Students have the option of choosing a concentration in Manufacturing Systems , Quality Systems , Computer Systems , or Information Systems . The latter two concentrations consist of courses from the electrical and computer engineering and computer science programs. In special cases, courses from other engineering disciplines and computer science may be taken with the approval of the department chairman. The associate degree in industrial engineering includes about half of the courses required for the bachelor's degree. Students wishing to earn this degree must complete the common freshman engineering courses, the university associate degree core and several other designated courses.
All courses taken for the associate degree are applicable toward the bachelor's degree.
Minor in Industrial Engineering Engineering and computer science students may take a Minor in industrial engineering by completing 18 credit hours of industrial engineering courses. The course-work for the minor consists of the following required and elective courses. Two 300 or higher level industrial engineering courses chosen with the approval of the student's advisor. Logistics is an emerging discipline which has become critical to the efficient development and operational support of complex, costly systems. Its subdivisions include customer requirements planning, life-cycle analysis, transportation and distribution, field support networks, configuration control, design to cost, reliability, etc.