Industrial Engineering Degree

Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.

Requirements (48 units)

Core Courses (26 units) 1

Course Title
4 mathematics courses
4 units of basic science 2
General Physics 3
Plus an additional 3 units from the list of basic science courses
3 engineering foundation courses
3 design, communications, and innovation courses
7 social sciences/humanities courses
5 unrestricted electives

Major Program (22 units)

Course Title
2 related courses
Economics and Finance for Engineers 4
Applied Data Management 5
7 industrial engineering methods core courses
Probability
Engineering Statistics
Statistical Learning for Data Analysis
Foundations of Optimization
Nonlinear Optimization for Decision Making
Stochastic Models
Discrete Event Systems Simulation
3 professional practice courses
Professional Practice Studio
Industrial Engineering Client Project Challenge
7 IEMS elective courses
IEMS 200-0 Why IE: Professional Foundations of Industrial Engineering; or 1 additional course from industrial engineering, operations, or management science electives
3 additional courses from
3 general technical elective courses chosen from areas below
Any IEMS course not applied towards another degree requirement
Any 200-level or higher course in McCormick, excluding CRDV and PRDV courses
Any 200-level or higher course in Biology, Chemistry or Physics, except for exclusions listed below
Any 300-level or higher course in Math or MMSS, except for exclusions listed below
The following courses may not be used as General Technical Electives: CHEM 201-0, MATH 310-1, MATH 311-1, MATH 314-0, MATH 385-0, MATH 386-1, PHYSICS 311-1, PHYSICS 311-2, PHYSICS 335-0
May include up to 2 units of IEMS 399-0 or other independent study credit.
At most 2 General Technical Electives may be taken P/N; no other electives may be taken P/N.
1

See general requirements for details. 

2

PHYSICS 125-1 General Physics for ISP or PHYSICS 140-1 Fundamentals of Physics may be substituted for PHYSICS 135-1 General Physics

3

PHYSICS 135-1 General Physics can be replaced by GEN_ENG 212-0 Engineering Physics - Dynamics  

4

May not be taken with or after KELLG_FE 310-0 Principles of Finance; see adviser for alternatives.

5

Can be replaced with COMP_SCI 208-0 Data Structures & Algorithms

Students may earn one or more of six optional concentrations.

Major Program Electives

Ethical Development Courses

Course Title
Theories of Persuasion
Topics in Literature and Ethics
Leadership, Ethics, and You
Tech Ethics and Business Integrity
Introduction to Critical Theory
Minds and Machines
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
Ethical Problems and Public Issues
Bioethics
Scientific Method in the Social Sciences
Business and Professional Ethics
Integrity and the Politics of Corruption

Operations Electives

Course Title
Analytics for Social Good
Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis
Operations Engineering and Management
Service Engineering and Management
Introduction to Health Systems Management
Special Topics in Industrial Engineering (pre-approved topics only)

Industrial Engineering Electives

Course Title
Foundations of Modern Machine Learning
Quality Improvement by Experimental Design
AI-Enabled Sequential Decision Making
Foundations of Generative AI & Reasoning Systems
Intro to Financial Engineering
Special Topics in Industrial Engineering (pre-approved topics only)

Management Science Electives

Course Title
Engineering Entrepreneurship
Qualitative Methods in Engineering Systems
Social Networks Analysis
Social Networks Analysis
Organizational Behavior
Project Management for Engineers
Whole-Brain Leadership
Negotiations and Conflict Resolution for Engineers
Organizational Leadership
Organizational Leadership
Humans, AI, and the Future of Decision-making
Tech Investment & Enterprise Strategy
Special Topics in Industrial Engineering (pre-approved topics only)

Other Approved Non-engineering Technical Electives

Course Title
BUS_INST 301-0Accounting
BUS_INST 302-0Marketing Management
BUS_INST 303-0Leadership in Organizations
ECON 309-0Public Finance
ECON 331-0Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
ECON 336-0Analytic Methods for Public Policy Analysis
ECON 339-0Labor Economics
ECON 349-0Industrial Economics
ECON 350-0Monopoly Competition & Public Policy
ECON 355-0Transportation Economics and Public Policy
ECON 360-2Investments
ECON 362-0International Finance
ECON 371-0Economics of Energy
ECON 380-1Game Theory
ECON 380-2Game Theory
ECON 381-1Econometrics
ECON 381-2Econometrics
IMC 303-0Integrated Marketing Communications Strategy
ISEN 220-0Introduction to Energy Systems for the 21st Century
ISEN 230-0Climate Change and Sustainability: Ethical Dimensions
LOC 306-0Studies in Organizational Change
LOC 311-0Tools for Organizational Analysis
STAT 302-0Data Visualization
STAT 320-3Statistical Theory & Methods 3
STAT 325-0Survey Sampling
STAT 328-0Causal Inference
STAT 330-1Applied Statistics for Research 1
STAT 332-0Statistics for Life Sciences
STAT 344-0Statistical Computing
STAT 348-0Applied Multivariate Analysis
STAT 352-0Nonparametric Statistical Methods
STAT 353-0Advanced Regression
STAT 354-0Time Series Modeling
STAT 355-0Analysis of Qualitative Data
STAT 356-0Hierarchical Linear Models
STAT 357-0Introduction to Bayesian Statistics
STAT 365-0Introduction to the Analysis of Financial Data

Major Program Concentrations (Optional)

Concentrations consist of three courses that satisfy the following guidelines, and will be noted on the transcript.

