B.S. Industrial Engineering
The Lamar Industrial and Systems Engineering department offers a unique experience for traditional on campus students. Our faculty members are focused on undergraduate education with small class sizes and hands on lab experiences.
Flexible Study
Our students have the option of taking the final two years of study online. This flexibility allows students to do internships with fewer delays in graduation.
Student Experiences
Internships
Most of our graduates participate in internships and co-ops prior to graduation. Engineering internships are paid with typical salaries range from $20 to $40 per hour. Industrial Engineering students have interned with leading companies nationwide including UPS, GE, Delta, Invista, Dupont, Toyota, NASA, BASF, Bell, and others.
Students have also interned with leading local companies in the chemical, construction, and manufacturing. An Industrial Engineering student's internship experience at Disney and Lockheed Martin Space.
Professional Student Organizations
Lamar University College of Engineering has many professional student organizations that offer educational and social activities.
Our department is also supportive of undergraduate research with faculty members who are willing to take time to develop your research skills. Learn More →
Electives
B.S. Industrial Engineering program has 12 hours of technical electives. Students should develop their own elective plan to match their career goals. This plan must be approved by the undergraduate advisor. The following are illustrative technical elective options:
- Automation Certificate
- Supply Chain Management
- Engineering Management
- Project Management
- Business Administration
- Minor in Math
For students interested in graduate school, students can take up to six hours of graduate coursework as electives. We advise students who want to go to graduate school at Lamar or elsewhere to take a course that covers software development as an elective. At the graduate level, computer programming with AI tools is a fundamental skill widely used in research.
The department typically offers two to three electives per semester (about eight electives per year). Elective topics change based on the needs of our students and industry.
You can also take electives outside the department. Most engineering, math, computer science, chemistry and physics courses can be used as electives if part of a cohesive plan of study. You must get the approval of your advisor for using a course as an elective. Up to two lower division courses can be used as an elective with Calculus III and Dynamics being often used by transfer students.
Freshman/Sophomore Students Advising
Undergraduate Advising Center
(409) 880-8822
advising@lamar.edu
Junior/Senior Students Advising
Engineering Advising Center
(409) 880-8822
coeadvising@lamar.edu
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