Minor in industrial engineering
Choosing a minor in IE could be the "x-factor" in your education that will:
- Boost your credentials by giving you highly valued skills
- Improve your immediate marketability
- Prepare you for long-term career growth
The minor in industrial engineering (IE) is a new program designed to give engineering and science undergraduate students a core of systems/business thinking, applied statistics, lean management, quality management and operations research skills to approach design, monitoring and control problems arising in complex systems and industrial settings.
About
The mission of the minor in industrial engineering is to educate WSU students for industrial engineering positions in a broad spectrum of employment including manufacturing, supply chain management and logistics, health care, banking, information management and related disciplines.
The learning objectives of minor in industrial engineering program are:
- Students identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles and tools of industrial engineering
- Students communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- Students function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- Students develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
Curriculum
Students who have taken a probability and statistics course other than BE 2100 are required to take IE 4250 Engineering Data Analysis or IE 6210 Applied Engineering Statistics as one of their electives.
In order to give students the foundation needed to take their advanced coursework and help them develop the integrated view of industrial engineering, students are expected to take two of the courses listed in Table 2. The remaining nine credits (equivalently, three courses) can be selected from the core courses in Table 2 or elective courses in Table 3.
Table 2 and Table 3 list the IE core and elective courses, respectively, with the prerequisite, number of credits and the semester(s) offered information for each course. BE 2100 is offered in Fall, Winter and Spring/Summer semesters. The prerequisite for BE 2100 is MAT 2020, which can be taken concurrently.
| Semester | Course Title | Prerequisites | Credits |
| Fall | IE 3120 Work Design | BE 2100 | 3 |
| Winter Fall/Winter | IE 4250 Engineering Data Analysis or IE 6210 Applied Engineering Statistics | BE 2100 None | 3 |
| Winter | DSA 6100 Statistical Methods for Data Science and Analytics | None | 3 |
| Fall | IE 4260 Principles of Quality Control | BE 2100 | 3 |
| Winter | IE 4310 Production Control | ENG 3050 | 3 |
| Winter | IE 4330 Facilities Design | None | 3 |
| Winter | IE 4420 Systems Simulation | BE 2100 | 3 |
| Fall Fall/Winter | IE 4560 Operations Research or IE 6560 Deterministic Optimization | BE 2100 and MAT 2150 None | 3 |
| Fall | DSA 6200 Operations Research | None | 3 |
| Fall | IE 4850 Engineering Economy | BE 2100 | 3 |
| Winter/Spring-Summer | IE 6611 Fundamentals of Six Sigma | None | 3 |
| Winter/Spring-Summer | IE 6840 Project Management | None | 3 |
Table 2. IE core courses and the semesters they are offered (should take at least two of these courses).
| Semester | Course Title |
| Credits |
| Fall | IE 6000 Digital Automation | None | 3 |
| Spring/Summer | IE 6220 Value Engineering | None | 3 |
| Winter | IE 6240 Quality Management Systems | None | 3 |
| Winter | IE 6270 Engineering Experimental Design | IE 4250 or IE 6210 | 3 |
| Fall | IE 6275 Reliability Estimation | IE 4250 or IE 6210 |
|
| Fall/Spring-Summer | IE 6310 Lean Operations and Manufacturing | IE 4250 or IE 6210 | 3 |
| Winter | IE 6315 Production and Service Systems | IE 6210 | 3 |
| Fall (Every other year) | IE 6405 Integrated Product Development | None | 3 |
| Winter | IE 6425 Product Lifecycle Management and Sustainable Design | None | 3 |
| Fall | IE 6325 Supply Chain Management | None | 3 |
| Fall (Every other year) | IE 6435 Fundamentals of Sustainable Manufacturing | None | 3 |
| Fall | IE 6490 Introduction to Systems Engineering in Design | None | 3 |
| Fall | IE 6510 Information Systems for the Manufacturing Enterprise | None | 3 |
| Fall | DSA 6000 Data Science and Analytics | None | 3 |
| Winter | DSA 6300 Decision Analysis and Simulation | None | 3 |
3. List of IE electives and the semesters they are offered.
Minor in IE provides flexibility for course selection. Minor in IE students may select courses to specialize in fields of industrial engineering, including analytics and data science, operations research, quality and statistics, supply chain engineering, and manufacturing systems. The suggested courses for each of these specializations are given in Figure 1.
Specializations
| Analytics & Data Science |
|---|
| BE 2100 Probability and Statistics |
| IE 4250 Engineering Data Analytics (or IE 6210/DSA 6100) |
| IE 4560 Operations Research (or IE 6560 or DSA 6200) |
| IE 6270 Engineering Experimental Design |
| IE 6510 Information Systems for the Manufacturing Enterprise |
| IE 6840 Project Management |
| Operations Research |
|---|
| BE 2100 Probability and Statistics |
| IE 4560 Operations Research (or IE 6560 or DSA 6200) |
| IE 4420 Systems Simulation |
| IE 4850 Engineering Economy |
| IE 6270 Engineering Experimental Design |
| IE 6840 Project Management |
| Quality & Statistics |
|---|
| BE 2100 Probability and Statistics |
| IE 4560 Operations Research (or IE 6560 or DSA 6200) |
| IE 4250 Engineering Data Analytics (or IE 6210/DSA 6100) |
| IE 6611 Fundamentals of Six Sigma |
| IE 6240 Quality Management Systems |
| IE 6840 Project Management |
| Supply Chain Engineering |
|---|
| BE 2100 Probability and Statistics |
| IE 4560 Operations Research (or IE 6560 or DSA 6200) |
| IE 4420 Systems Simulation |
| IE 6315 Production and Service Systems |
| IE 6325 Supply Chain Management |
| IE 6840 Project Management |
| Manufacturing Systems |
|---|
| BE 2100 Probability and Statistics |
| IE 4310 Production Control |
| IE 4330 Facilities Design |
| IE 6310 Lean Operations and Manufacturing |
| IE 6510 Information Systems for the Manufacturing Enterprise |
| IE 6840 Project Management |
Degree requirements
The program requires students to complete a minimum of 18 credits in course work. The program is made up of one required course (BE 2100 or an equivalent probability and statistics course(s)), two courses to be elected among 14 IE core courses and at least three additional 3000 level or above IE courses. All courses will be three credits each and will be offered by the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the College of Engineering, except for BE 2100. This curriculum will provide an integrated breadth of industrial engineering tailored to students' specific interests and career goals.
A minimum 2.50 grade point average among the courses taken towards minor in industrial engineering is required to complete the program. A maximum of one course in which a C has been received may be used to meet minor requirements, provided this is offset by sufficient grades to maintain the required 2.50 average.
Admission requirements
Students from all science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines will be considered for admission. Students must have completed at least 60 credits and declare their major before applying for the minor in IE program. A minimum grade point average of 2.50 is required for admission to the minor in Industrial Engineering. No accreditation is available for the minor in industrial engineering.