Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Courses

Course Offerings and Descriptions

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Industrial Engineering (INEN)

Course Number: 1101
Credit Hours: 1
Title: Introduction to Engineering

Course Description:
Students are introduced to five engineering disciplines: chemical, civil, electrical, industrial and mechanical. Student services such as the Career Center, Engineering Advisory Center and Engineering Cooperative Education Center are introduced. Study skills and strategies for a successful freshman year are discussed.

Course Number: 2301
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Applications of Quantitative Methods

Course Description:
Introduction and applications of differential calculus, probability and statistics, and linear algebra.

Course Number: 2360
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Computer Applications in IE

Course Description:
This course introduces students to computer programming and spreadsheets from the industrial engineering point of view. Problems in application areas such as operations research, production planning and scheduling, quality and inventory control will be presented.

Course Number: 2361
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Career Development I

Course Description:
This course is intended for students employed full time in an engineering role. Students enrolled will work under a supervisor who will provide engineering assignments and performance feedback to the student. Students will apply concepts learned in their coursework to employer assigned problems. Students will practice working effectively in teams and or on individual projects. Students will practice communication skills through work site written and or oral communications and through a final written report to the course instructor.

Course Number: 2370
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Career Development II

Course Description:
This course is intended for students employed full time in an engineering role. Students enrolled will work under a supervisor who will provide engineering assignments and performance feedback to the student. Students will apply concepts learned in their coursework to employer assigned problems. Students are expected to solve engineering problems of an increasing complex nature as compared with problems solved in Career Development I. Students will practice working effectively in teams and or on individual projects. Students will practice communication skills through work site written and or oral communications and through a final written report to the course instructor.

Course Number: 2373
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Engineering Economics

Course Description:
Introduction to economic principles, national income analysis, fluctuation and growth, time value of money, engineering project investment analysis, effect of taxes on engineering project decisions.

Course Number: 3300
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Industrial Engineering-Intro

Course Description:
Introduction to Industrial Engineering, its tools and its techniques. Not open to students majoring in engineering.

Course Number: 3320
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Prob & Statistics Engineering

Course Description:
Probability definitions, sample spaces, condition probability, Bayes's Theorem, independence, random variables, discrete and continuous distributions, expectation and variance, and testing hypotheses.

Course Number: 3322
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Engineering Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Course Description:
Basic principles underlying the behavior of engineering materials, methods and manufacturing processes. Machine tool process planning and operation, safety and quality. Introduction to digital programming of machine tools and robots.

Course Number: 3323
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Fundamentals of Manufacturing Processes

Course Description:
Basic principles underlying the behavior of engineering materials, methods and manufacturing processes. Machine tool process planning and operation, safety and quality. Not open to engineering students. For Industrial Technology students only.

Course Number: 3330
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Engineering Economy

Course Description:
Economics applied to the evaluation of engineering proposals. The effects of depreciation, taxation and interest rates. Not open to students majoring in engineering.

Course Number: 3360
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Computer Technology

Course Description:
This course introduces Industrial Technology students to solving business problems with computer programming and spreadsheets. Not open to students majoring in engineering.

Course Number: 3361
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Career Development III

Course Description:
This course is intended for students employed full time in an engineering role. Students enrolled will work under a supervisor who will provide engineering assignments and performance feedback to the student. Students will apply concepts learned in their engineering coursework to engineering problems. Students are expected to solve engineering problems of an increasing complex nature as compared with problems solved in Career Development II. Students will practice working effectively in teams and or on individual projects. Students will practice communication skills through work site written and or oral communications and through a final written report to the course instructor.

Course Number: 3370
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Career Development IV

Course Description:
This course is intended for students employed full time in an engineering role. Students enrolled will work under a supervisor who will provide engineering assignments and performance feedback to the student. Students will apply concepts learned in their engineering coursework to engineering problems. Students are expected to solve engineering problems of an increasing complex nature as compared with problems solved in Career Development III. Students will practice working effectively in teams and or on individual projects. Students will practice communication skills through work site written and or oral communications and through a final written report to the course instructor.

Course Number: 3380
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Work Design

Course Description:
Determination of work content, workstation/facility layout, work methods, and times required for various occupational jobs/tasks. Design of tasks/jobs, workplace, and work environment to increase productivity, eliminate waste, and decrease occupational injury/illness.

Course Number: 4300
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Quality Improvement

Course Description:
Statistical methods and other industrial engineering analysis and design tools are used to control and improve quality and assure requirements are met.

Course Number: 4301
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Quality Control Applications

Course Description:
Quality assurance and the application of statistics to the control of quality. Control charts, acceptance sampling reliability and the role of standards in the quality function. Not open to students majoring in engineering.

Course Number: 4315
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Industrial Management

Course Description:
Provides a foundation for becoming a manager in an industrial organization. Topics include leadership, strategic planning, culture change, human resources and ethics.

