Program Overview

Industrial Engineering - Master of Science in Industrial Engineering

The Department of Industrial Engineering offers the Master of Science (M.S.) in Industrial Engineering with focus areas of manufacturing, operations research, and engineering management.

Requirements

• 24 credits of course work plus 6 credits of I E 599 Master's Thesis for the Thesis option.
• 27 credits of course work plus 3 credits of I E 598 Special Research Programs for the Project Option.
• At least 50% of the course work must be taken from the Approved IE Department Course List.
• Students can take up to five electives from engineering disciplines outside the department and/or other areas of interest outside the college.

Selection of Advisor

During the first 12 credit hours in the Industrial Engineering Graduate Program, all master's degree students must select a permanent advisor.

Submission of Programs

After completing 12 credits of graduate coursework, a permanent "Program of Study" form must be submitted to the Graduate School.

Course List

The following courses are part of the Approved IE Department Course List:

• Operations Research:
  • I E 515: Stochastic Processes Modeling
  • I E 522: Queuing Systems
  • I E 525: Systems Synthesis and Design
  • I E 533: Linear Programming
  • I E 534: Nonlinear Programming
  • I E 535: Discrete Optimization
  • I E 567: Design and Implementation of Discrete-Event Simulation
• Applied Statistics:
  • I E 460: Evaluation of Engineering Data
  • I E 466: Reliability
  • I E 545: Characterizing Time-Dependent Engineering Data
• Design and Manufacturing:
  • I E 478: Facilities Planning and Design
  • I E 524: Advanced Production and Inventory Control
  • I E 571: Advanced Quality Control
  • I E 575: Advanced Manufacturing Processes
• Engineering Management:
  • I E 523: Advanced Engineering Economy
  • I E 530: Environmental Management Seminar
  • I E 537: Large Scale Systems Engineering
  • I E 561: Advanced Safety Engineering
  • I E 563: Topics in Engineering Administration

Requirements for Graduation

1. Application for Diploma (Degree): File an Application for Diploma (Degree) and fee with the NMSU Registrar Office at the start of the semester in which you are to graduate.
2. Program of Study: Complete a form entitled Program of Study for Masters Students after completing 12 NMSU credits.
3. Schedule Your Master's Exam: Schedule a final examination during the last semester of your course work/research.

MAP Requirements

The Graduate School allows qualified junior or senior students to substitute its graduate courses for required or elective courses in an undergraduate degree program and then subsequently count those same courses as fulfilling graduate requirements in a related graduate program.

• Undergraduate students may apply for acceptance to the accelerated master's program after completing 60 semester hours of undergraduate coursework.
• The grade point average must be at a minimum of 2.75.
• Students must receive a grade of B or higher in this coursework to be counted for graduate credit.

Accepted MAP Courses

The following courses are accepted for use in the MAP program:

• I E 451: Engineering Economy
• I E 460: Evaluation of Engineering Data
• I E 467: Discrete-Event Simulation Modeling
• I E 478: Facilities Planning and Design
• I E 490: Selected Topics
• I E 590: Selected Topics