Program Overview

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Industrial Engineering Technology (Logistics) BS

The Industrial Engineering Technology (IET) degree with an emphasis on Logistics will help students develop the skills and know-how to keep distribution running efficiently. This fully-online, logistics-focused degree is ideal for someone looking to start a career in logistics, supply chain management, distribution, transportation, or operations management.

Program-at-a-Glance (Undergraduate)

• Credit Hours:
  • Total Hours: 120
  • Major Area of Study: 42
  • Additional Requirements: 15-28
• Cost per Credit Hour: $433.59
• Completion Time: 2-4 years
• Accreditation: ABET
• Special Requirements: No additional requirements

What can you do with a logistics degree?

A Logistics degree equips students with the skills to tackle the intricacies of planning, coordinating, and optimizing the movement of goods and services.

General Education Curriculum

Written Communication

• Composition One | 3 hrs.
• Composition Two | 3 hrs.

Natural Science

Select 2 courses with labs:

• General Astronomy I * | 3 hrs.
• General Astronomy II * | 3 hrs.
• Biology and Society * | 3 hrs.
• Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology * | 3 hrs.
• Principles of Biological Science I * | 3 hrs.
• Principles of Biological Science II * | 3 hrs.
• Human Anatomy and Physiology I * | 3 hrs.
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II * | 3 hrs.
• Chemistry and Our Environment * | 3 hrs.
• General Chemistry I * | 3 hrs.
• Fundamentals of General, Organic and Biochemistry * | 3 hrs.
• Weather and Climate * | 3 hrs.
• Land and Water * | 3 hrs.
• Physical Geology * | 3 hrs.
• Historical Geology * | 3 hrs.
• Introduction to Ocean Science * | 3 hrs.
• Introductory Physics * | 3 hrs.
• General Physics I * | 3 hrs.
• General Physics II * | 3 hrs.
• General Physics I with Calculus * | 4 hrs.
• General Physics II with Calculus * | 4 hrs.
• Living in a Material World * | 3 hrs.

Humanities

• World Literature | 3 hrs.
• Select 2 courses, 1 History required:
  • World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. | 3 hrs.
  • World Civilizations: 1500 to the present | 3 hrs.
  • Colloquium on the Pre-Modern World | 3 hrs.
  • Colloquium on the Modern World | 3 hrs.
  • Introduction to Philosophy | 3 hrs.
  • Ethics and Good Living | 3 hrs.
  • Comparative Religion | 3 hrs.

Aesthetic Values

Select 1 course:

• Art Appreciation | 3 hrs.
• Dance Appreciation | 3 hrs.
• The Enjoyment of Music | 3 hrs.
• Theatre Appreciation | 3 hrs.

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Select 2 courses:

• The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity | 3 hrs.
• Introduction to Cultural & Linguistic Anthropology | 3 hrs.
• Basic Economics | 3 hrs.
• World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth | 3 hrs.
• Concepts of Wellness | 3 hrs.
• American Government | 3 hrs.
• General Psychology | 3 hrs.
• Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology | 3 hrs.
• Introduction to Language | 3 hrs.

Mathematics

• Quantitative Reasoning | 3 hrs.
• College Algebra | 3 hrs.
• Higher-level MAT course | 3 hrs.
• ACT Math sub score of 24 or higher
• SAT Math score of 560 or higher

Writing-Intensive Requirement

• Technical Writing | 3 hrs.
  • ENG 101 & ENG 102 prerequisites

Speaking Intensive Requirement

Select 1 course:

• Oral Communication | 3 hrs.
• Interpersonal Communication | 3 hrs.
• Professional Communication | 3 hrs.
• Small-Group Communication | 3 hrs.

Capstone Requirement

• Senior Project | 3 hrs.
  • Must be taken Senior Year; ENG 101 & ENG 102 prerequisites

Program Curriculum

Major Area of Study Requirements

• Performance Technology I | 3 hrs.
• Industrial Quality Control | 3 hrs.
• Industrial Cost Control | 3 hrs.
• Operations and Logistics Concepts | 3 hrs.
• Senior Project (Capstone) | 3 hrs.
• Production and Inventory Control | 3 hrs.
• Industrial Automation | 3 hrs.
• Plant Layout and Material Handling | 3 hrs.
• Motion and Time Study | 3 hrs.
• Logistics Transportation Systems | 3 hrs.
• Logistics Distribution Systems | 3 hrs.
• Global Supply Chain Management | 3 hrs.
• Industrial Simulation and Modeling | 3 hrs.
• Select 1 course:
  • Performance Technologies II | 3 hrs.
  • Engineering Project Management | 3 hrs.

Additional Requirements

• Digital Graphics I | 3 hrs.
• Engineering Economics | 3 hrs.
• Management for Organizations | 3 hrs.
• Operations Management | 3 hrs.
• Select 2 courses with labs:
  • General Chemistry I * | 3 hrs.
  • General Chemistry II * | 3 hrs.
  • Physical Geology * | 3 hrs.
  • Historical Geology * | 3 hrs.
  • General Physics I * | 3 hrs.
  • General Physics II * | 3 hrs.
  • General Physics I with Calculus * | 3 hrs.
  • General Physics II with Calculus * | 3 hrs.
• Select 1 course:
  • Plane Trigonometry | 3 hrs.
  • Calculus for the Arts and Sciences | 3 hrs.
  • Precalculus Mathematics | 3 hrs.
  • Calculus I with Analytic Geometry | 3 hrs.
• Select 1 course:
  • Statistical Methods I | 3 hrs.
  • Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | 3 hrs.
  • Elementary Statistics | 3 hrs.
  • Data Analysis and Statistics in the Social Sciences | 3 hrs.

Electives

Choose approved electives as needed with adviser's approval.

Hours to Degree

120 hours are needed to graduate with a BS in Industrial Engineering Technology with an emphasis in Logistics. Of the total hours applied to this degree, 30 hours must be in courses numbered at the 300 level or above. The student must earn at least 21 of the last 30 hours of coursework at least 12 hours in the major area of study from Southern Miss.

Admission Requirements

• Application for Undergraduate Admission
• $45 non-refundable application fee
• An official high school transcript for freshman (high school) applicants OR official transcripts from institutions attended after high school for transfer applicants
• Submission of ACT or SAT scores for freshman (high school) applicants
• Documentation of two doses of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) immunization

Program Academic Policies and Requirements

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Accreditation

The University of Southern Mississippi is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools of Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The Industrial Engineering Technology degree is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (ETAC-ABET).

Career Outlook

The career outlook for Logistics graduates is very promising as it is demanding and highly paid. One of the strengths of an education in industrial engineering technology is the diverse curriculum, which provides graduates with a wide variety of technical and management skills as well as problem-solving techniques. This diversity makes a number of career paths available, with the result that the overall demand for industrial engineering technologists remains high. Based on the alumni survey, 95% of graduates land a job related to the discipline within a year of their graduation.