These include courses in manufacturing, robotics, quality control, production, facilities planning, operations research, ergonomics, and simulation modeling. The department of industrial engineering has recently added extensive new laboratory facilities in support of its academic programs. The program in industrial engineering is the only one of its kind offered in Connecticut. Required Courses Students earning the B.S. in industrial engineering must complete 132 credit hours including the university core curriculum and the freshman requirements. The program also includes three credit hours of technical elective or internship which is chosen in consultation with the student's advisor.
Internship refers to project-work related to industrial engineering with local industries.
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.