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2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Industrial Engineering (IE) (B.S.)


Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET
111 Market Place, Suite 1050
Baltimore, MD 21202-4012
410-347-7700

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Freshman year


Sophomore year


Fall semester (15 credit hours)


  • Humanities UGE ≥ 300 Credits: (3)

Spring semester (17 credit hours)


  • Social Science UGE ≥ 300 level Credits: (3)

Junior year


Fall semester (15 credit hours)


  • Computer Programming Elective Credits: (3)
  • Engineering Elective Credits: (3) 

Spring semester (15 credit hours)


  • IMSE Elective Credits: (3)
  • Professional Elective Credits: (3)
  • Engineering Elective Credits: (3)

Senior year


Fall semester (15 credit hours)


  • Professional Elective Credits: (3)
  • Engineering Elective Credits: (3)

Spring semester (16 credit hours)


  • IMSE Elective Credits: (3)
  • Professional Elective Credits: (3) 

Choose from the following:


Notes


  • IMSE electives must be selected from the IMSE department.  Each class must be at least 3 credit hours.
  • Substitutions:  IMSE 501 can substitute MGMT 420; IMSE 591 and IMSE 592 can substitute for IMSE 580.  Concurrent or prerequisite requirements for IMSE 591 are IMSE 541, 623, 633 and concurrent or prerequisite for IMSE 592 is IMSE 643.
  • Computer Programming Elective: The computer programming elective must be taken from the following courses: CIS 200, CIS 209 or ME 400.
  • Engineering Electives: The 9 hours of basic engineering credit may not include more than 6 hours from a single department and the 9 hours must be selected from the following courses. Note, a student planning to take the FE exam would be advised to take their 9 hours from classes with an *. BAE 500; CE 333, 530*, 533, CHE 350, 352*, 354*, 520, 521; EECE 510, 511, 519*, 571; ME 512*, 513, 571, and 573.
  • Professional Electives: The 9 hours of professional electives are designed so that the student may specialize in an area of interest.  Any of the following classes may count toward the professional elective requirement.  Any IMSE class; any engineering class above 300 level; any CIS class above 200 level; Math 240 and any Mathematics class above 500 level except 570 and 591; any Statistics class above 500 level except STAT 702, 703, 706 and 710; BIO 198, 201, CHEM 230; FINAN 450, 510, 520 and 643; ACCTG 331, 342 and 433; ECON 510, 520, 530 and 540.
  • Prerequisite for ENGL 415 is a “B” or better in ENGL 100.  ENGL 200 must be taken if ENGL 100’s grade “C”.
  • Humanitites and Social Science UGE electives are to be selected from the catalog list and must satisfy university general education requirements. 
  • Each semester a student must enroll in IMSE 015 unless he/she is a concurrent B.S./M.S.I.E. student in which case he/she must enroll in either IMSE 015 or IMSE 892. 

Total hours required for graduation (127)