Oct 25, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Industrial Engineering (BS)

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in industrial engineering at Kansas State University is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Industrial and Similarly Named Engineering Programs. 

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Kansas State University Core: 34-36 Credit Hours


KBOR Statewide Transfer (SWT) Courses: https://www.kansasregents.org/academic_affairs/transfer-articulation.

English (Written Communication Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours


Communication (Oral Communication Outcomes): 3 Credit Hours


Math & Statistics (Quantitative Literacy Outcomes): 3 Credit Hours


Natural & Physical Sciences (Natural & Physical Sciences Outcomes): 4-5 Credit Hours


Choose 1 subject area which must include a lab.

Social & Behavioral Sciences (Social & Behavioral Sciences Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours


At least 2 courses from 2 subjects under this area.

Arts & Humanities (Arts & Humanities Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours


At least 2 courses from 2 subjects under this area.

Free Electives (Institutionally Designated Area): 6 Credit Hours


Includes ALL 100 and 200 level courses at K-State or in Transfer. 
Note: One course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement. However, students must complete a total of 34-36 credit hours of general education courses.

For a Full Listing of K-State 100/200 level courses you may search those courses individually via the University Course Catalog.

TOTAL CREDITS: 34-36


Program


Math and Science Requirements: (20 credit hours)


Retricted Electives: (18 credit hours)


  • Computer Programming Elective Credits: 3
  • Analytics Elective Credits: 3
  • Engineering Elective Credits: 6
  • IMSE Elective Credits: 6

IMSE Curriculum Notes


The Industrial Engineering Approved Elective Lists and Requirements can be located at the following URL: https://imse.k-state.edu/academics/undergraduate/degree-requirements/ 

Analytics Elective: Choose one course from the approved department elective list.

Computer Programming Elective: Choose one course from the approved department elective list. 

Engineering Electives: Choose 6 hours from the approved departmental list.

IMSE Electives: Choose 6 hours of IMSE courses from the IMSE department. 

KBOR General Education: See the K-State Core section; Recommendations for IMSE students can be found on the IMSE requirement page (see the URL above).

Substitutions:  IMSE 591 and IMSE 592 can substitute for IMSE 580.  

IMSE Graduation Criterion: To graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, students must have a >= 2.200 GPA in all IMSE classes taken for undergraduate credit at Kansas State University.  Course grades that have been removed by the K-State Retake policy will not apply to this GPA calculation.

IMSE Course Retake Criterion: Any IMSE course being taken for a third time in any five-year period may not be used to fulfill a student’s B.S.I.E. graduation requirements.

IMSE Assembly Requirement: 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: 120