  • Each concentration must include two courses not used towards any other IEMS concentration, and must include one course outside IEMS.
  • Courses used to fulfill major requirements may be used towards concentrations.
  • Students may not earn a concentration if receiving a major, minor or certificate in an area with substantial overlap.
  • Students are responsible for reviewing and meeting stated prerequisites for courses in the concentration.

Quantitative Finance

Course Title
IEMS 373-0Intro to Financial Engineering
One course from
Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
Investments
International Finance
One additional course from previous list, or from
Foundations of Modern Machine Learning
Nonlinear Optimization for Decision Making
Foundations of Generative AI & Reasoning Systems
Time Series Modeling
Introduction to the Analysis of Financial Data

Operations, Transportation & Logistics

Course Title
Students receiving the Transportation & Logistics Minor may not receive this concentration.
CIV_ENV 371-0Introduction to Transportation Planning and Analysis
CIV_ENV 376-0Transportation System Operations
CIV_ENV 377-0Choice Modelling in Engineering
DSGN 386-0Manufacturing Engineering Design
ECON 355-0Transportation Economics and Public Policy
IEMS 381-0Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis
IEMS 382-0Operations Engineering and Management
IEMS 383-0Service Engineering and Management
IEMS 385-0Introduction to Health Systems Management

Data Science and Engineering

Course Title
Students receiving the McCormick Minor in Machine Learning & Data Science may not receive this concentration.
BMD_ENG 311-0Computational Genomics
CIV_ENV 377-0Choice Modelling in Engineering
COMP_SCI 312-0Data Privacy
COMP_SCI 326-0Introduction to the Data Science Pipeline
COMP_SCI 348-0Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
COMP_SCI 396-0Special Topics in Computer Science ((Computing, Ethics, and Society))
DATA_ENG 300-0Data Engineering Studio
ELEC_ENG 328-0Information Theory & Learning
ELEC_ENG 335-0Deep Learning Foundations from Scratch
ELEC_ENG 373-0Deep Reinforcement Learning
ELEC_ENG 395-0Special Topics in Electrical Engineering ((Optimization Techniques for Machine Learning and Deep Learning))
ES_APPM 375-1Quantitative Biology I: Experiments, Data, Models, and Analysis
ES_APPM 375-2Quantitative Biology II: Experiments, Data, Models, and Analysis
IEMS 340-0Qualitative Methods in Engineering Systems
IEMS 352-0Foundations of Generative AI & Reasoning Systems
MECH_ENG 301-0Introduction to Robotics Laboratory
STAT 302-0Data Visualization
STAT 357-0Introduction to Bayesian Statistics
STAT 362-0Advanced Machine Learning for Data Science

Human-centered Engineering

Course Title
Students receiving the Human-Computer Interaction Certificate may not receive this concentration.
CIV_ENV 308-0Environmental Justice
CIV_ENV 377-0Choice Modelling in Engineering
COMP_SCI 314-0Technology and Human Interaction
COMP_SCI 315-0Design, Technology, and Research
COMP_SCI 329-0HCI Studio
COMP_SCI 330-0Human Computer Interaction
COMP_SCI 347-0Conversational AI
DSGN 300-0Designing Your Life
DSGN 306-0User Experience Design
DSGN 308-0Human-Centered Product Design
DSGN 382-1Service Design Studio I
DSGN 382-2Service Design Studio II
IEMS 340-0Qualitative Methods in Engineering Systems
IEMS 341-0Social Networks Analysis
IEMS 342-0Organizational Behavior
IEMS 344-0Whole-Brain Leadership
IEMS 345-0Negotiations and Conflict Resolution for Engineers
IEMS 385-0Introduction to Health Systems Management
LOC 306-0Studies in Organizational Change 5
LOC 311-0Tools for Organizational Analysis 5
5

Accepted as General Tech Elective by petition.

Graduate Preparation

Course Title
COMP_SCI 335-0Introduction to the Theory of Computation
COMP_SCI 336-0Design & Analysis of Algorithms
ES_APPM 345-0Applied Linear Algebra
IEMS 401-0Applied Mathematical Statistics 6
IEMS 450-1Mathematical Optimization I 6
MATH 300-0Foundations of Higher Mathematics
MATH 306-0Combinatorics & Discrete Mathematics
MATH 308-0Graph Theory
MATH 320-1Real Analysis
MATH 320-2Real Analysis
MATH 320-3Real Analysis
MATH 330-1Abstract Algebra
MATH 330-2Abstract Algebra
MATH 330-3Abstract Algebra
MATH 334-0Linear Algebra: Second Course
MATH 370-0Mathematical Logic
6

Instructor permission required.

Product Management

Course Title
Courses must come from at least two different departments/areas. Only one course can be used towards any of the Segal Design Certificate, the Business Institutions Minor, and the Entrepreneurship Minor.
BUS_INST 301-0Accounting
BUS_INST 302-0Marketing Management
BUS_INST 303-0Leadership in Organizations
or IEMS 344-0 Whole-Brain Leadership
COMP_SCI 394-0Agile Software Development
IMC 303-0Integrated Marketing Communications Strategy
IEMS 325-0Engineering Entrepreneurship
or ENTREP 325-0 Engineering Entrepreneurship
ENTREP 331-0Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing
ENTREP 340-0Innovation for Impact
DSGN 306-0User Experience Design
DSGN 308-0Human-Centered Product Design
DSGN 382-1Service Design Studio I
DSGN 382-2Service Design Studio II