students to be well founded in engineering fundamentals and to have the knowledge and skills required to design, develop, improve, implement and control sophisticated production and service systems in an environment characterized by complex technical and social challenges. Throughout this educational process, students will be instilled with the highest standards of professional and ethical behavior. It is the intent of the undergraduate industrial engineering program to equip its graduates to achieve the following accomplishments a few years after graduation:
- Graduates will be successful in improving operations by solving complex industrial engineering problems.
- Graduates will demonstrate professional leadership.
- Graduates will be instilled with the motivation and ability to accomplish professional life-long learning.
The four-year curriculum in industrial engineering at Texas A&M is designed to provide students with a solid basis in mathematics and science, as well as in engineering economics, manufacturing systems, production and inventory control, operations research, quality engineering, reliability, facilities planning and materials handling. The program culminates with a senior design course in which students apply principles and knowledge acquired through the curriculum to an actual industrial problem.
Industrial Engineering students may participate in the Undergraduate Minor Program offered by Texas A&M. This program is usually comprised of 15 to 18 hours, some of which may be substituted as technical electives. The most common minors are math, business and economics. The department also has a Fast Track Program for academically qualified students who want to take selected graduate courses and receive both graduate and undergraduate credit by meeting specific requirements. The department encourages students to participate in industrial internships or the Cooperative Education Program to acquire practical experience to complement their industrial engineering education. Internships are generally encouraged during the summer months only. Students who participate in the Co-op program during three academic semesters may count the three credit hours as a technical elective in their curriculum.
Automatic admission to upper-level status will be granted to students who complete the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) courses with no grade below a C and a minimum cumulative GPR of 2.5 in these courses. Also, the Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering requires a 2.0 GPR over the required industrial engineering courses with at most one D among the required industrial engineering courses. If a course is repeated, only the most recent grade is used in fulfilling this requirement.
Graduate degrees including the Master of Science (MS), Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) are also offered by the department in addition to the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering. For graduate degree information please see the Texas A&M University Graduate Catalog.
(See Freshman Year)
SOPHOMORE YEAR
| First Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | Second Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPSC 206 Structured Programming in C | (3-2) | 4 | ENTC 181 Manuf. and Assem. Proc. I | (2-3) | 3 | |
| MATH 251 Engineering Mathematics III | (3-0) | 3 | ECEN 215 Prin. of Elec. Engineering | (2-2) | 3 | |
| MEEN 221 Statics and Particle Dynamics | (3-0) | 3 | ISEN 220 Intro. to Prod. Systems | (3-0) | 3 | |
| MEEN 222 Materials Science | (2-2) | 3 | MATH 308 Differential Equations | (3-0) | 3 | |
| University Core Curriculum elective2 | 3 | MEEN 315 Principles of Thermodynamics | (2-2) | 3 | ||
| 16 | STAT 211 Prin. of Statistics I | (3-0) | 3 | |||
| 18 |
JUNIOR YEAR
| First Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | Second Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL 210 Science and Technical Writing or ENGL 301 Technical Writing |
(3-0) | 3 | ISEN 314 Statistical Control of Quality | (2-3) | 3 | |
| ISEN 303 Engr. Economic Analysis | (3-0) | 3 | ISEN 315 Prod. Systems Planning | (3-0) | 3 | |
| MATH 304 Linear Algebra | (3-0) | 3 | ISEN 420 Operations Research I | (3-0) | 3 | |
| STAT 212 Prin. of Statistics II | (3-0) | 3 | ISEN 424 Systems Simulation | (2-3) | 3 | |
| University Core Curriculum electives2 | 6 | University Core Curriculum elective2 | 3 | |||
| 18 | 15 | |||||
SENIOR YEAR
| First Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | Second Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISEN 316 Prod. Systems Operations | (3-0) | 3 | ISEN 459 Mfg. Systems Design | (1-6) | 3 | |
| ISEN 416 Facilities Location, Layout and Matl. Handling | (3-3) | 4 | ENGR 482 Ethics and Engineering | (2-2) | 3 | |
| Technical electives 3 | 6 | Technical electives 3 | 6 | |||
| 13 | 12 | |||||
NOTES:
- ISEN 101 is also required during the first semester of the freshman year.
- To be selected from the University Core Curriculum. Of the 18 hours shown as University Core Curriculum electives, 3 must be from visual and performing arts, 3 from social and behavioral sciences, 6 from U.S. history, and 6 from POLS 206 and 207. The required 6 hours from international and cultural diversity may be met by courses satisfying the visual and performing arts, social and behavioral sciences, and the political science and history requirements if they are also on the approved list of international and cultural diversity courses (see University Core Curriculum, item 6).
- A total of 14 hours of technical electives is required, of which 9 hours must be industrial engineering courses. The choice of courses to be taken must be made in consultation with the student’s advisor and/or the Industrial Engineering Advising Office.
The following certificates from the Dwight Look College of Engineering are available for students pursuing this degree: Engineering Scholars Program Honors Certificate, International Certificate Program with a Focus in German, Engineering Project Management Certificate, and Systems Safety Engineering Specialty Certificate.