Course Number: 4316
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Industrial and Product Safety

Course Description:
Principles of industrial accident prevention, accident statistics and costs, accident causation, appraising safety performance, recognizing industrial health and safety hazards, and recommending safeguards. Includes a study of mandatory and voluntary standards and product liability.

Course Number: 4320
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Statistical Decision Making in Engineering

Course Description:
Analysis of data to help the engineer/executive make decisions. Evaluations of performance claims.

Course Number: 4323
Credit Hours: 3
Title: IE Systems Design

Course Description:
This first semester of the senior capstone course is intended to draw on the knowledge and tools ascertained previously in the students' curriculum. This course requires students to identify and analyze industrial and systems engineering problems and to design of industrial engineering systems.

Course Number: 4331
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Technology Entrepreneurship

Course Description:
A project-based course focused on product design and emphasizing how engineers create value for new business ventures. Students will develop a mock startup company from idea to business model.

Course Number: 4345
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Computer Integrated Mfg

Course Description:
Study of computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing to include geometric modeling in a 3D environment, analysis of engineering design problems, robotics, computer numerical control (CNC), and manufacturing control systems.

Course Number: 4350
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Production & Inventory Control

Course Description:
Techniques for planning and controlling production and inventories. Modern materials requirements planning.

Course Number: 4351
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Production and Inventory Systems

Course Description:
The design and operation of systems for managing production and inventories. Not open to students majoring in engineering.

Course Number: 4354
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Lean Manufacturing

Course Description:
The planning, evaluation, deployment and integration of lean manufacturing theory and methods. Emphasis on manufacturing processes/equipment and systems.

Course Number: 4357
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Supply Chain Management

Course Description:
A survey of supply chain management techniques and methods. Topics includes logistics, purchasing, inventory systems, demand management and supply chain visibility.

Course Number: 4360
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Career Development V

Course Description:
Offered: Other

Course Number: 4363
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Six Sigma

Course Description:
Overview of the six sigma DMAIC methodology at the green belt level of competency with emphasis on process management.

Course Number: 4369
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Engineering Management

Course Description:
Transition from engineering to management decision-making responsibilities. Topics include: leadership, proposal writing, negotiation, process/project management, and technology management.

Course Number: 4370
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Operations Research

Course Description:
An introduction to mathematical models of organizational systems. Topics covered include optimization (linear and integer programming), Markov chains, and queuing.

Course Number: 4375
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Simulation of Industrial Systems

Course Description:
Introduction to concepts of simulation modeling and analysis with application to manufacturing and service systems. Students will apply problem solving and process analysis techniques to an industrial engineering problem and propose an improved systems design.

Course Number: 4376
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Occupational Ergonomics

Course Description:
Application of ergonomics to the design and/or redesign of jobs, manufacturing workstations, and other work environments to achieve increased profitability and reductions in injury/illness.

Course Number: 4380
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Project Management

Course Description:
One of the main course objectives is to understand the fundamentals of project management to meet project objectives and customer expectations. Students will learn the unique terminology of project management. Basic tools and techniques of project management will be explored. Students will understand the important roles of project managers.

Course Number: 4381
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Heuristic Algorithms

Course Description:
Heuristic Algorithms and applications to classical and real life problems. Justification and logic of heuristic algorithms. Greedy algorithms, Steepest Ascent, Numerical optimization, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search, Cross entropy optimization. TSP, Set covering, Set partitioning.

Course Number: 4385
Credit Hours: 3
Title: IE Design

Course Description:
This senior capstone course is intended to draw on the knowledge and tools ascertained previously in the students' curriculum. This course prepares and guides students through real-world industrial engineering problems. Students design systems to solve problems typical of those encountered by practicing industrial engineers and entrepreneurs. Students typically work in teams to formulate issues, collect data, analyze data, design solutions, and communicate design solutions in formal and written presentations.

Course Number: 4394
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Engineering Database Design

Course Description:
To provide students in engineering with knowledge about the design and implementation of engineering applications using database technology. Examples will be drawn from manufacturing and production systems.

Course Number: 4396
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Automated System Engineering

Course Description:
To provide students in engineering with knowledge about the industrial automation and process control in the manufacturing industry: control system, PLC, sensor and actuator, auto-id, flexible manufacturing system, assembly line and automatic inspection.

Course Number: 4399
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Special Topics

Course Description:
An investigation into specialized areas of industrial engineering under the guidance of a faculty member. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours, when topics of investigation differ.

Course Number: 6110
Credit Hours: 1
Title: Professional Seminar

Course Description:
Advanced topics suitable for research along with research procedures will be discussed. Field study organization and content together with doctoral research problems and progress will be represented. Topics will vary each semester and course may be repeated for credit. Registration and completion for three semesters is required of all doctoral candidates.

Course Number: 6301
Credit Hours: 3
Title: Special Topics (Titles my vary)

Course Description:
An investigation into specialized study in advanced areas of engineering under guidance of a faculty member. This course may be repeated for credit when topics of investigation differ.